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unusual facts about Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich



Captain Beaky and His Band

The title track from the first album, "Captain Beaky", was released as a 7 inch single with "Wilfred the Weasel" and "Blanche" on the B-side by Polydor in 1980; it reached Number 5 in the UK pop charts.

Dozy

Jean Jacques Dozy, a 20th-century Dutch geologist who discovered the Ertsberg in New Guinea

Étienne Marc Quatremère

His manuscript material for Syriac was utilized in Robert Payne Smith's Thesaurus; of the slips he collected for a projected Arabic, Persian and Turkish lexicon some account is given in the preface to Dozy, Supplément aux dictionaires arabes.

Kent Rogers

Stan Freberg and Mel Blanc replaced Rogers as the voice of Beaky Buzzard, though the character's appearances were limited after Rogers' death.

Mr. Lee Grant

By the time Mr. Lee Grant had completed the Animals, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich tour five weeks later, "Opportunity" was at number one on the charts in May 1967.


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