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TIL three of the child actors who played the Artful Dodger in the stage musical Oliver! in the 1960s went on to become famous rock musicians: Steve Marriott (Small Faces and Humble Pie), Davey Jones (The Monkees), and Phil Collins (Genesis and solo).

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