Slade
In 1966 Don Powell (drummer) persuaded Holder to join The 'NBetweens. The group already included guitarist / bass guitarist Dave Hill and bass guitarist / keyboard player / violinist / songwriter Jim Lea and the four of them went on to eventually become Slade, one of Britain's top selling rock bands worldwide. The sheer power of Holder's rock vocals has rarely been equalled, but Slade also recorded some sensational ballads,"Everyday" & "How Does It Feel?" in particular being widely acclaimed.
Lea and Holder turned out to be the group's most successful song-writing partnership, composing almost all of the band's songs.The band clocked up 40 hit singles and released well over twenty albums in their 25 year career as the original line - up.
Slade are best remembered for the single "Merry Xmas Everybody" written by Holder and Lea. Holder recorded the single with Slade in 1973, and the song became the band's sixth number one and the third Slade single to go straight in at number one in the UK chart. "Merry Xmas Everybody" has remained seasonally popular ever since and is a festive classic. It is regularly voted the most popular Xmas song of all time. To date, in the UK alone, sales of this song have exceeded several million copies.
After twenty five years with Slade, Noddy left to pursue a career away from music, with regular stints as radio presenter, television personality and actor.
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