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Seebach. Following this, Sir Henry was re-established several times by Ole Bredahl but without major success, though they had a minor hit in 1980 with the song "Juicy Lucy", where Sir
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and, vocals), who at the time was only 15 years old. He would become very popular and together with Ole
Bredahl they made up the front figures of the band. The same year the band changed record label to
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competition in Holte Hallen in April 1964. Shortly thereafter, the band was expanded with Poul
Petersen (guitar) and Leif Davidsen was replaced with Jens Bøgvad, former
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