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Cuddly Dudley

1924–2011

United Kingdom

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Dudley Bernal Bancroft Heslop (22 May 1924 – 15 July 2011) was a Jamaican-born British rock & roll singer who rose to fame on the Oh Boy! TV series, and is noted for being "Britain's first black rock & roller".

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