Uriah Heep
Americannoun
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There’s no denying the pleasure of seeing Dickens’s Peggottys transformed into the kindly Peggots, or his oily villain Uriah Heep recast as a sniveling assistant football coach named U-Haul Pyles.
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022
However, the relationships formed there eventually led to the formation of Uriah Heep in the 1970s.
From Fox News • Nov. 5, 2020
Ken Hensley, the songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with 70s rock band Uriah Heep, has died aged 75.
From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2020
In December 2018 Kerslake revealed he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer but the same month joined Uriah Heep on stage for a performance in London.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2020
In David Copperfield, Uriah Heep, utterly detestable in character, is the natural product of the system of training under which both he and his father were brought up.
From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)
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