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Olivia Newton-John
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Olivia Newton-John, AO, OBE is a British-Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five number-one and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, eleven of her singles and fourteen of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA. She has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the worlds best-selling artists of all time and she starred in Grease, which featured one of the most successful soundtracks in Hollywood history. Newton-John has been a long-time activist for environmental and animal rights issues, since surviving breast cancer in 1992, she has been an advocate for health awareness becoming involved with various charities, health products and fundraising efforts. Her business interests have included launching several product lines for Koala Blue and she is the mother of one daughter, Chloe Rose Lattanzi, with her first husband, actor Matt Lattanzi. Her second husband is John Easterling, Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England, to Irene Helene, the eldest child of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born and Welsh father, Brinley Bryn Newton-John. Her mothers family had left Germany before World War II to avoid the Nazi regime and she is a third cousin of comedian Ben Elton. Her maternal great-grandfather was jurist Victor Ehrenberg and her matrilineal great-grandmothers father was jurist Rudolf von Jhering. Newton-John is the youngest of three children, following brother Hugh, a doctor, and sister Rona, an actress who was married to Grease co-star Jeff Conaway from 1980 until their divorce in 1985. Newton-Johns father was an MI5 officer on the Enigma project at Bletchley Park who took Rudolf Hess into custody during the Second World War. In 1954, when she was six, Newton-Johns family emigrated to Melbourne, Australia and she attended Christ Church Grammar School, and then University High School, adjacent to Ormond College. At fourteen, Newton-John formed a short-lived all-girl group, Sol Four and she became a regular on local Australian radio and television shows including HSV-7s The Happy Show where she performed as Lovely Livvy. She also appeared on the Go Show where she met future partner, Pat Carroll. Newton-John was initially reluctant to use the prize she had won, a trip to Britain, Newton-John recorded her first single, Till You Say Youll Be Mine Forever, in Britain for Decca Records in 1966. While in Britain, Newton-John missed her then-boyfriend, Ian Turpie, with whom she had co-starred in the Australian telefilm, Newton-John repeatedly booked trips back to Australia that her mother subsequently cancelled. Newton-Johns outlook changed when Pat Carroll also moved to the UK, the two formed a duo called Pat and Olivia and toured nightclubs in Europe. After Carrolls visa expired forcing her to return to Australia, Newton-John remained in Britain to pursue solo work until 1975 and she became engaged to The Shadows guitarist Bruce Welch, but they never married. Newton-John was recruited for the group Toomorrow formed by American producer Don Kirshner, in 1970, the group starred in a science fiction musical film and recorded an accompanying soundtrack album both named after the group
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Christmas Wish (Olivia Newton-John album)
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Christmas Wish is an album by Olivia Newton-John, released in 2007. It is the original album of Christmas Music recorded by Newton-John after Tis the Season with Vince Gill. It is her album produced by Amy Sky. It featuring versions of classic Christmas songs, the collection features guest appearances from Barry Manilow, Jon Secada, Michael McDonald and others. In 2008, the album was re-released as a Target exclusive and included the bonus track In the Bleak Midwinter
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A Celebration in Song
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A Celebration in Song is the twenty-fourth studio album by Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 3 June 2008 by Warner Bros. in Australia. The worldwide release of album was by EMI, on 2 September 2008 and it is her second duets album, following, released in 2002 by Festival Mushroom. On 25 January 2011 the album was re-released by Spring Hill with a new cover, the songs Never Far Away and Sunburned Country originally belong to Newton-Johns 2002 duets album. The song Beautiful Thing was extracted from Belinda Emmetts album So I Am, from the album booklet, The Olivia Newton-John and Friends, Gala Fundraising Concert was a one night only concert based in the album. The concert held at the State Theatre in Sydney, on the date of 30 September 2008, raised funds for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre Appeal
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Olivia Newton-John 2010 World Tour
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The 2010 World Tour was the sixteenth concert tour by Australian singer Olivia Newton-John, to support the re-release of her album, Grace and Gratitude Renewed. The tour went by Chile and Japan, two dates were announced in South Korea, but canceled due the bombardment of Yeonpyeong. The tour also supports the release of the Japanese compilation 40/40, The Best Selection, in October 2010, Olivia made a special appearance at Yamano music store in Tokyo to promote the releases. She also performed for a group of fans in attendance, with the classical guitarist Kaori Muraji and her daughter Chloe Lattanzi, edson Peña, a survivor from 2010 Copiapó mining accident joined to Newton-John in the Chilean concert to perform Summer Nights. This is the very first time that Newton-John performs his 1985 single, Soul Kiss, the new single from Grace and Gratitude Renewed, Help Me to Heal, was also performed. This is also the first tour that she performed the original version Physical in all dates, instead the bossa nova version of, since 30 Musical Years Tour, in 2001. I Honestly Love You Have You Never Been Mellow A Little More Love Sam Xanadu Magic Suddenly Country Medley, If Not for You Let Me Be There Please Mr
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Barry Gibb
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With his brothers, Robin and Maurice Gibb, he formed a songwriting partnership beginning in 1966. They returned to England where they achieved worldwide fame and he is also known for his high-pitched falsetto singing voice. Gibb shares the record with John Lennon and Paul McCartney for consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number ones as a writer with six, guinness World Records lists Gibb as the second most successful songwriter in history behind Paul McCartney. Gibbs career has spanned fifty years. In 1994, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame with his brothers, in 1997, as a member of the Bee Gees, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Barry is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, for services to music, Gibb was appointed Commander in the Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace on 27 May 2004. In 2007, Q magazine ranked him number 38 on its list of the 100 Greatest Singers, Barry Alan Crompton Gibb was born in Jane Crookall Maternity Home at 8,45 AM in Douglas, Isle of Man, to Hugh Gibb, a drummer, and Barbara Gibb. He has English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry and he has an older sister, Lesley Evans. He was named Barry Alan Crompton Gibb after his fathers youngest brother Alan, when Gibb was born, his father was busy with his music working at various hotels in Douglas, while his mother stayed at home looking after the children. Later, the Gibbs moved to Chapel House on Strang Road, when he was almost two years old, he was badly burned. His mother had just made tea which she had put on the table, he climbed up and pulled the tea pot down and he was in Nobles Hospital for about two-and-a-half months. Gibb later commented on that incident, Then the gangrene set in, because in those days, the advancement of medicine simply didnt apply to people with bad scalds, so you didnt have skin grafts, you didnt have things like that. But this was a particularly bad scald, and I think I had 20 minutes to live at some point, the incredible thing for me is that whole two years is wiped from my memory, the whole period of being in hospital. The idea of being burnt is in somewhere, but I have no knowledge of it. Ive got the scars but I have no knowledge, in 1949, the Gibb family relocated to 50 St. Catherines Drive. Later that year, on 22 December, his two younger brothers Robin and Maurice were born, when the twins were young, they moved to Smedley Cottage, Spring Valley, also in Douglas. Gibb started school on 4 September 1951, three days after his birthday, attending Braddan school. In 1952, the Gibb family relocated to 43 Snaefell Road, Willaston, the same year, he went to Tynwald Street Infants School
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North America
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North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea. North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers, about 16. 5% of the land area. North America is the third largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 565 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7. 5% of the worlds population, North America was reached by its first human populations during the last glacial period, via crossing the Bering land bridge. The so-called Paleo-Indian period is taken to have lasted until about 10,000 years ago, the Classic stage spans roughly the 6th to 13th centuries. The Pre-Columbian era ended with the migrations and the arrival of European settlers during the Age of Discovery. Present-day cultural and ethnic patterns reflect different kind of interactions between European colonists, indigenous peoples, African slaves and their descendants, European influences are strongest in the northern parts of the continent while indigenous and African influences are relatively stronger in the south. Because of the history of colonialism, most North Americans speak English, Spanish or French, the Americas are usually accepted as having been named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci by the German cartographers Martin Waldseemüller and Matthias Ringmann. Vespucci, who explored South America between 1497 and 1502, was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a different landmass previously unknown by Europeans. In 1507, Waldseemüller produced a map, in which he placed the word America on the continent of South America. He explained the rationale for the name in the accompanying book Cosmographiae Introductio, for Waldseemüller, no one should object to the naming of the land after its discoverer. He used the Latinized version of Vespuccis name, but in its feminine form America, following the examples of Europa, Asia and Africa. Later, other mapmakers extended the name America to the continent, In 1538. Some argue that the convention is to use the surname for naming discoveries except in the case of royalty, a minutely explored belief that has been advanced is that America was named for a Spanish sailor bearing the ancient Visigothic name of Amairick. Another is that the name is rooted in a Native American language, the term North America maintains various definitions in accordance with location and context. In Canadian English, North America may be used to refer to the United States, alternatively, usage sometimes includes Greenland and Mexico, as well as offshore islands
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Canada
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Canada is a country in the northern half of North America. Canadas border with the United States is the worlds longest binational land border, the majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its territory being dominated by forest and tundra. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, One third of the population lives in the three largest cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1,1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick and this began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada. With the Constitution Act 1982, Canada took over authority, removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The country is officially bilingual at the federal level and it is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources, Canadas long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture. Canada is a country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, Canada is an influential nation in the world, primarily due to its inclusive values, years of prosperity and stability, stable economy, and efficient military. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the origins of Canada. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona, from the 16th to the early 18th century Canada referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively named The Canadas, until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the name for the new country at the London Conference. The transition away from the use of Dominion was formally reflected in 1982 with the passage of the Canada Act, later that year, the name of national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day
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I Honestly Love You
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I Honestly Love You was a worldwide pop hit single for Olivia Newton-John in 1974. The song was Newton-Johns first number-one single in the United States, released on the Long Live Love album in the United Kingdom by EMI, it was eventually released on the album If You Love Me, Let Me Know in the United States on MCA. The song was written by Jeff Barry and the Australian composer Peter Allen and it also appears in the musical about Allens life, The Boy from Oz. VH1 placed the song at No.11 on its 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs list, the song won Newton-John both the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 17th Grammy Awards. Andy Williams released a version in 1974 on his album, You Lay So Easy on My Mind, a snippet of the song plays over Chief Brodys radio in the second shark attack in 1975s Jaws, moments before Alex Kitner and Pippet the dog disappear beneath the waves. The song topped the charts in the US on 5 October 1974 and it also reached number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. And number six on the Country charts, the song won bums Grammy Awards for Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year. The songs success helped propel its parent album, If You Love Me, Let Me Know. By contrast, the failed to reach the top-twenty in the United Kingdom. The song also re-charted on the Adult Contemporary chart at No.49, the 1998 version also charted on the AC chart at No.18 and in Country Music Sales at No.16. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Have You Never Been Mellow (song)
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Have You Never Been Mellow is a popular song written by John Farrar and recorded by Olivia Newton-John as the title track for her album of the same name. In March 1975, the single became Newton-Johns second consecutive number one hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, have You Never Been Mellow continued Newton-Johns success as a crossover artist when it peaked at No.3 on the Hot Country Singles chart. The record also received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, in the United States, it was Newton-Johns fourth straight single to be certified gold for sales of one million copies. The song was performed as part of the 2007 Broadway musical Xanadu, along with her later single Xanadu, a remixed version by The Olivia Project appears in the Dance Dance Revolution series of video games. The Dutch band Party Animals sampled the song in 1996 on their happy hardcore hit Have You Ever Been Mellow, the song reached number one in the Netherlands. The punk band the Feederz covered the song on their 1984 debut album Ever Feel Like Killing Your Boss, the Nip Drivers was another punk band that covered it. Australian singer James Reyne covered the song on his 2004 release Speedboats for Breakfast and his version is a raucous, punk-influenced take on the song. Belgian liquid drum & bass prodigy Netsky sampled the song on his 2010 debut album Netsky, me First and the Gimme Gimmes covered the song on their all Australian covers 2011 EP, Go Down Under. A French cover was recorded by Nicole Rieu, Ma maison au bord de leau, was released in 1975, in 2001, Japanese singer and voice actress Rie Tanaka recorded the song for her album Garnet. Olivias original version had been a big hit in Japan in 1975, in 2016, Dutch DJ duo Showtek released a hardstyle song entitled Mellow that sampled this songs lyrics with Technoboy and Tuneboy. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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A Little More Love (Olivia Newton-John song)
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A Little More Love was the lead single by Australian singer Olivia Newton-John from her 1978 album Totally Hot. It was a worldwide Top 10 hit single, peaking at #4 in the UK, in Canada, it spent three weeks at #2 during February and March 1979, and was the seventh biggest Canadian hit of that year. In the US, Billboard magazine ranked A Little More Love as the 17th most popular song of 1979, and Cash Box ranked it as 23rd for the year, the song can be heard on 2006 animated horror/comedy film Monster House. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Magic (Olivia Newton-John song)
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Magic is a 1980 song performed by Olivia Newton-John, from the soundtrack to the film Xanadu. The song was number 1 on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks beginning on August 2,1980, on August 30, it was displaced from the top by Sailing by Christopher Cross. It was her 25th American chart hit, and her 10th of 12 records which went Gold or higher, Magic was also her biggest pop hit until Physical ruled the Hot 100 for ten weeks beginning in November 1981. Billboard magazine ranked Magic as the third most popular single of 1980, behind only Call Me by Blondie and Another Brick in the Wall, in Canada, the song spent two weeks at number one. It also reached number 4 in Australia and number 32 in the UK, the song became Newton-Johns biggest Adult Contemporary hit to date, spending five weeks at the top of the American chart, and also topped the Canadian AC chart for a week. John Lennon commented about Magic shortly before his death in the complete Newsweek interview from September 1980, the only 2 songs he specifically mentions that he likes are Magic and All Over the World both on the album Xanadu. The B-sides vary, depending on the label, Fool Country is the B-side of the MCA release, Whenever Youre Away from Me is the B-side of the Jet release. MCA vinyl single Magic –4,25 Fool Country –2,29 Jet vinyl single Magic –4,25 Whenever Youre Away From Me –4,22 Magic is a remix of the 1980 song. In May 2011, the song was remixed by two Australians, DJ Dan Murphy and Steve Peach, to create a dance version, Olivia went back to the studio to re-sing the vocals. The version was sponsored by WACCI, a humanitarian group, everybody who worked on the project volunteered their time, with all proceeds being donated to Olivias charity, the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre. Olivia was presented the premiere of the song on Australian Dancing with the Stars on Sunday May 22,2011. The song was released exclusively on Australian iTunes, also on Sunday May 22, a video was shot for the new remix in Sydney in an attempt to break the Guinness Book World Record for largest cast in a music video by featuring 350 people. Newton-John does not appear in the video, which was directed by DJ Dan Murphy, the song is included in the film Xanadu and also the Xanadu musical. A version of the song by Stimulator was used in commercials for Macys and this cover was also used in the film Ella Enchanted and appeared on the films soundtrack. Another updated version of the song was performed by Meaghan Martin for the Disney Channel Original Movie Wizards of Waverly Place and it was subsequently included on the television series and the films soundtrack album. In 2015 Newton-John teamed up with her daughter Chloe Lattanzi and Dave Aude to rework the songs chorus into a new recording, the song went to number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart. List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1980 List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980 Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1980 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Please Mr. Please
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Please Mr. Please is a song from 1975 by the British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. The song was written by Bruce Welch and John Rostill, both members of British pop singer Cliff Richards backing band, The Shadows, Welch had originally recorded the song himself in 1974 with no commercial success. The song appears on Newton-Johns album, Have You Never Been Mellow, released as a single in 1975, Please Mr. Please reached the Top 10 on three major Billboard charts in the U. S. that year. On the country chart, the song reached #5, while on the adult contemporary chart, the single was a certified Gold record by the RIAA. Please Mr. Please has been rendered in Czech as Nechci Už Víc recorded by Helena Blehárová and it was also rendered in Spanish, recorded by salvadoran singer Evangelina Sol. It has been rendered in French in 1975 by Claude François under the title, the song begins as an apparent tribute to the jukebox and how one can listen to a lot of great music for a small price. But instead of continuing along those lines, the song picks up on how some songs on the jukebox can trigger bad memories, the song, she cries, was one of the now-broken relationship. The song now triggers such bad memories to the point that she never wants to hear the song again, the refrain sees the woman begging the button-pushin cowboy not to play the undesirable song. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Jolene (song)
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Jolene is a song written and performed by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was released in October 1973 as the first single and title track from her album of the same name, the song was ranked No.217 on Rolling Stone magazines list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004. According to Parton, Jolene is the song most-recorded by other artists of all the songs she has written. Jolene tells the tale of a woman confronting Jolene, a beautiful woman. Throughout the song, the woman implores Jolene please dont take him just because you can, according to Parton, the song was inspired by a red-headed bank clerk who flirted with her husband Carl Dean at his local bank branch around the time they were newly married. In an interview, she revealed that Jolenes name and appearance are based on that of a young fan who came on stage for her autograph. The song became Partons second solo single on the country charts after being released as a single in late 1973. It reached the top position in February 1974, it was also a pop hit for her. The song has sold 733,000 digital copies in the US since it became available for digital download. The song was released as a later in the UK. The song also re-entered the chart when Parton performed at the Glastonbury festival in 2014, the song has sold 255,300 digital copies in the UK as of January 2017. Jolene was released as a single by American garage rock band The White Stripes. The single reached No.16 in the UK Singles Chart in November 2004, the White Stripes previously released a studio version of Jolene, as the B-side to their 2000 single of Hello Operator, from the album De Stijl. In Australia, the song was ranked No.10 on Triple Js Hottest 100 of 2004, another live performance of the song is featured on the 2010 live album Under Great White Northern Lights. The White Stripes version was voted one of the greatest live covers by readers of Rolling Stone magazine, track listing Jolene Black Math Do Peter James Band Jolene the 8th track on the Livin For The Summer album released August 2015. This is the version done in a country ballad style. Olivia Newton-John Olivia Newton-Johns version of Jolene is featured on her 1976 album Come on Over, Newton-Johns version was released as a single in Japan. Leila Forouhar Leila Forouhar, the Persian pop star, has covered this song in her album called Do Parande in 1976 and she is one of the first popular singers that has sung Jolene
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If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
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If You Love Me is a song written by John Rostill that was a 1974 hit single for Olivia Newton-John. It was her second release to hit the top 10 in the United States, reaching number 5 on the pop chart and it also reached number 2 on the Billboard country chart. As with her single Let Me Be There, Mike Sammes sings a bass harmony, brian Collins covered the song for Dot Records in 1977. His version went to number 83 on the country chart, lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)
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Physical is a song by the British-born Australian musician Olivia Newton-John for her twelfth studio album Physical. It was released in September 1981, by MCA Records as the single from the project. The song was written by Steve Kipner and Terry Shaddick, who intended to offer it to British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart. The song reached number 7 on the UK chart in November, the song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and won the Billboard Award for Top Pop Single. Recorded in early 1981, it first rose to one on the Billboard Hot 100 in America in November 1981 and stayed there for 10 weeks. It reached #2 on the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay chart on November 27,1981, in terms of chart placement, it was the most popular single of her career in the U. S. as well as her final number-one. Billboard ranked it as the number one pop single of 1982, the guitar solo was performed by Steve Lukather. Physical was both preceded and followed in the #1 chart position by recordings of the duo Hall & Oates, private Eyes yielded its top spot to Physical in November 1981, and Physical yielded to I Cant Go for That the following January. Physical held Waiting for a Girl Like You by Foreigner at #2, off the top of the Hot 100 for nine weeks, and I Cant Go For That held Foreigners hit at #2 for the tenth and final week. On the other hand, in spite of Newton-Johns status as the queen of soft-rock music at the time. The song was a big hit, crossed over to the Billboard R&B chart peaking at #28 there. In the United Kingdom the single was not nearly as massive a success as in America, the music video was directed by Brian Grant. The video features Newton-John, dressed in a leotard, as trying to make several overweight men healthy. She repeatedly tries to make the men lose weight, but they fail comically, when the men work out on their own, they suddenly transform into muscular, attractive men. A stylistic shot shows one muscular man glancing at his overweight self in a mirror, Newton-John is shocked when she returns to this, and starts to flirt with them. Two of the men go out, holding hands, implying they are gay. This surprises Newton-John, as does the sight of two more of the men leaving with their arms around each other, finally, she finds that the last of the overweight men is straight and they go off to play tennis together. The Olivia Physical video won a Grammy Award for Video of the Year in 1983, the video was featured on Pop-Up Video on VH1 and was the first video to air on Beavis and Butt-head, on which they changed the channel to I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones
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Sam (Olivia Newton-John song)
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Sam is a song from 1977 performed by Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. It was written by Don Black, Hank Marvin and John Farrar, sam went to number one on the Easy Listening chart and number twenty on the Hot 100. The Czech rendering Jsem Či Nejsem Tvým Snem was recorded by Eva Pilarová for her 1979 album Jsem Tu A Zpívám, list of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1977 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Twist of Fate (Olivia Newton-John song)
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Twist of Fate is a late 1983 hit from Olivia Newton-John that headed the soundtrack for the film, Two of a Kind, starring Newton-John and John Travolta. It was written by Peter Beckett & Stephen Kipner and produced by David Foster for the film and it reached number four in Australia and Canada, while peaking at number five on the U. S. pop chart in January 1984, becoming one of Newton-Johns last big hits. The track was her last Top-10 to date, Billboard ranked it as number 42 on its listing of the top 100 singles of 1984. Due to its louder synthesizer-rock-oriented sound, Twist of Fate did not make the Billboard Adult Contemporary singles chart. However, its side, Take a Chance, a duet with John Travolta, did reach the AC chart and became a sizeable hit there. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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You're the One That I Want
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Youre the One That I Want is a song written by John Farrar for the 1978 film version of the musical Grease. It was performed by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, upon its release in conjunction with the film, the single became a huge international hit, reaching number 1 in several countries. In the U. S. the single reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and it also topped the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks in the summer of 1978, some months before the film had even been released in that country. As of 2013, it is still the fifth best-selling single of all time in the U. K. where it has sold 2 million copies. A re-released dance version of the single by Almighty Records reached #4 in the UK in 1998, the twentieth anniversary of the films debut. In 1993, Epic Records released the London cast recording, Grease - Original London Cast Recording and it peaked at number thirteen in the UK. British comedians Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker also released a version of the song in 1978 and their version reached No.22 in the UK. In 1978, the German comedians Dieter Hallervorden and Helga Feddersen released a version under the title Du. The song reached number four in the German charts. In 1982, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Charlene the Chipette covered the song for the album The Chipmunks Go Hollywood, in 2003, teen pop singer Nikki Cleary covered this song with former member of teen pop boy band Dream Street, Chris Trousdale in her self-titled album. The song serves as the source of the title of the American reality TV show Grease, in 2012, a cover version by Angus & Julia Stone was used in commercials for Sky. In 2014, Lo-Fang included a cover on his album Blue Film, in 2015, a cover of the song was added to the song list of Just Dance 2016, the artist is credited as From the Movie Grease. List of best-selling singles List of best-selling singles in France List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom Grease, – a reality game show where contestants competed to star on a Broadway-style revival of the musical List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1978
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Hopelessly Devoted to You
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Hopelessly Devoted to You is a song written by John Farrar. It was originally performed by Olivia Newton-John in the version of Grease. The song received an Oscar nomination as Best Original Song, losing to Last Dance from Thank God Its Friday at the 51st Academy Awards, halfway through shooting the movie, Newton-Johns contractually-entitled vocal solo had still not been written. Farrar, Newton-Johns personal producer, wrote the song and submitted it to the production team. Though reluctant at first, they approved it, shooting and recording took place after the rest of the film had been completed. Newton-John performed the song at the 21st Grammy Awards and it reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Easy Listening chart. On the country chart, Hopelessly Devoted to You peaked at twenty and was her first top twenty country hit in two years. The song bears similarity to Cilla Blacks I Only Live To Love You, although the song was not part of the original musical production, it was kept for the 2016 Grease, Live performance, sung by Julianne Hough. In 1994, Sonia took over the role of Sandy at a West End production of Grease, in conjunction, she released a cover version of the song. The single was released in June 1994 as a non-album single and it has a double A-side released as a B-side The Anthem Medley. On the 12-inch single, The Anthem Medley was released as the A-side, the music video for Sonias version of Hopelessly Devoted to You features Sonia walking through an old city and singing. The music video for The Anthem Medley features Sonia dancing and singing in a nightclub, the single become her first not to reach top forty in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number sixty-one. In 2001, Swedish teen pop girl group Play covered this song for the album Us Against the World, in 2003, English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud recorded a cover for the TV special Greasemania. A cover of the song was performed by Kristin Chenoweths character Olive Snook in the 2007 Pushing Daisies episode Dummy, the song was featured in the 2012 Glee episode, The Role You Were Born to Play. It was sung by Darren Criss as his character Blaine Anderson, in 2014, The X Factor Australia series 6 winner Marlisa Punzalan performed her version of the song on the third week of the live shows. It was later included on her album, titled Marlisa. In 2016, American Idol contestant Dalton Rapattoni performed his version of the song during the round of Hollywood Week. In 2017, Cornwall teenager, Daisy Clark released the song on Spotify, lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Summer Nights (Grease song)
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Summer Nights is a popular song from the musical Grease. Summer Nights became a hit in both the United States and United Kingdom during the summer of 1978. Included on the soundtrack album, the song was one of several hit singles from the movie. Parts of the song were introduced to a new audience when it was re-released in the 1990s as part of a megamix of songs from the movie version. In the movie version of Grease, Travolta and Newton-John played the roles of Danny Zuko. The songs genesis stems from a love affair between Danny and Sandy, which had ended upon Sandys revelation that she was moving back to Australia with her family. However, Sandy soon learns that her family is staying in the United States and subsequently enrolls at Rydell High School, however, it quickly becomes clear that there are unresolved feelings of love between Danny and Sandy. Separately and unknown to other, both Danny and Sandy meet with their respective group of friends and share their perspectives of their summertime fling. The resulting conversations are played out through the song, stockard Channings solo line Cause he sounds like a drag was spoken rather than sung. Summer Nights reached No.5 on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100, the song was an even bigger hit in the UK, spending seven weeks at No.1. Combined with an earlier nine-week run with Youre the One That I Want, in 2004 it finished at #70 in AFIs 100 Years.100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. In 2010, Billboard ranked it No.9 on their Best Summer Songs of All Time list. In 1991, Summer Nights and two songs from the Grease soundtrack — Youre The One That I Want and Greased Lightnin — were remixed into a new song called The Grease Megamix. This song was created to observe the movies release on home video, joe Masciantonio, from Outstanding Bass Productions, created the song for Philadelphia radio station WIOQ-FM. The song subsequently became a big hit worldwide, brighton indie band 14 Iced Bears covered the song in 1990, for Alvin Lives, a compilation of covers of 70s hits released to raise funds for the Anti Poll Tax Campaign. Ska-punk band Less Than Jake covered the song on their 1996 EP Greased, in 2012, the cast of the musical TV series Glee, with Chord Overstreet and Amber Riley on lead, performed the song in the tenth episode of season three, Yes/No. The ads feature the Nissan Altima, Nissan Frontier and Nissan Rogue among other Nissan models, in 2011, the guitar riff in the song What Makes You Beautiful by boy band One Direction has been criticized being similar to the original classic song. Eden Sher sang the song as her character, Sue Heck, on the 100th episode of the ABC comedy series, the episode premiered on October 23,2013
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If Not for You
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If Not for You is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded for his 1970 album New Morning. Dylan recorded the version in August 1970, having first recorded the song in a session with George Harrison on May 1 of that year. In November 1970, a month after Dylans original had appeared, Another well-known cover of the song was recorded by Olivia Newton-John, who had the only U. S. charting version of the song in 1971. Bob Dylan recorded If Not for You for his album New Morning, the song was released as a single in Europe. It was later included on the Dylan compilations Bob Dylans Greatest Hits Vol. as well as on the various artist compilation The Best Year of My Life,1970. A June 2,1970 outtake of If Not for You, featuring only vocal, piano, a previously unreleased version was included on the 2015 album Dylan, Cash, and The Nashville Cats, A New Music City. Dylan performed If Not for You with George Harrison during rehearsals for the Concert for Bangladesh in New York in 1971, since then, however, Dylan has performed the song over 80 times. George Harrison had sat in on a session for Dylans New Morning album, on May 1,1970, at Columbias Studio B in New York, where he had played on an early take of If Not for You. Over the following months, and despite having a wealth of material of his own. His was a characteristically melody-centric version of the track, which clearly defined the songs verse and bridge sections. The following year, Dylan and Harrison duetted on If Not for You during a soundcheck for the historic Concert for Bangladesh in New York. Judging by this, and from Harrisons early notes for a possible setlist and it was the title track of her debut album, and became her first hit single, reaching the Top 10 in several countries. In addition, the single spent three weeks at No.1 on the United States Easy Listening charts, numerous other artists have covered If Not For You. Melinda Schneider and Beccy Cole covered the song on their album Great Women of Country. List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1971 Acoustic Cafe Overview, the Beatles Diary Volume 2, After the Break-Up 1970−2001. The Best Year of My Life,1970 Overview, Bob Dylan – If Not for You. Bob Dylans Greatest Hits, Vol.2 Review, still the Same, Great Rock Classics of Our Time Overview. George Harrison, Living in the Material World, playlist, The Very Best of Bob Dylan 70s Review. The Very Best of Bob Dylan Review, while My Guitar Gently Weeps, The Music of George Harrison
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The Girl from Ipanema
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Garota de Ipanema is a Brazilian bossa nova jazz song. It was a hit in the mid-1960s and won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim, English lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel. The first commercial recording was in 1962, by Pery Ribeiro, the 1964 single featuring Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz became an international hit. This had been shortened from the version on the album Getz/Gilberto which had included the Portuguese lyrics sung by João Gilberto. In the US, the peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. Overseas it peaked at number 29 in the United Kingdom, numerous recordings have been used in films, sometimes as an elevator music cliché. It is believed to be the second most recorded pop song in history, the song was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. In 2004, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry, in 2009, the song was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the 27th greatest Brazilian song. Ipanema is a seaside neighborhood located in the southern region of the city of Rio de Janeiro. The song was composed for a comedy titled Dirigível, then a work-in-progress of Vinícius de Moraes. The original title was Menina que Passa, the first verse was different, Jobim composed the melody on his piano in his new house in Rua Barão da Torre, in Ipanema. In turn, Moraes had written the lyrics in Petrópolis, near Rio de Janeiro, during a recording session in New York with João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz, the idea of cutting an English-language version came up. Norman Gimbel wrote the English lyrics, joãos wife, Astrud Gilberto, was the only one of the Brazilians who could speak English well and was chosen to sing. Her voice, without trained singer mannerisms, proved a perfect fit for the song, the song was inspired by Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto, a seventeen-year-old girl living on Montenegro Street in Ipanema. Daily, she would stroll past the Veloso bar-café, not just to the beach and she would sometimes enter the bar to buy cigarettes for her mother and leave to the sound of wolf-whistles. In the winter of 1962, the saw the girl pass by the bar. Since the song became popular, she has become a celebrity, jobims grandson Daniel performed the song during the segment, which also featured an appearance by Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen
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Over the Rainbow
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Over the Rainbow is a ballad, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz and was sung by actress Judy Garland, the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garlands signature song, as well as one of the most enduring standards of the 20th century. Dorothys Aunt Em tells her to find yourself a place where you wont get into any trouble and this prompts Dorothy to walk off by herself, musing to Toto, Some place where there isnt any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto and its not a place you can get to by a boat, or a train. Behind the moon, beyond the rain, at which point she begins singing. The song is one on the Songs of the Century list compiled by the Recording Industry Association of America. The American Film Institute also ranked Over the Rainbow the greatest movie song of all time on the list of AFIs 100 Years.100 Songs and it was adopted by American troops in Europe in World War II, as a symbol of the United States. Garland performed the song for the troops as part of a 1943 performance, in April 2005, the United States Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp recognizing lyricist Yip Harburgs accomplishments, the stamp features the opening lyric from Over the Rainbow. The song was used as a wakeup call in the STS-88 Space shuttle mission in Flight Day 4. The song was honored with the 2014 Towering Song Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame and was sung at its dinner on June 12,2014 by Jackie Evancho. In April 2016, The Daily Telegraph listed the song as number 8 on its list of the 100 greatest songs of all time, the Over the Rainbow sequence and the entirety of the Kansas scenes were directed by King Vidor, though he was not credited. At the start of the film, part of the song is played by the MGM orchestra over the opening credits, a reprise of the song was deleted after being filmed. An additional chorus was to be sung by Dorothy while she was locked in a room in the witchs castle, helplessly awaiting death as the witchs hourglass ran out. In that extremely intense and fear-filled rendition, Dorothy weeps her way through it, unable to finish, concluding with a tear-filled, Im frightened, another instrumental version is played in the underscore in the final scene, and over the closing credits. On October 7,1938, Judy Garland first recorded the song on the MGM soundstages, in September 1939, a studio recording of the song, not from the actual film soundtrack, was recorded and released as a single by Decca Records. In March 1940, that recording was included on a Decca 78-RPM four-record studio cast album entitled The Wizard of Oz. It was not until 1956, when MGM released the soundtrack album from the film. The 1956 soundtrack release was timed to coincide with the premiere of the movie
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Words (Bee Gees song)
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Words is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb. The song reached No.1 in Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Words was the Bee Gees third UK top 10 hit, reaching number 8, and in a UK television special on ITV in December 2011 it was voted fourth in The Nations Favourite Bee Gees Song. The song has been recorded by other artists. Including hit versions by Rita Coolidge in 1978 and Boyzone in 1996 and this was Boyzones fifth single and their first number one hit in the UK. Barry Gibb explains, Words was written by me at Adams Row when I was staying at Robert s place, A lot of people began to cover that song, I didnt know it wasn’t on an album — that’s strange how it used to work in those days. We used to bang singles out one after another, Robin Gibb, Words reflects a mood, It was written after an argument. Barry had been arguing with someone, I had been arguing with someone and that is what the song is all about, words can make you happy or words can make you sad. Barry said in 1996 on the VH1 Storytellers television show that it was written for their manager, Words was recorded on 3 October 1967 along with World and the unreleased track Macclebys Secret at the IBC Studios in London. The song featured vocals from only Barry and became his solo spot in concert for the remainder of the Bee Gees career, the recording sessions for Words were especially memorable for two members of the group, Barry explained, I remember the session so clearly. Robin and I were in the studios at 9oclock in the morning, I wanted him to write the piano part of the song and play it because Im not much of a pianist, but he just couldnt keep his eyes open, so I ended up doing it myself. Words was also the showcase for a new sound, as Maurice explained. When we were recording, after everyone had gone to lunch, I was sitting at the piano mucking about, I went upstairs and switched on the mike for the piano, and then I started playing about with the knobs in front of me. When I played the back, I had all these incredible compressed piano noises. Mike Claydon at IBC Studios, who engineered all our records, when he heard the piano sound. Come up here and listen to that sound and it was just compression, but he didnt know what to call it then. I think he called it limited and it made the piano sound like it was about 40 pianos playing at the same time and very, very thick. In Words it was beautiful but that sound on it made it sound like the LA Symphony on it. If you listen to all our records, the sound is on it
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Islands in the Stream (song)
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Islands in the Stream is a song written by the Bee Gees and sung by American country music artists Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. Named after the Ernest Hemingway novel, it was written for Marvin Gaye in an R&B style. It was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers album Eyes That See in the Dark, the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, giving both Rogers and Parton their second pop number-one hit. It also topped the Country and Adult Contemporary charts and it has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over two million physical copies in the US. In 2005 the song topped CMTs poll of the best country duets of all time, Parton, Rogers and Parton went on to record a Christmas album together, and had an additional hit with their 1985 duet Real Love. The song is sung in C major moderate 4/4 time, with Rogers and Parton alternating lead vocals and their version features a key change from C major to A-flat major. By contrast the Bee Gees recorded version has no key change, in both versions the chorus is syncopated, with the phrase starting one quaver before the 4th beat of the bar. It knocked Bonnie Tylers Total Eclipse of the Heart out of No.1 on Billboards Hot 100, also topping the Country, in December of that year it was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over two million physical copies in the US. It has also sold 569,000 digital copies in the US as of November 2013, while the song was at the very top of the country charts, another of Rogers singles Scarlet Fever reached #5. In Australia the song was one for one week in December 1983. The song reached a peak of No.7 in the UK singles chart in 1983, since then it has also sold 245,577 digital copies in the UK as of July 2014. In September 2016, in Supergirl, the song was played at the bar in the episode Welcome to Earth. The song was used as title track for the Danish TV series Måske i morgen shown on Danish national television DR. Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson covered the song on her 1983 album Singles Bar, canadian vocalist Leslie Feist recorded a version of this song with her friends the Constantines. It appeared as number 9 on the disc in the Deluxe Edition of The Reminder. In 1994 the majorcan singer Tomeu Penya recorded a version of song with lyrics in a Balearic dialect of catalan. This version was a duet sung with Adriana Ceballos an argentinian singer, in the US television series The Office, Michael Scott performs a karaoke version of the song in the E-mail Surveillance episode. While waiting for someone to join him for the duet, Michael awkwardly finds himself singing the part in falsetto until he is finally joined by the Jim Halpert character
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Verona, New York
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Verona is a town in southwestern Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 6,293 at the 2010 census, the town was named after Verona, Italy. Verona is located 8 miles south of the City of Rome, part of extensive territory of the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois League, the town was first settled by European Americans in 1792 after the American Revolutionary War. The Town of Verona was established from the Town of Westmoreland in 1802, in 1993, the Oneida Nation purchased land in the town. On this site it built and opened a casino and bingo hall, by 1997, this facility was developed as a full-scale resort called Turning Stone Resort & Casino. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 69.7 square miles. The western part of the town borders Oneida Lake and Madison County, the New York State Thruway and the Erie Canal cross the town. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,425 people,2,399 households, the population density was 92.7 people per square mile. There were 2,665 housing units at a density of 38.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97. 71% White,0. 37% African American,0. 64% Native American,0. 37% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,0. 05% from other races, and 0. 84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 47% of the population,19. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the family size was 3.05. In the town, the population was out with 26. 6% under the age of 18,6. 6% from 18 to 24,29. 2% from 25 to 44,25. 2% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 103.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.6 males, the median income for a household in the town was $42,745, and the median income for a family was $47,951. Males had an income of $32,328 versus $23,646 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,017, about 3. 8% of families and 5. 7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6. 8% of those under age 18 and 3. 0% of those age 65 or over. Verona is part of the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Central School District, students in grades Pre-K through 6 attend John D. George Elementary School, located on Main Street in the village of Verona
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Turning Stone Resort Casino
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Turning Stone Casino Resort is a resort owned and operated by the Oneida Indian Nation in Verona, New York. The facility opened on July 20,1993, and offers amenities, an RV park, an amusement arcade, many restaurants, spas, Bingo, Keno, table games. Until the Seneca Niagara Casino opened in 2002, it was the only land-based casino in New York, the resort is a popular tourist destination in central New York State and has received numerous awards in the industry. The casino, and associated hotel for visitors and conventions, was conceived as an enterprise to aid in economic. It was developed at a time when Native American sovereignty and the right to establish gaming casinos on reservations had survived court challenges, development of the casino was opposed by some both within and outside the Oneida Nation. As a fall-back plan, the Oneida Indian Nation had the casino designed so that it could be adapted as a shopping mall. The land upon which the Casino is located was acquired from Ibrahim Batca, construction of an on-site hotel and a bingo hall began in 1994. The Bingo Halls construction was completed in 1995, disagreements over the hotel plans delayed its construction for a year. The hotels original design plans had the hotel and casino separate, because of the delay, the hotel plans were re-designed to combine the hotel and casino into one structure. This new design allowed the Oneida Indian Nation to offer services, including a pool, a spa. Additionally, the created a larger and more formal lobby to serve both the hotel and casino to be one structure. In 1997 the Oneidas paid for construction of a tower near the casino and donated it to the Town of Verona. The water tower has a capacity to hold 1,000,000 gallons of water, in 2005 the Nation consumed 600,000 gallons per day, which was four times the amount guaranteed to them under an agreement with the Town of Verona. Just hours before this deadline, the Oneida tribe began paying for a new pump to be installed to provide the needed water capacity for the casino. In 2002 construction of an expansion and showroom were completed to provide the only Ticketmaster-approved venue in the area. The popularity of the casino provided sufficient revenue for the OIN to build second, construction of the new hotel was finished in late 2004. One of the hotels is the tallest structure between Syracuse and Albany to serve the common guest, the hotel is a luxury resort that caters to golf customers. DeSimone Consulting Engineers is the engineering firm for the project
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Niagara Falls, Ontario
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Niagara Falls is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the bank of the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario. The municipality was incorporated on 12 June 1903, across the Niagara River is Niagara Falls, New York. The city is dominated by the Niagara Falls, a set of three large waterfalls on the Niagara River. The American and Horseshoe falls can be best seen from the Canadian side of the river, the natural spectacle attracts millions of tourists yearly. This area, which stretches along the Niagara Parkway and tourist promenade, is concentrated at the brink of the falls. Further to the north or south, golf courses are operated alongside historic sites from the War of 1812 and this area was long part of the Iroquois Confederacy territory, five powerful First Nations mostly along the southern edge of the Great Lakes. The Niagara Falls area has had some European settlement since the 17th century, louis Hennepin, a French priest and missionary, is regarded as the first European to visit the area in the 1670s. French colonists settled mostly in Lower Canada, beginning near the Atlantic, loyalist Robert Land received 200 acres and was one of the first people of European descent to settle in the Niagara Region. He moved to nearby Hamilton three years due to the relentless noise of falls. Tourism started in the early 19th century and has been a part of the local economy since that time. The falls became known as a wonder, in part to their being featured in paintings by prominent American artists of the 19th century such as Albert Bierstadt. Such works were reproduced as lithographs, becoming widely distributed, in addition, Niagara Falls markets itself as a honeymoon destination, it is the self-proclaimed honeymoon capital of the world. In 1856, the Town of Clifton was incorporated, the name of the town was changed to Niagara Falls in 1881. In 1882, the community of Drummondville was incorporated as the village of Niagara Falls, the village was referred to as Niagara Falls South to differentiate it from the town. In 1904, the town and village amalgamated to form the City of Niagara Falls, in 1882, Irish author Oscar Wilde visited Niagara Falls after lecturing in Buffalo during a lecture tour of North America. He stayed at the Prospect House in Niagara Falls, New York, an Internment camp was set up at The Armoury in Niagara Falls from December 1914 to August 1918. In 1953, the American actress Marilyn Monroe filmed Niagara here and this was a major event for the city
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Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort
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The Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario opened publicly on June 10,2004. This $1 billion complex overlooks the Horseshoe Falls and is one of the most prominent features of the Niagara skyline, the site was once the transformer station building for the Ontario Power Company at the foot of Horseshoe Falls. It was also occupied by the Canadian Pacific Railway Montrose Subdivision, the casinos operations are handled by a five partner consortium Falls Management Group LP of Toronto. Planning began in February 1998 – Falls Management Group L. C. selected to develop new casino resort, construction began in 2001 and the resort opened on June 10,2004. The east facade of the complex retains the walls of the terrace, the area where the transformers resided is now the Grand Hall convention halls. At the main entrance is a feature called The Teslatron. During its first few years of functioning it featured nightly displays with added audio and lighting, at street level there is a fountain that varies its height with the wind so as not to wet pedestrians and passing cars. When players need to cash out their money from the Ticket-In, Ticket-Out slot machines, tickets are referred to as TITO. Tickets are void after 90 days, list of casinos in Canada Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort Digital Images Niagara Falls Public Library Local Casinos in Canada - Fallsview Casino Resort
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Thunder Bay
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Thunder Bay is a city in, and the seat of, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario with a population of 108,359 as of the Canada 2011 Census, European settlement in the region began in the late 17th century with a French fur trading outpost on the banks of the Kaministiquia River. Forestry and manufacturing played important roles in the citys economy and they have declined in recent years, but have been replaced by a knowledge economy based on medical research and education. Thunder Bay is the site of the Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, the city takes its name from the immense Thunder Bay at the head of Lake Superior, known on 18th-century French maps as Baie du Tonnerre. The city is referred to as the Lakehead, or Canadian Lakehead. European settlement at Thunder Bay began with two French fur trading posts which were subsequently abandoned, in 1803, the Montreal-based North West Company established Fort William as its mid-continent entrepôt. The fort thrived until 1821 when the North West Company merged with the Hudsons Bay Company, by the 1850s, the Province of Canada began to take an interest in its western extremity. Discovery of copper in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan had prompted a demand for mining locations on the Canadian shores of Lake Superior. In 1849, French-speaking Jesuits established the Mission de lImmaculée-Conception on the Kaministiquia to evangelize the Ojibwe, the Province of Canada negotiated the Robinson Treaty in 1850 with the Ojibwa of Lake Superior. As a result, an Indian reserve was set aside for them south of the Kaministiquia River, in 1859–60, the Department of Crown Lands surveyed two townships and the Town Plot of Fort William for European-Canadian settlement. Another settlement developed a few miles to the north of Fort William after construction by the federal Department of Public Works of a road connecting Lake Superior with the Red River Colony, the work was directed by Simon James Dawson. This public works depot or construction headquarters acquired its first name in May 1870 when Colonel Garnet Wolseley named it Prince Arthurs Landing and it was renamed Port Arthur by the Canadian Pacific Railway in May 1883. The arrival of the CPR in 1875 sparked a rivalry between the towns, which did not end until the amalgamation of 1970. Until the 1880s, Port Arthur was a larger and dynamic community. The CPR, in collaboration with the Hudsons Bay Company, preferred east Fort William, provoked by a prolonged tax dispute with Port Arthur and its seizure of a locomotive in 1889, the CPR relocated all its employees and facilities to Fort William. The collapse of silver mining after 1890 undermined the economy of Port Arthur and it had an economic depression, while Fort William thrived. In the era of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Thunder Bay began a period of growth, based on improved access to markets via the transcontinental railway. The CPR double-tracked its Winnipeg–Thunder Bay line, the Canadian Northern Railway established facilities at Port Arthur
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Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
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The Thunder Bay Community Auditorium is a 1,511 seat performance arts centre, located in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It opened on October 16,1985 and is home to the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Community Auditorium hosts 150,000 patrons annually. It has a 40 by 50 permanent stage, a 70 by 39 proscenium,8 dressing rooms,52 lines, 2x400A 120V/208V electrical,3 meeting rooms, a 450-person banquet capacity, and parking for 1000 vehicles. In an effort to decrease the burden on taxpayers, the Community Auditorium issued an expression of interest for an organization or individual to become a naming sponsor in February 2008. Two potential sponsors — Shaw Communications and TBayTel — initially expressed interest, but did not follow up on it by the March 27,2008 deadline, the facility receives $475,000 annually from the City of Thunder Bay
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Winnipeg
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Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is located near the centre of North America and is 110 kilometres from the U. S. border. It is also the place of the confluence of the Red, the city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg, the name comes from the Western Cree words for muddy water. The region was a centre for aboriginal peoples long before the arrival of Europeans. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738, a settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. As of 2011, Winnipeg is the seventh most populated municipality in Canada, being located very far inland, the local climate is extremely seasonal even by Canadian standards with average January lows of around −21 °C and average July highs of 26 °C. Known as the Gateway to the West, Winnipeg is a railway, Winnipeg was the first Canadian host of the Pan American Games. It is home to professional sports franchises, including the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Winnipeg Jets, Manitoba Moose. Winnipeg lies at the confluence of the Assiniboine and the Red River of the North and this point was at the crossroads of canoe routes travelled by First Nations before European contact. Winnipeg is named after nearby Lake Winnipeg, the name is a transcription of the Western Cree words for muddy or brackish water. Estimates of the date of first settlement in this area are varied, in 1805, Canadian colonists observed First Nations peoples engaged in farming activity along the Red River. The practice quickly expanded, driven by the demand by traders for provisions, the rivers provided an extensive transportation network linking northern First Peoples with those to the south along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. The Ojibwe made some of the first maps on birch bark, sieur de La Vérendrye built the first fur trading post on the site in 1738, called Fort Rouge. French trading continued at this site for decades before the arrival of the British Hudsons Bay Company after France ceded the territory following its defeat in the Seven Years War. Many French and later British men who were trappers married First Nations women, their mixed-race children hunted, traded and they gradually developed as an ethnicity known as the Métis because of sharing a traditional culture. Lord Selkirk was involved with the first permanent settlement, the purchase of land from the Hudsons Bay Company, the North West Company built Fort Gibraltar in 1809, and the Hudsons Bay Company built Fort Douglas in 1812, both in the area of present-day Winnipeg. The two companies competed fiercely over trade, the Métis and Lord Selkirks settlers fought at the Battle of Seven Oaks in 1816. In 1821, the Hudsons Bay and North West Companies merged, Fort Gibraltar was renamed Fort Garry in 1822 and became the leading post in the region for the Hudsons Bay Company
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Regina, Saskatchewan
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Regina (/rᵻˈdʒaɪnə/ is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and within the Treaty 4 territories. The city is the second-largest in the province, after Saskatoon, and it is governed by Regina City Council. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Sherwood No.159, Regina was previously the seat of government of the North-West Territories, of which the current provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta originally formed part, and of the District of Assiniboia. The site was previously called Wascana, but was renamed to Regina in 1882 in honour of Queen Victoria and this decision was made by Queen Victorias daughter Princess Louise, who was the wife of the Governor General of Canada, the Marquess of Lorne. Unlike other planned cities in the Canadian West, on its treeless flat plain Regina has few topographical features other than the small spring run-off, Reginas importance was further secured when the new province of Saskatchewan designated the city its capital in 1906. The CCF, formulated its foundation Regina Manifesto,1933 in Regina, in recent years, Saskatchewans agricultural and mineral resources have come into new demand, and it has entered a new period of strong economic growth. The population of the Regina CMA as of 2016, was 236,481, there was an obvious conflict of interest in Dewdneys choosing the site of Pile-of-Bones as the territorial seat of government and it was a national scandal at the time. There, the Territories were remote and of little concern, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, wife of the then Governor General of Canada, named the new community Regina, in honour of her mother, Queen Victoria. The episode, including Riels imprisonment, trial and execution, brought the new Regina Leader, later the Leader-Post, to national prominence. Regina grew rapidly until the beginning of the Great Depression, in 1929, by this time, Saskatchewan was considered the third province of Canada in both population and economic indicators. Thereafter, Saskatchewan never recovered its early promise and Reginas growth slowed, in 1935, Regina gained notoriety for the Regina Riot, an incident of the On-to-Ottawa Trek. Recently older buildings have put to new uses, including the old Normal School on the Regina College campus of the University of Regina. Despite the setting, improbable though it always was compared with more likely sites for the capitol. There is an abundance of parks and greenspaces, all of its trees — some 300,000 — shrubs and other plants were hand-planted. As in other cities, American elms were planted in front yards in residential neighbourhoods. In recent years the pattern of primary and high school grounds being acreages of prairie sports grounds has been re-thought and such grounds have been landscaped with artificial hills, newer residential subdivisions in the northwest and southeast have, instead of spring runoff storm sewers, decorative landscaped lagoons. Despite having fallen in recent years, Reginas crime rate remains among the highest in Canada, Reginas overall police-reported crime rate was second highest in the country in 2012. However, the severity of crimes in Regina is quite high
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Conexus Arts Centre
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Naming of the Venue as Conexus Arts Centre was possible through a Partner/Sponsor Agreement with the Conexus Credit Union. Rising construction costs and a lack of finances left the unfinished steel structure stalled for almost two years. Engineering students at the nearby Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan dubbed it the worlds largest monkey bars and it was completed after cutbacks were made to the original plans, including the exterior cladding. Maintenance and renovation in subsequent decades have brought the appearance of the building substantially closer to the original intention than was initially possible. The TCU Place was erected in Saskatoon also commemorating Canadas centennial, main Theatre, with three balconies, has a large stage whose front lowers hydraulically to form an orchestra pit for 100 musicians. The Centre of the Arts has alternates hosting duties for Telemiracle with TCU Place in Saskatoon and it was renamed the Conexus Arts Centre on January 5,2006 when the Conexus Credit Union took over the underwriting of part of its operating budget
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Saskatoon
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Saskatoon is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The City of Saskatoon has estimated its population to be 265,300 as of the end of 2016, the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344, the most populous municipality in Saskatchewan, surrounds the city and contains many of the developments associated with it. Saskatoon is named after the berry of the name, which is native to the region. The city has a significant Indigenous population and several urban Reserves and it is known for its diverse and vibrant culture and its eight river crossings that give it the nicknames Paris of the Prairies and Bridge City. Historic neighbourhoods of Saskatoon include Nutana and Riversdale, which were separate towns before amalgamating with the town of Saskatoon, Sutherland, the rail town the city annexed in 1956 that lies beyond the University lands, is now another historic neighbourhood. The name Saskatoon comes from the Cree inanimate noun misâskwatômina saskatoon berries, in 1882, the Toronto-based Temperance Colonization Society was granted 21 sections of land straddling the South Saskatchewan River, between what is now Warman and Dundurn. The aim of the group was to escape the liquor trade in that city, the following year settlers, led by John Neilson Lake, arrived on the site of what is now Saskatoon and established the first permanent settlement. The settlers travelled by railway from Ontario to Moose Jaw and then completed the leg via horse-drawn cart as the railway had yet to be completed to Saskatoon. In 1885 the Northwest Rebellion affected the community in a variety of ways. Chief Whitecap and Charles Trottier passed through the present day University campus on their way to join Louis Riels armed forces at Batoche, Saskatchewan. Following the fighting at the Battle of Fish Creek, and the Battle of Batoche, a few died in care and were buried in the Pioneer Cemetery near the Exhibition Grounds. A town charter for the west side of the river was obtained in 1903, in 1906 Saskatoon became a city with a population of 4,500, which included the communities of Saskatoon, Riversdale and Nutana. In 1955 Montgomery Place and in 1956 the neighbouring town of Sutherland were annexed by the fast-growing City of Saskatoon, the economy of Saskatoon has been associated with potash, oil and agriculture, resulting in the moniker POW City. Various grains, livestock, oil and gas, potash, uranium, gold, diamond, coal, the worlds largest publicly traded uranium company, Cameco, and the worlds largest potash producer, PotashCorp, have corporate headquarters in Saskatoon. Saskatoon is also the new home of BHP Billitons Diamonds and Specialty Products business unit, nearly two-thirds of the worlds recoverable potash reserves are in the Saskatoon region. Saskatoon is also home to the Canadian Light Source, Canadas national synchrotron facility, saskatoon’s digital media scene is growing with start-up tech companies such as Noodlecake, OneStory, Point2, Vendasta Technologies, and Zu. Another of Saskatoons nicknames, Hub City, refers to its central location within Canada for distribution
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Edmonton
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Edmonton /ˈɛdməntən/ is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, the city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. The city had a population of 932,546 in 2016, making it Albertas second-largest city, also in 2016, Edmonton had a metropolitan population of 1,321,426, making it the sixth-largest census metropolitan area in Canada. Edmonton is North Americas northernmost city with a population over one million. A resident of Edmonton is known as an Edmontonian, Edmontons historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities and a series of annexations ending in 1982. Known as the Gateway to the North, the city is a point for large-scale oil sands projects occurring in northern Alberta. Edmonton is a cultural, governmental and educational centre and it hosts a year-round slate of festivals, reflected in the nickname Canadas Festival City. It is home to North Americas largest mall, West Edmonton Mall, in 1754, Anthony Henday, an explorer for the Hudsons Bay Company, may have been the first European to enter the Edmonton area. By 1795, Fort Edmonton was established on the north bank as a major trading post for the Hudsons Bay Company. The new forts name was suggested by John Peter Pruden after Edmonton, London, the home town of both the HBC deputy governor Sir James Winter Lake, and Pruden. In 1876, Treaty 6, which includes what is now Edmonton, was signed between the Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Queen Victoria as Queen of Canada, as part of the Numbered Treaties of Canada. The agreement includes the Plains and Woods Cree, Assiniboine, and other governments of First Nations at Fort Carlton, Fort Pitt. The area covered by the treaty represents most of the area of the current provinces of Saskatchewan. The arrival of the CPR and the C&E Railway helped bring settlers and entrepreneurs from eastern Canada, Europe, U. S. the Edmonton areas fertile soil and cheap land attracted settlers, further establishing Edmonton as a major regional commercial and agricultural centre. Some people participating in the Klondike Gold Rush passed through South Edmonton/Strathcona in 1897, in November 1905, the Canadian Northern Railway arrived in Edmonton, accelerating growth. During the early 1900s, Edmontons rapid growth led to speculation in real estate, in 1912, Edmonton amalgamated with the City of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, as a result, the city extended south of the North Saskatchewan River for the first time. Just prior to World War I, the boom ended, many impoverished families moved to subsistence farms outside the city, while others fled to greener pastures in other provinces. Recruitment to the Canadian army during the war contributed to the drop in population
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Francis Winspear Centre for Music
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The Francis Winspear Centre for Music is a performing arts centre located in the downtown core of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Built in 1997, it is the home of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the centre is named after Dr. Francis G. Winspear, who donated $6 million to the construction of the facility - the single largest private donation to a performing arts facility in Canadian history. The Canadian federal government contributed $15 million and the Alberta government contributed $15 million as well, in 2002, the Davis Concert Organ was installed at the centre. Launched at a performance on September 14,2002, the pipe organ was built by Orgues Létourneau Limitée of Saint-Hyacinthe. It has 96 stops,122 ranks, and 6,551 pipes and it is named after Dr. Stuart Davis, to acknowledge his generosity and also in memory of his late wife Winona. With its parallel side walls, the Winspear represents an adaptation of the classic shoebox shaped concert halls of the late 19th. The acoustics of the Winspear are adjustable through the use of velour banners, list of concert halls Winspear Centre
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Calgary
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Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, the city anchors the south end of what Statistics Canada defines as the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. The city had a population of 1,239,220 in 2016, making it Albertas largest city, also in 2016, Calgary had a metropolitan population of 1,392,609, making it the fourth-largest census metropolitan area in Canada. The Calgary CMA is home to the second-highest number of head offices in Canada among the countrys 800 largest corporations. In 1988, Calgary became the first Canadian city to host the Winter Olympic Games, Calgary was named after Calgary on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. In turn, the name originates from a compound of kald and gart, similar Old Norse words, meaning cold and garden, alternatively, the name might be Gaelic Cala ghearraidh, meaning beach of the meadow, or Gaelic for either clear running water or bay farm. The Calgary area was inhabited by people whose presence has been traced back at least 11,000 years. Before the arrival of Europeans, the area was inhabited by the Blackfoot, Blood, Peigan, in 1787, cartographer David Thompson spent the winter with a band of Peigan encamped along the Bow River. He was a Hudsons Bay Company trader and the first recorded European to visit the area, John Glenn was the first documented European settler in the Calgary area, in 1873. The site became a post of the North-West Mounted Police, the NWMP detachment was assigned in 1875 to protect the western plains from US whisky traders, and to protect the fur trade. Originally named Fort Brisebois, after NWMP officer Éphrem-A, Brisebois, it was renamed Fort Calgary in 1876 by Colonel James Macleod. When the Canadian Pacific Railway reached the area in 1883, over a century later, the Canadian Pacific Railway headquarters moved to Calgary from Montreal in 1996. Calgary was officially incorporated as a town in 1884, and elected its first mayor, in 1894, it was incorporated as The City of Calgary in what was then the North-West Territories. The Calgary Police Service was established in 1885 and assumed municipal, local duties from the NWMP, the Calgary Fire of 1886 occurred on November 7,1886. Fourteen buildings were destroyed with losses estimated at $103,200, although no one was killed or injured, city officials drafted a law requiring all large downtown buildings to be built with Paskapoo sandstone, to prevent this from happening again. After the arrival of the railway, the Dominion Government started leasing grazing land at minimal cost, as a result of this policy, large ranching operations were established in the outlying country near Calgary. Already a transportation and distribution hub, Calgary quickly became the centre of Canadas cattle marketing and meatpacking industries. By the late 19th century, the Hudsons Bay Company expanded into the interior and established posts along rivers that later developed into the cities of Winnipeg, Calgary
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Arts Commons
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Arts Commons is a multi-venue arts centre in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada, located in the Olympic Plaza Cultural District. Occupying a full city block, Arts Commons is a six level complex measuring over 400,000 square feet and it is one of the three largest arts centres in Canada. The oldest part of the city block that houses the Arts Commons is the Burns Building, construction began in April 1912 and was completed at a cost of $350,000. In the late 1970s, the demolition of the Burns Building became a possibility, demolition proposals were defeated by the Calgary City Council by one vote, and, along with the Calgary Public Building, the building was incorporated into the plan for the Arts Centre. In 1979, the Public Building was bought by the City of Calgary for $3.8 million, the newly created Centre was officially opened on 14 September 1985 by the then Premier of Alberta Peter Lougheed. After a donation by EPCOR, an Edmonton, Alberta-based utilities company, Commons is derived from the old town square concept where ideas are shared, people from all walks of life gather, and different perspectives are welcomed. Almost 400,000 people attend 1800-plus performances and events each year at the Arts Commons, Jack Singer Concert Hall, with 1,800 seats, is the largest venue in the building. Suspended above the stage is a 185, 000-pound laminated spruce-wood acoustical canopy, named for Jack Singer, the Concert Hall is the permanent home of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, which employs 65 full-time musicians, and the 6, 040-pipe Carthy Organ. Max Bell Theatre is a 750 seat theatre and is home to Theatre Calgary, martha Cohen Theatre is a 418 seat theatre and is home to Alberta Theatre Projects. Big Secret Theatre is a 190 seat theatre and is home to One Yellow Rabbit, engineered Air Theatre is used for concerts, films, plays, weddings, receptions, and galas. Can seat up to 185 theatre-style, motel is a 50 seat black box, multi-purpose venue used for plays, experimental theatre and performance art and is home to Downstage. Arts Commons presents music programming, arts education and movies, programs include the BD&P World Music Series, PCL Blues Series, TD Jazz Series, Art. Flicks and Arts Learning projects. The Arts Commons facility also hosts the Gallery of Alberta Media Art a screen based media gallery in the +15 portion of the building, list of concert halls Arts Commons Former EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts website
