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Spice Girls may be knocked off charts by singing parrot
November 11, 1997
Web posted at: 9:10 p.m. EST (0210 GMT)KINGSTON-ON-THAMES, England (CNN) -- Billy has it all except the platform shoes.
After conquering the pop charts, it appeared the Spice Girls were on top of the world. But the glamorous girl group from Britain may be knocked off their own platform perches -- by a parrot.
Billy, a blue fronted Amazon, has suddenly risen to fame in the United Kingdom for his rendition of the Spice Girls' hit, "Mama."
Billy's own mama, Jannette Brown, is a Spice fan herself. She helped her parrot learn "Mama" by playing the song over and over again in their home in Kingston-on-Thames, southwest of London.
Billy the parrot sings "Mama." 1.3MB/17 sec./320x240
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QuickTime movie"I played it quite a lot and he just picked it up from there," Brown said.
If Billy becomes a pop star, his owner says there will be no danger of his burning out. They say that when it comes to singing "Mama," Billy can outlast anyone, including the Spice Girls.
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