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3 unusual facts about Budgie


Budgie

Budgie the Little Helicopter, a children's cartoon series by Sarah, Duchess of York

Budgie Toys, a line of diecast toys, mainly miniature cars and trucks made in England

Burke Shelley

Burke Shelley (born John Burke Shelley, 10 April 1947, Tiger Bay, Cardiff) is the bass guitarist and vocalist of the Welsh rock group Budgie.


Allan O'Keefe

He later went on to have roles in the Adam Faith television series Budgie (1971) and the supernatural television series What's Next? (1974).

Arlo Bugeja

Arlo (Budgie) Bugeja (born 18 March 1986 in Humbug Scrub, Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian speedway rider.

Burke Shelley

Shelley's singing voice on earlier Budgie recordings (e.g. the song "Parents" on the 1973 album Never Turn Your Back on a Friend) sometimes bears a marked resemblance, in timbre and style, to that of Shirley Bassey, who also grew up in Tiger Bay.

Carry On at Your Convenience

Sid's wife is Beattie (Hattie Jacques), a lazy housewife who does little but fuss over her pet budgie, Joey, which refuses to talk despite her concerted efforts.

Great North Museum: Hancock

Among the Museum's permanent residents are a life-size cast of an African elephant; the Egyptian mummy Bakt-hor-Nekht; a full size replica of a T-Rex skeleton; and Sparkie, Newcastle’s famous talking budgie, who was stuffed after his death in 1962 and is now the subject of a new opera by Michael Nyman.

Hai!

The album was recorded in two parts: the drums were recorded by Budgie and Kodo drummer Leonard Eto in Tokyo in August 2002 and the rest of the recording was done in Europe.

If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules

If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules is Budgie's sixth album, released in April 1976.

Keith Waterhouse

His credits, many with lifelong friend and collaborator Willis Hall, include satires such as That Was The Week That Was, BBC-3 and The Frost Report during the 1960s, the book for the 1975 musical The Card, Budgie, Worzel Gummidge, and Andy Capp (an adaptation of the comic strip).

Russ North

After the demise of Monza, North was in the process of putting his next band together when he was asked to join Tredegar, (pronounced tradeegar) Tredegar was a band from the South Wales village of the same name, and was largely a reformation of the legendary Welsh rock band Budgie.

Sparkie Williams

He was recorded talking with budgie expert Philip Marsden on BBC radio, and appeared on the BBC Tonight programme with Cliff Michelmore.


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