Other celebs to have been featured in their own strips include Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Esther Rantzen, Stephen Fry, Noel Edmonds, Jimmy Savile ( as the headmaster of " Pop School ", as " Sir Jimmy Savile, the Owl " and in " Jimmy Savile's Haunted Head "), Johnny Vaughan, Adam Ant, Jimmy Hill, Noddy Holder, Boy George, Freddie Garrity, Steve McFadden, Morrissey ( constantly finding daffodils stuck into the seat of his trousers, parodying his appearances on Top of the Pops ), Busted, Eminem, Big Daddy and plenty more.

** Noddy Holder, English rock singer ( Slade )

Noddy Holder ( right ) and Dave Hill ( left ) of Slade, near the height of their fame in 1973, showing some of the more extreme glam rock fashions

Since then comedian Jasper Carrott, glam rocker Noddy Holder, motor racing commentator Murray Walker, the cast and crew of BBC Radio 4's The Archers, long serving Archers cast member Norman Painting and founding member of Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi have all been honoured on the street with a star.

They were the first act to have three singles enter at number one, and all six of the band's chart-toppers were penned by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea.

Slade come from the Black Country area of the West Midlands: both the drummer Don Powell, and bass guitarist Jim Lea were born and raised in Wolverhampton, lead vocalist Noddy Holder was born and raised in the nearby town of Walsall, and lead guitarist Dave Hill was born in Devon and moved to Wolverhampton while a child.

At the time, Noddy Holder was playing guitar and contributing to vocals in Steve Brett & The Mavericks.

Noddy Holder ( right ) and Dave Hill ( left ), near the height of their fame in 1973, showing some of their more extreme glam rock fashions.

In August 1978, Noddy Holder was involved in a brawl with a bouncer backstage at a club in Porthcawl, South Wales.

A couple of years later I was at CBGB's doing my best Noddy Holder.

Individual members were also acknowledged ; Noddy Holder was number five in the best British male singers whilst Jim Lea made number nine in the top songwriter list.

In February 1976, Record Mirror magazine voted Slade the third best UK group with Noddy Holder number eighth in the best male singer and number six in the best songwriter categories.

* Who's Crazee Now by Noddy Holder

* Noddy Holder ( born in Walsall, West Midlands )-Slade frontman

Powell struck up friendships with fellow musicians like Robert Plant and John Bonham ( both at the time unknowns in Listen ), future Slade vocalist Noddy Holder, bassist Dave Pegg and a young guitarist called Tony Iommi.

Celebrities who have provided voices for the series ( usually for one-off specials ) include John Motson, Sue Barker, Kerry Fox, Ulrika Jonsson, Alison Steadman, Stephen Tompkinson, Elton John, Noddy Holder, and Chris Evans ( Bobsville's resident rock star Lennie Lazenby ).

An entirely false rumour started via Wikipedia that she had a hit single in the UK pop charts in 1983, duetting with ex-Slade singer Noddy Holder on a cover of the Shakin ' Stevens song " You Drive Me Crazy " was published as fact by national newspapers including The Sun and The Daily Telegraph.

Neville John " Noddy " Holder MBE ( born 15 June 1946, Walsall, Staffordshire, England ) is an English musician and actor.

Holder and Burnell produced the single together, and the single was published under Noddy Holder Music Ltd ./ Whild John Music Ltd., and released via Speed Records which was Slade's own label at the time.

Since his departure from Slade in 1991, Noddy has appeared on hundreds of TV shows, most notably the ITV comedy / drama series The Grimleys ( 1996 – 2001 ) as classical music teacher Neville Holder, which ran until 2001.

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Eventually, Noddy is declared a toy, but still has to convince the court that he is a good toy.

Noddy is kind and honest, but he often gets in trouble, either through his own misunderstandings, or because someone ( usually the naughty goblins Sly and Gobbo ) has played a trick on him.

Noddy has many run-ins with PC Plod, the local policeman.

It will be illustrated by Robert Tyndall, who has drawn the characters in the Noddy books since 1953.

In the two TV series and a new series of books, Noddy has been updated, with the original Golliwog characters replaced by other sorts of toys.

For Christmas 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011 Noddy has recorded a TV show countdown of hit Christmas tunes.

In 2011 Noddy as King Of The Sizzle has fronted British Sausage Week, touring the country to find the Best British Bangers.

Noddy married TV producer Suzan Price in 2004, with whom he has a son, Django ( named after Django Reinhardt ).

The Black Noddy has a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas, with colonies widespread in the Pacific Ocean and more scattered across the Caribbean, central Atlantic and in the northeast Indian Ocean.

Misty's 2006 single " Fashion Parade " features 3 / 4 of Northampton indie-punk rockers The Retro Spankees, and a guest appearance by Noddy Holder.

For 1998-2001 videos, they each contain clips from Hooley Dooleys ( The Characters sing the intro song ), Blinky Bill ( Blinky introduces his name ), Bananas in Pyjamas ( B1 and B2 say " Trust us, we're Bananas " to Rat in a Hat ), Arthur ( Arthur practices spelling Aardvark in his treehouse in Arthur's Spelling Trouble ), Noddy ( Noddy is declared champion of the Sports games by Mr. Plod ), Johnson and Friends ( The Toys need to trick Alfred, Alfred overs hears and wonders if they're talking abut him and McDuff says No ), Magic Mountain ( Dragon blows his magic smoke making Lion's body disappear ), Sesame Street ( Elmo sings and does Happy Tapping with Elmo ), Postman Pat ( Pat had fallen into a pile of straw and he gives Alf his catalogue ), Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends ( Thomas tells Percy about the joys of receiving letters from children in Thomas and the Special Letter ), Spot the Dog ( Spot thinks that the ball is his favourite toy ), The Wiggles ( The Characters sing Get Ready To Wiggle near the end of the wiggly concert in Wiggle Dance ) and Rhythm Heaven Fever ( Some of the Screwbots raise their hands in Screwbot Factory ).

Ozzy Osbourne commented during a Slade documentary, " Noddy Holder's got one of greatest voices in rock ever.

After twenty five years with Slade, Noddy left to pursue a solo career.

Noddy Holder, the lead singer of Slade, grew up at Beechdale.

Biographically Powell is detailed in the 3 Slade Biographies ; Slade by George Tremlet, Slade ; Feel the noize by Chris Charlesworth and Noddy Holders autobiography Who's crazee now.

Noddy Holder, the lead singer of Slade, grew up on the estate after moving there as a child from Caldmore ; his parents were among the estate's original residents in the 1950s.

Jackson was initially offered the position as the replacement for Noddy Holder in Slade, but after rehearsing with them for a few months, he had to leave the band due to bereavements in his family.

Geoff also appeared on the Channel 4 show Richard & Judy on Monday 26 March 2007 to discuss the band Slade, together with the band's frontman Noddy Holder, however, Mr. Holder spoke quite extensively and Geoff did not get a chance to say anything, much to the amusement of the co-hosts on his nightly radio show.