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123 (Nikki Laoye song)
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123 is a song recorded by Nigerian singer Nikki Laoye for her second studio album The 123 Project. The song was released on July 6,2012 by Wahala Media Entertainment as the single from the album on the platform of the new African music distribution application Spinlet. It was written by Nikki Laoye and produced by her brother Xblaze, in the summer of 2012 Laoye began working on her sophomore album, she had taken a brief hiatus from music following the loss of her father in 2011. 123 is a pop and dance song with elements of Indian drums, in the song Laoye switches from singing in English, to pidgin and yoruba languages. The songs chorus comprises an oya 1-2-3 vocal hook laced in Laoyes signature harmonies, lyrically, Laoye sings about letting loose and praising God with a dance. The song received positive reviews from most music critics. Demola OG of Notjustok. com described 123 as having a dance feel that you can move to. Priscilla Olubunmi-Awoseyi of PraiseWorld Radio said 123 makes the aged nod their heads in rhythm,123 peaked at number 7 on the Spinlet Top 10 Best Selling singles of 2013. The music video for 123 was shot on 9 March 2014, at the University of Lagos in Lagos, the video was directed by Tfrizzle for Frizzle and Bizzle Films and filmed on the grounds of the University, predominantly in front of the school library and by the waterfront. On 9 April 2014, Laoye released exclusive behind the photographs from the video shoot. The outdoor Video depicts Nikki singing and performing a catchy and energetic dance choreography alongside popular Nigerian dance group Alien Nation, Laoyes first major performance of 123 was at the 2013 Crystal Awards event in Lagos. Her performance alongside Alien Nation dance group was tagged as one of the best performances of the night, Laoye also performed to rave reviews at the Soul Sisters Concert headlined by Mary J. Blige as well as the Mandela Tribute Concert organized by EbonyLife TV in December,2013. In December 2014, Laoye performed 123 as a medley at the 2014 Rhythm Unplugged Event and she also performed the song at The Headies 2014 Awards, as she opened the event show alongside the Alien Nation dance group
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E-girls
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E-girls is a Japanese collective girl group who are signed to music label Rhythm Zone, and managed by LDH and Avex Trax. As of 2017, the band consists of 19 members,16 of which all current members from the groups Dream, Happiness. Additionally, three members were scouted in Japan and added as part of the group. Created as an act to boy band Exile, E-girls debuted in 2011 with their single Celebration. After a string of recordings, E-girls released their debut record Lesson 1 two years later. With several members departing from the group, E-girls released their third album E. G, Time, which saw a change in their music and vocal deliveries. That same year, LDH announced changes to their line-up, which resulted in absence with some members for their singles Anniversary. beginning the year with their greatest hits album E. G. Smile, E-girls Best, the group announced their E. G, cool themes with the singles E. G. Summer Rider, Pink Champagne and Go, crazy, was released in January 2017. Additionally, their style, starting off as soft J-pop and dance music. Since their debut, three sub-units have been formed by selected members from E-girls, and have explored both music and fashion endeavours, in 2011, Japanese boy band Exile held a nationwide audition event for young female artists. Bunny were not originally formed as part of E-Girls, and were to debut separately in 2013, following their formation, E-girls consisted of 21 members. On December 28,2011, the group premiered with their single Celebration, Sayaka Yamamoto became the first member of E-girls to leave the group, and subsequently her band Dream, her promise commenced in March 2012. The following year, they released their second single One Two Three in April, for the release, two new members were added into the band, Reina Kizu and Anna Suda, both coming from EGD, a dance group formed at the Exile Professional Gym Academy. Before the preparation of their follow-up number Follow Me, Happiness member Mayu Sugieda went on hiatus in August to undergo medical treatment after being diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis, furthermore, LDH added several more members into E-girls, including the girls from the un-debuted Bunny group and EGD dancers. In total, E-girls consisted of 31 members, with Dreams Sayaka Yamamato, the single was released on in October 2012, and was a commercial success in Japan, shifting 500,000 digital units. Not long after, Happiness member Mimu Hioki left the group in October, in early 2013, three members from Bunny left E-Girls. It was a success, reaching number two on the Oricon chart, and became their first feature to included all 29-members on the jacket covers
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One, Two, Three
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One, Two, Three is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and written by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond. It is based on the 1929 Hungarian one-act play Egy, kettő, három by Ferenc Molnár, with a plot borrowed partly from Ninotchka, a 1939 film co-written by Wilder. The comedy features James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Lilo Pulver, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis, Leon Askin, Howard St. John and it would be Cagneys last film appearance until Ragtime in 1981,20 years later. The film is set in West Berlin during the Cold War, but before the construction of the Berlin Wall. The film is known for its quick pace, C. R. Mac MacNamara is a high-ranking executive in the Coca-Cola Company, assigned to West Berlin after a business fiasco a few years earlier in the Middle East. While based in West Germany for now, Mac is angling to become head of Western European Coca-Cola Operations, after working on an arrangement to introduce Coke into the Soviet Union, Mac receives a call from his boss, W. P. Scarlett Hazeltine, the bosss hot-blooded but slightly dim 17-year-old socialite daughter, is coming to West Berlin, Mac is assigned the unenviable task of taking care of this young whirlwind. And where I come from, everybodys against the yankees, Mac tries to come to terms with the fact that he let his bosss daughter marry a communist and learns the horrible truth, The couple are bound for Moscow to make a new life for themselves. After Otto is forced to listen endlessly to the song Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini during interrogation, he cracks and signs a confession that hes an American spy. Under pressure from his stern and disapproving wife Phyllis, and with the revelation that Scarlett is pregnant, Mac sets out to bring Otto back with the help of his new Soviet business associates. With the boss on the way, he finds that his only chance is to turn Otto into a son-in-law in good standing — which means, among other things, Mac reconciles with his family at the airport and to celebrate his promotion, offers to buy them Cokes. Ironically, after handing out the bottles to his family, he discovers that the Coke machine actually has been stocked with Pepsi-Cola. Z. Sakall in Yankee Doodle Dandy for trying to steal a scene, but this Horst Buchholz character I truly loathed. Had he kept on with his little scene-stealing didoes, I would have forced to knock him on his ass. Wilder was filming in Berlin the morning the Berlin Wall went up, during principal photography, Wilder received a call from Joan Crawford, recently appointed to the board of directors of Pepsi-Cola following her husband Alfred Steeles death. In response to Crawfords protests over the use of the Coca-Cola brand in the film, Wilder scattered some references to Pepsi, Some scenes were shot at Bavaria Film Studios. The theatrical release poster for the film, with a woman holding three balloons, was designed by Saul Bass, the Bass designed poster that Wilder originally intended for the films release featured a United States style flag sticking out of a Coca-Cola-style bottle. The poster had to be replaced, however, when Coca-Cola threatened legal action against United Artists for copyright infringement, aram Khachaturians lively Sabre Dance marks the moments when Mac moves into energetic action
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One Two Three
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One Two Three stars Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Tushar Kapoor, Esha Deol, Sameera Reddy, Upen Patel, Neetu Chandra and Tanisha. It revolves around three men who share the same name — Laxmi Narayan, the film was rated an average grosser by boxofficeindia. com. To fulfill his mothers wish, Laxminarayan #1 accepts a contract to kill DMello Yadav, a Pondi-based gangster, Laxmi Narayan 2, the detailed and obedient Secretary of D. M. Pipat, wants him to buy a car from a Pondi-based used car dealer. Laxmi Narayan 3 sells undergarments and runs a business, Bulbul Lingerie, with his son, Sonu, he travels to Pondi to meet with his new supplier, the trio all arrive and book rooms next to each other in Blue Diamond Hotel. Pipat Rohitash Gaud as Guest Role Laxmi Narayan 1, He desperately needs to prove his killer instincts, but, much to his mothers despair, this wannabe Bhai always goofs up. Its his last chance to kill, but he ends up becoming the victim — of love, Laxmi Narayan 2, Hes a loveable geek who has an MBA from Jharkhand University and takes pride in being accurate and detailed. Hell do anything to please the boss, including bearding a Don in his den, but when beaten up, burnt and tortured, even this ever affable soul wants to call it quits. Laxmi Narayan 3, All the Bhabhis and Behenjis of Delhi will vouch for his uncanny eye — just one look, but then he comes across Laila who refuses to show him what he wants and blackmails him instead. Jiya, Jiya is a talented designer who is desperate to strike a deal that will settle her debts with the lecherous Mende. Waiting for underwear expert Laxmi Narayan 3 she falls for Laxmi Narayan 1— the man come to kill her. Laila, Laila will do anything to save her glitzy auto showroom from being shut down by creditors and she will agree to strip or even try and sell off an old car till she discovers that the same car holds diamonds worth crores. Inspector Mayawati Chautala, Shes bright and alert and takes a fancy to Laxmi Narayan 2, Shes on the lookout for criminals and diamond thieves, but finds herself chasing after not one, not two, but three Laxmi Narayans. Chandu & Chandni, They work in the showroom and love in their spare time. They hide the diamonds in an ancient car they think nobody will ever buy but, to their dismay, dmello Papa Yadav, He puts an S after every single word, including his goons Pintos and Alberts names. Pinto, Nasal-voiced, he has a diploma in constructing bombs and that is, bombs that dont explode until Pinto explains it to you. Albert, Always being the more quieter goon out of the two, he always has a cigarette and rarely talks. Kanta Narayan, This mothers dream has always been to have her son as a murderer, batlya Bhai, The man who originally wanted the diamonds for himself
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One Two Three... Infinity
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The book is illustrated by Gamow. It then describes a simple printing press that can in principle print all the English works that have ever been, or ever will be. Gamow explores number theory, topology, spacetime, relativity, atomic chemistry, nuclear physics, entropy, genetics, science writer Willy Ley praised Gamows book, describing it as an admittedly rare. Book which entertains by way of instruction, kirkus Reviews declared it a stimulating and provocative book for the science-minded layman. Theoretical physicist Sean M. Carroll credited One Two Three, infinity with setting the trajectory of his professional life. Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker read the book as a child, and has cited it as contributing to his interest in science writing. Astrophysicist and science popularizer Neil deGrasse Tyson identified One Two Three, infinity as one of two books which had the greatest impact on him, the other being Edward Kasner and James Newmans Mathematics and the Imagination
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Clouds (60s rock band)
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Clouds were a 1960s Scottish rock band that disbanded in October 1971. The band consisted of Ian Ellis, Harry Hughes and Billy Ritchie, in early 1964, Ian Ellis and Harry Hughes were playing in a band called The Premiers. The band itself consisted of Bill Lawrence, James ‘Shammy’ Lafferty, Derek Stark, Harry Hughes and it was decided that an organ would help the sound of the band, and Billy Ritchie joined. Cyril Stapleton took the band to London to record demos, but nothing came of that, and Derek Stark, Bill Lawrence. It seemed that Ritchie joining the band had prompted more changes than had been intended, Ian Ellis decided that he would take up the position of bass guitarist as well as lead vocalist. The group decided to move in a new direction. 1-2-3 had a different sound from the previous band, or from almost any other band at that time. After achieving little success in Scotland, the moved to London, England where they hoped that their original music would catch on. The band were given a now-legendary headlining residency performing at the Marquee Club, attended by future prog-rock icons such as Rick Wakeman and that an unknown band was chosen to headline at the Marquee was unusual, as they hadnt first performed the customary support spots. At the time, they were described as a unique group. who have created a new sound in pop group music. The same publication referred to the truly exciting nature of 1-2-3, tamla Motown was the order of the day, but this band offered up a potent mix of blues, classics, pop, and scat-jazz, wrapped in arrangements that defied categorisation. There was nothing remotely like it around, during the time the group performed at the club during 1967, they were signed by NEMS management company and Brian Epstein of The Beatles fame. This event was heralded in the press, complete with photograph. It was around this time Ritchie introduced the then-unknown Bowie to Jimi Hendrix, later, in 1994, speaking about the 1-2-3 treatment of his own song, Bowie said that the song was radically altered, yet retained its heart and soul. He said he regarded Billy Ritchie as a genius, pete Townshend, in his 2012 autobiography Who I Am, cites 1-2-3 as one of the bands he most wants to see. The death of Brian Epstein, founder of NEMS, left the band in the care of Robert Stigwood, but Stigwood had just signed The Bee Gees, fellow Australians, and was preoccupied with making them a success. This brought an end to the management relationship shortly afterwards, after parting company with NEMS, the band kept busy playing in the local London club circuit. At a club in Ilford, east London, the band were seen by Terry Ellis who quickly signed them to his new agency, originally known as the Ellis-Wright agency, the organisation grew and became Chrysalis
