Wilbur Wilde (born Nicholas 'Nick' Aitken on 5 October1955) is an Australian saxophonist. He rose to prominence with the bands Ol'55, Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons, Klapa Maslina and the Skyhooks. He is most famous for appearing as part of the house band on Hey Hey It's Saturday, alongside Red Symons. He also starred in the 2002 film, Trojan Warrior. Wilde is a supporter of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (279th in Leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... Skyhooks was an Australian rock band of the 1970s, sometimes classified as a glam rock band, although this is mainly the result of the bands flamboyant costumes and makeup. ... Hey Hey Its Saturday was a long running variety television program on Australian television. ... Red Symons (born June 13, 1949 in Brighton, England) is an Australian musician, writer, and radio host, probably best known as lead guitarist with the Skyhooks and as the snide judge of Red Faces, a The Gong Show-esque segment of the long-running Hey Hey Its Saturday variety... Trojan Warrior is a 2002 Australian comedy film starring Stan Longinidis. ... The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ...
In 2006 Wilde appeared on Celebrity Temptation and commercials for the Australian Pensioners Insurance Agencyas well as a recently aired commercial for Karlovačka pivovara in Croatia. Also in mid 2006, Wilbur joined Vega 915 as the drive announcer. A temptation is an act that looks appealing to an individual. ... Logo of KarlovaÄka pivovara KarlovaÄka pivovara, d. ...
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Glenn took over the management of the band, and introduced front man Frankie J. Holden and saxophonist WilburWilde.
One of the features of the band was that all six members could sing and at concerts the lead vocals were shared around although Frankie J and Rockpile sang most of the songs.
WilburWilde lives in Melbourne and is married with 3 kids, including twins.
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