http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Fredu_Abela_l-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8BuFredu Abela l-Bamboċċu - Revision history2026-08-07T10:13:32ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.36.1http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_l-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=39453&oldid=prevJoejulian: broken link2017-08-02T05:39:44Z<p>broken link</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>With the former he produced the song he is known best for, ''Taxi Mary'' from which he sold ten thousand copies in Malta and twenty thousand in Australia. He also took part in the programme ''Wipeout'' which was produced and presented by [[Joe Demicoli]]. Other known folk songs of his, some with the participation of his brother [[Renald Abela l-Bamboċċu ż-Żgħir]] and [[Mikiel Bonnici n-Negli]] are ''World Cup'', ''It-Tliet Għażżenin'', ''Papa Bamboċċ'', ''Is-Sakranazzi'' and ''Il-Pariri tal-Bamboċċu''.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>With the former he produced the song he is known best for, ''Taxi Mary'' from which he sold ten thousand copies in Malta and twenty thousand in Australia. He also took part in the programme ''Wipeout'' which was produced and presented by [[Joe Demicoli]]. Other known folk songs of his, some with the participation of his brother [[Renald Abela l-Bamboċċu ż-Żgħir]] and [[Mikiel Bonnici n-Negli]] are ''World Cup'', ''It-Tliet Għażżenin'', ''Papa Bamboċċ'', ''Is-Sakranazzi'' and ''Il-Pariri tal-Bamboċċu''.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was also a household name on the Rediffusion, during traditional village feasts and the most awaited [[Għanafest]]. A place he frequently sang at was the Boċċi Club in Pietà and in fact that was the last place he sang at. Abela died on the 9th of November 2003, aged 59. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was also a household name on the Rediffusion, during traditional village feasts and the most awaited [[Għanafest]]. A place he frequently sang at was the Boċċi Club in Pietà and in fact that was the last place he sang at. Abela died on the 9th of November 2003, aged 59. </div></td></tr>
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</table>Axiaqmhttp://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_l-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=30597&oldid=prevJoejulian: death date correction2016-07-06T15:09:47Z<p>death date correction</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was also a household name on the Rediffusion, during traditional village feasts and the most awaited [[Għanafest]]. A place he frequently sang at was the Boċċi Club in Pietà and in fact that was the last place he sang at. Abela died on the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">8th </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">February </del>2003, aged 59. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was also a household name on the Rediffusion, during traditional village feasts and the most awaited [[Għanafest]]. A place he frequently sang at was the Boċċi Club in Pietà and in fact that was the last place he sang at. Abela died on the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">9th </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">November </ins>2003, aged 59. </div></td></tr>
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</table>Joejulianhttp://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_l-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=13594&oldid=prevSteveBorg at 10:41, 9 February 20142014-02-09T10:41:51Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Fredu Abela l-Bamboċċu''' [[File:Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu 1.JPG|310px|thumb|right|Fredu Abela l-Bamboċċu.]] was born on the 19th of April 1944, at Żabbar. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he is still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin Ir-Ruġel]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Fredu Abela l-Bamboċċu''' [[File:Fredu Abela Il-Bamboċċu 1.JPG|310px|thumb|right|Fredu Abela l-Bamboċċu.]] was born on the 19th of April 1944, at <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Żabbar<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. He was the eighth child of Manwel and Salvina Abela. Abela worked first as a bus conductor where a friend of his noticed his well built figure and started calling him ''Bamboċċu'', a nickname he is still mostly known for even nowadays. It wasn’t up till the age of fifteen that Abela started singing with his uncle, who was also a folk singer, [[Salvu Darmanin Ir-Ruġel]].</div></td></tr>
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</table>SteveBorghttp://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fredu_Abela_l-Bambo%C4%8B%C4%8Bu&diff=13588&oldid=prevSteveBorg: Adding text to folksinger Fredu Abela l-Bamboċċu2014-02-08T22:40:43Z<p>Adding text to folksinger Fredu Abela l-Bamboċċu</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>With the former he produced the song he is known best for, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>Taxi Mary<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </del>from which he sold ten thousand copies in Malta and twenty thousand in Australia. He also took part in the programme ''Wipeout'' which was produced and presented by [[Joe Demicoli]]. Other known folk songs of his, some with the participation of his brother [[Renald Abela l-Bamboċċu ż-Żgħir]] and [[Mikiel Bonnici n-Negli]] are ''World Cup'', ''It-Tliet Għażżenin'', ''Papa Bamboċċ'', ''Is-Sakranazzi'' and ''Il-Pariri tal-Bamboċċu''.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>With the former he produced the song he is known best for, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>Taxi Mary<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' </ins>from which he sold ten thousand copies in Malta and twenty thousand in Australia. He also took part in the programme ''Wipeout'' which was produced and presented by [[Joe Demicoli]]. Other known folk songs of his, some with the participation of his brother [[Renald Abela l-Bamboċċu ż-Żgħir]] and [[Mikiel Bonnici n-Negli]] are ''World Cup'', ''It-Tliet Għażżenin'', ''Papa Bamboċċ'', ''Is-Sakranazzi'' and ''Il-Pariri tal-Bamboċċu''.</div></td></tr>
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