1. Graham David Fellows was born on 22 May 1959 and is an English actor and musician.
14 Facts About Graham Fellows
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Graham Fellows first came to public attention when he released the 1978 single "Jilted John" - a track which mocked the punk-rock vocal stylings of the time.
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Graham Fellows was a drama student at Manchester Polytechnic when he first came to prominence in August 1978 as the eponymous singer of the novelty record "Jilted John", a first-person narrative of a boorish, bitter teenager whose girlfriend Julie had left him for another boy named Gordon, "just 'cause he's better lookin' than me, just 'cause he's cool and trendy".
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Graham Fellows revived the Jilted John character at the 2008 Big Chill festival, along with Bernard Kelly, premiering a new song about Keira Knightley's ultra-thin figure.
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In 1986 Graham Fellows created John Shuttleworth, a middle-aged, aspiring singer-songwriter from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, with a quiet manner and slightly nerdish tendencies.
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Graham Fellows has released a number of albums and singles as John Shuttleworth.
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Two further Graham Fellows creations followed, firstly Brian Appleton, a rock musicologist and media studies lecturer from a college of further education in the Newcastle-under-Lyme area although originally he hails from Selly Oak in Birmingham.
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Graham Fellows's girlfriend Wendy is an aromatherapist, but unfortunately upon qualifying she became allergic to the essential oils she uses.
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Graham Fellows has ambitions to become a popular after dinner speaker, having seen how easy it was for Kevin Keegan.
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In 1982 Graham Fellows played Paul McCartney in Lennon by Bob Eaton at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, directed by Clare Venables.
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Graham Fellows released one more album in 1985 under his own name on Wicked Frog records entitled Love at the Hacienda, which was later reissued on Chic Ken in 2005 with four extra tracks.
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Graham Fellows presented a programme of his favourite poetry and prose on Radio 4's With Great Pleasure in January 2007.
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In December 2015 Graham Fellows appeared on BBC One's Celebrity Mastermind answering questions on Donald Crowhurst, coming third.
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Graham Fellows has three sisters, one of whom was married to television chef Ainsley Harriott.