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Elvis Presley
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Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is referred to as the King of Rock and Roll. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis and his music career began there in 1954, when he recorded a song with producer Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was a popularizer of rockabilly. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, Presleys first RCA single, Heartbreak Hotel, was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. He was regarded as the figure of rock and roll after a series of successful network television appearances. In November 1956, Presley made his debut in Love Me Tender. In 1958, he was drafted into military service, in 1973, Presley featured in the first globally broadcast concert via satellite, Aloha from Hawaii. Several years of drug abuse severely damaged his health. Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century and he won three Grammys, also receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. Presley was born on January 8,1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Love and Vernon Elvis Presley, Jesse Garon Presley, his identical twin brother, was delivered stillborn 35 minutes before his own birth. Thus, as a child, Presley became close to both parents and formed an especially close bond with his mother. The family attended an Assembly of God, where he found his musical inspiration. Although he was in conflict with the Pentecostal church in his later years, rev. Rex Humbard officiated at his funeral, as Presley had been an admirer of Humbards ministry. Presleys ancestry was primarily a Western European mix, including Scots-Irish, Scottish, German, gladyss great-great-grandmother, Morning Dove White, was possibly a Cherokee Native American. Gladys was regarded by relatives and friends as the dominant member of the small family, Vernon moved from one odd job to the next, evincing little ambition. The family often relied on help from neighbors and government food assistance, the Presleys survived the F5 tornado in the 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak. In 1938, they lost their home after Vernon was found guilty of kiting a check written by the landowner, Orville S. Bean and he was jailed for eight months, and Gladys and Elvis moved in with relatives
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West End theatre
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West End theatre is a common term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of Theatreland in and near the West End of London. Along with New York Citys Broadway theatre, West End theatre is considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world. Seeing a West End show is a common tourist activity in London, in 2013, ticket sales reached a record 14.4 million, making West End the largest English speaking audience in the world. Famous screen actors frequently appear on the London stage, helen Mirren received an award for her performance as the Queen on the West End stage, and then stated, theatre is such an important part of British history and British culture. Theatre in London flourished after the English Reformation, the first permanent public playhouse, known simply as The Theatre, was constructed in 1576 in Shoreditch by James Burbage. It was soon joined by The Curtain, both are known to have been used by William Shakespeares company. In 1599, the timber from The Theatre was moved to Southwark and these theatres were closed in 1642 due to the Puritans who would later influence the interregnum of 1649. After the Restoration, two companies were licensed to perform, the Dukes Company and the Kings Company, performances were held in converted buildings, such as Lisles Tennis Court. The first West End theatre, known as Theatre Royal in Bridges Street, was designed by Thomas Killigrew and built on the site of the present Theatre Royal and it opened on 7 May 1663 and was destroyed by a fire nine years later. It was replaced by a new designed by Christopher Wren and renamed the Theatre Royal. Outside the West End, Sadlers Wells Theatre opened in Islington on 3 June 1683. Taking its name from founder Richard Sadler and monastic springs that were discovered on the property, it operated as a Musick House, with performances of opera, as it was not licensed for plays. In the West End, the Theatre Royal Haymarket opened on 29 December 1720 on a site north of its current location. The Patent theatre companies retained their duopoly on drama well into the 19th century, by the early 19th century, however, music hall entertainments became popular, and presenters found a loophole in the restrictions on non-patent theatres in the genre of melodrama. Melodrama did not break the Patent Acts, as it was accompanied by music, initially, these entertainments were presented in large halls, attached to public houses, but purpose-built theatres began to appear in the East End at Shoreditch and Whitechapel. The West End theatre district became established with the opening of small theatres and halls. South of the River Thames, the Old Vic, Waterloo Road, the next few decades saw the opening of many new theatres in the West End. It abbreviated its name three years later, the theatre building boom continued until about World War I
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Shakin' Stevens
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Michael Barratt, known as Shakin Stevens, is a platinum-selling British rock and roll singer and songwriter who was the UKs biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although it was not until 1980 that his success began. The oldest of his siblings were born in the mid 1920s, Jack Barratt died in 1972, aged 75, while May lived until 1984, dying at age 79. He grew up in Ely, Cardiff, and as a teenager in the mid-1960s he formed his first amateur rock and roll band with friends and became its vocalist. Originally named the Olympics, then the Cossacks, the band finally renamed as the Denims and performed gigs in the local Cardiff. In the late 1960s Stevens was associated with the Young Communist League, at the time the YCL was associated with several leading music industry figures, including Pete Townshend. Stevens married his wife, Carole, on 7 October 1967, at the time of their marriage, his official occupation was a milkman, and they lived in a flat which formed part of an office block in inner-city Cardiff. The office block was demolished years later. He is a supporter of his local football team Cardiff City. Having worked as an upholsterer and milkman, Barratt performed on weekends in clubs and pubs, having previously followed them as a fan and then as an occasional guest vocalist, Barratt joined the existing Penarth-based the Backbeats – originally formed in 1958 – as lead singer. Spotted by South Wales impresario Paul Legs Barrett - who was not a relative - Paul Barrett proposed repackaging the band as a 1950s-influenced rock n roll outfit under a new name. Michael Barratt agreed to choose a name, and so borrowing from old school friend Steven Vanderwalker. Fronting the newly named Shakin Stevens and the Sunsets, a break for the band presented itself when they were given a support slot for the Rolling Stones in December 1969. The band toured Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands in between UK dates, the Sunsets continue to perform, and still tour annually in the UK, Europe and Australia, fronted in recent years by Shakys nephew, Levi Barratt. Proby taking over the part for Elviss Las Vegas years, however, the expectations were overtaken by subsequent events. The media-wise Jack Good made sure that both the process and the early months of the show were widely and regularly covered by the British daily press. His 1984 hit Teardrops, which reached No, Chart successes also included his album Shaky reaching number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. Its original planned release was put back by a year to avoid clashing with the success of Band Aids charity single Do They Know Its Christmas
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London Astoria
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The London Astoria was a music venue, located at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England. It had been leased and run by Festival Republic since 2000 and it was closed on 15 January 2009 and has since been demolished. The venue is still today as an iconic music establishment, as it helped to launch the careers of many British rock bands. It was also a venue in Britains LGBT scene, for holding Londons biggest gay new year parties along with G-A-Y. Originally a warehouse during the 1920s, the became a cinema. It was converted for use as a theatre in the 1970s, after further conversion, the building re-opened in the mid-1980s, as a night club and live music venue for well-known musical acts. There were half a dozen smaller music and gay clubs in the adjacent buildings within the neighbourhood, in 2009 the venue closed, and was demolished as part of the development plans of the Crossrail project. The Astoria was built on the site of a former Crosse & Blackwell warehouse and it was designed by Edward A. Stone, who also designed subsequent Astoria venues at Brixton, Old Kent Road, Finsbury Park and Streatham. When first constructed, the building was four storeys tall with a decorative frieze cornice surrounding its exterior, from 1928, the basement was used as a ballroom dancing salon. The venues interior was re-designed with a plainer, modern style in 1968, in 1977 it was converted for theatrical use. The venue went through period of conversion when the theatre closed in 1984. It reopened in 1985 as a nightclub and live music venue with a capacity for 2,000 people, a booklet was published called The History of the Astoria by Nigel Crewe to commemorate its evolving uses. It was the venue for the last live performance by Richey Edwards of Manic Street Preachers, mean Fiddler acquired the lease for the London Astoria in May 2000, securing the future of live music at one of London’s most famous rock ‘n’ roll venues. It was also connected to Astoria 2 so that the two venues could function as a venue when needed. The Astoria continued to operate in this format until its closure in 2009. The Smashing Pumpkins recorded and filmed the live performances of their songs Soma and these videos and recordings appears on Vieuphoria DVD and the Earphoria CD. The Cranberries recorded a concert on 14 January 1994 and they released it on DVD in 2005. The Groundhogs recorded their Live At The Astoria album at the venue in 1999, feeder recorded a matinee show with a live audience in 1999 at the venue to be shown on Fuji TV, a Japanese television station
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London
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London /ˈlʌndən/ is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain and it was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium. Londons ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1. 12-square-mile medieval boundaries. London is a global city in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism. It is crowned as the worlds largest financial centre and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world, London is a world cultural capital. It is the worlds most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the worlds largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic, London is the worlds leading investment destination, hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city. Londons universities form the largest concentration of education institutes in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted the modern Summer Olympic Games three times, London has a diverse range of people and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken in the region. Its estimated mid-2015 municipal population was 8,673,713, the largest of any city in the European Union, Londons urban area is the second most populous in the EU, after Paris, with 9,787,426 inhabitants at the 2011 census. The citys metropolitan area is the most populous in the EU with 13,879,757 inhabitants, the city-region therefore has a similar land area and population to that of the New York metropolitan area. London was the worlds most populous city from around 1831 to 1925, Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Pauls Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world, the etymology of London is uncertain. It is an ancient name, found in sources from the 2nd century and it is recorded c.121 as Londinium, which points to Romano-British origin, and hand-written Roman tablets recovered in the city originating from AD 65/70-80 include the word Londinio. The earliest attempted explanation, now disregarded, is attributed to Geoffrey of Monmouth in Historia Regum Britanniae and this had it that the name originated from a supposed King Lud, who had allegedly taken over the city and named it Kaerlud. From 1898, it was accepted that the name was of Celtic origin and meant place belonging to a man called *Londinos. The ultimate difficulty lies in reconciling the Latin form Londinium with the modern Welsh Llundain, which should demand a form *lōndinion, from earlier *loundiniom. The possibility cannot be ruled out that the Welsh name was borrowed back in from English at a later date, and thus cannot be used as a basis from which to reconstruct the original name. Until 1889, the name London officially applied only to the City of London, two recent discoveries indicate probable very early settlements near the Thames in the London area
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Tim Whitnall
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Tim Whitnall is an English playwright, screenwriter, and actor known for playing Angelo in the long-running CITV series Mike and Angelo and narrating the pre-school childrens TV programme Teletubbies. He currently co-provides voices in Thomas & Friends and he has starred in many West End musicals including Elvis, Grease, The Rocky Horror Show, and Good Rockin Tonight. He worked extensively in film, TV, and radio and presented the BBC Schools series, The Music Arcade, Into Music, Time and Tune, Music Workshop and he has provided many voice-overs and vocals for TV commercials, animations, and jingles. Following its screen release at the ICA Cinema, London, the film was released on DVD in January 2010, for this work, Whitnall was nominated for Best First Feature Length Screenplay category in the 2010 Writers Guild Of Great Britain Awards. Whitnalls stage-play Morecambe – a tribute to the late comedian Eric Morecambe – won a Fringe First Award for innovation, the show opened at Londons Duchess Theatre the following December and toured the UK through 2010. The piece was nominated in two categories in the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards and won the Best Entertainment category. In 2012, BBC Four screened Whitnalls 90-minute drama Best Possible Taste, The Kenny Everett Story and it was directed by James Strong, produced by Paul Frift and starred Oliver Lansley and Katherine Kelly. For it, Whitnall won the Breakthrough Talent Award in the 2013 BAFTA Television Craft Awards. Since 2014, Whitnall has provided the voices of the characters Timothy and Reg, and since 2015, Mike, Jerome, and Oliver the Excavator in the CGI version of the British TV series Thomas & Friends. He lives in Richmond, Surrey with his partner, Anna Murphy, with whom he has a production company, Feather Productions Ltd. Tim Whitnall at the Internet Movie Database
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United States Army
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The United States Armed Forces are the federal armed forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, from the time of its inception, the military played a decisive role in the history of the United States. A sense of unity and identity was forged as a result of victory in the First Barbary War. Even so, the Founders were suspicious of a permanent military force and it played an important role in the American Civil War, where leading generals on both sides were picked from members of the United States military. Not until the outbreak of World War II did a standing army become officially established. The National Security Act of 1947, adopted following World War II and during the Cold Wars onset, the U. S. military is one of the largest militaries in terms of number of personnel. It draws its personnel from a pool of paid volunteers. As of 2016, the United States spends about $580.3 billion annually to fund its military forces, put together, the United States constitutes roughly 40 percent of the worlds military expenditures. For the period 2010–14, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute found that the United States was the worlds largest exporter of major arms, the United States was also the worlds eighth largest importer of major weapons for the same period. The history of the U. S. military dates to 1775 and these forces demobilized in 1784 after the Treaty of Paris ended the War for Independence. All three services trace their origins to the founding of the Continental Army, the Continental Navy, the United States President is the U. S. militarys commander-in-chief. Rising tensions at various times with Britain and France and the ensuing Quasi-War and War of 1812 quickened the development of the U. S. Navy, the reserve branches formed a military strategic reserve during the Cold War, to be called into service in case of war. Time magazines Mark Thompson has suggested that with the War on Terror, Command over the armed forces is established in the United States Constitution. The sole power of command is vested in the President by Article II as Commander-in-Chief, the Constitution also allows for the creation of executive Departments headed principal officers whose opinion the President can require. This allowance in the Constitution formed the basis for creation of the Department of Defense in 1947 by the National Security Act, the Defense Department is headed by the Secretary of Defense, who is a civilian and member of the Cabinet. The Defense Secretary is second in the chain of command, just below the President. Together, the President and the Secretary of Defense comprise the National Command Authority, to coordinate military strategy with political affairs, the President has a National Security Council headed by the National Security Advisor. The collective body has only power to the President
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Elvis Presley on film and television
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Although not chosen for the part, he signed a contract with Paramount producer Hal Wallis on April 25 that also allowed him to make films with other studios. His feature debut was in Love Me Tender for 20th Century Fox, loving You, Jailhouse Rock and King Creole were dramatic storylines written around Presley in the role of a musical entertainer. He would later state that King Creole was his favorite of all his films, flaming Star and Wild in the Country were rarities in his career, non-musicals focused on dramatic storylines. Presley became bitter that his hopes for dramatic roles were not coming to fruition and he began to complain about the deteriorating quality of the films and his belief that his managers objectives were more monetary than anything else. At the expiration of all contracts, he returned to live entertaining. The two concert documentaries Elvis, Thats the Way It Is in 1970 and Elvis on Tour in 1972 were the theatrical releases for Presley. The Best American Noir of the Century, last train to Memphis, The Rise of Elvis Presley. Boston, MA, Little, Brown and Company, careless Love, The Unmaking of Elvis Presley. Boston, MA, Little, Brown and Company, Elvis Day by Day, The Definitive Record of His Life and Music. Elvis Presley, A Live in Music, The Complete Recording Sessions, new York, NY, St. Martins Press. Fantasy Femmes of 60s Cinema, Interviews with 20 Actresses from Biker, Beach, hollywood Surf and Beach Movies The First Wave, 1959–1969. The Agency, William Morris and the Hidden History of Show Business, Elvis Presley, Silver Screen Icon, A Collection of Movie Posters
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PJ Proby
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P. J. Proby is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He has also portrayed Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison in musical theater productions, the stage name P. J. Proby was suggested by a friend, Sharon Sheeley, who had a boyfriend of that name at high school. Proby recorded the singles Hold Me, Somewhere and Maria, in 2008, he turned 70 and EMI released the Best of the EMI Years 1961–1972. He still writes and records on his own independent record label, Select Records, Proby was born in Houston, Texas, United States, and educated at San Marcos Military Academy, Culver Naval Academy and Western Military Academy. After graduation he moved to California to become a film actor, given the stage name Jett Powers by Hollywood agents Gabey, Lutz, Heller and Loeb, he took acting and singing lessons and played small roles in films. Two singles, Go, Girl, Go and Loud Perfume appeared on an independent label, Proby was brought by Sharon Sheeley to audition at Liberty Records in 1961 and he recorded a number of unsuccessful singles. In 1962 he began writing songs and recording demos for artists such as Elvis Presley, Proby travelled to London after being introduced to Jack Good by Sheeley and Jackie DeShannon. He appeared on The Beatles television special in 1964, under Good, Proby had UK top 20 hits in 1964 and 1965 including Hold Me, Together, Somewhere and Maria, the latter two songs were both lifted from the musical West Side Story. He also recorded the Lennon–McCartney composition That Means a Lot, a song The Beatles attempted to record before giving it away, minor hits in 1966 were followed by flops, and in March 1968 Its Your Day Today gave Proby his last UK chart entry for nearly 30 years. In 1967 Proby scored his only Billboard Hot 100 Top 30 hit with Niki Hoeky, in September 1968, he recorded Three Week Hero, released in 1969. A collection of country-style ballads mixed with blues, it used The New Yardbirds, later to become Led Zeppelin, the album was produced by Steve Rowland. In 1971 he appeared as Cassio in a musical of Shakespeares Othello. He performed in cabaret and nightclubs, singing 1960s ballads and rhythm, signing with Good again in 1977, he portrayed Elvis Presley in Elvis – The Musical, winning a Best Musical of the Year award. In 1978, Proby recorded Focus con Proby with the Dutch rock group Focus and he then returned to singing in clubs, before a change of direction. In 1987 his Savoy Records single M97002 Hardcore credited Madonna as Second Vocal though this was untrue, in the early 1990s Proby, with JAce Records, he made a single, Stage of Fools, and an album, Thanks. Granada TV featured Proby in a documentary, a heart attack on holiday in Florida in 1992 curtailed his activities until the following year. Then he reappeared on stage as himself in the musical Good Rockin Tonight, a year later Proby returned to a new production of Elvis – The Musical, and made the album Legend. It had songwriting and production from Marc Almond, and Neal X from Sigue Sigue Sputnik, a single, Yesterday Has Gone, a duet with Almond, reached 58 on the UK Singles Chart at the end of 1996
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Las Vegas Valley
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The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area located in the southern part of the U. S. state of Nevada. The largest urban agglomeration in the state, it is the heart of the Las Vegas–Paradise-Henderson, the Valley is largely defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a 600 sq mi basin area surrounded by mountains to the north, south, east and west of the metropolitan area. The Valley is home to the three largest incorporated cities in Nevada, Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas, six unincorporated towns governed by the Clark County government are part of the Las Vegas Township and constitute the largest community in the state of Nevada. Since the 1990s the Las Vegas Valley has seen exponential growth, in 2014, a record breaking 41 million visited the Las Vegas area, producing a gross metropolitan product of more than $100 billion. The first reported non-Native American visitor to the Las Vegas Valley was the Mexican scout Rafael Rivera in 1829. Las Vegas was named by Mexicans in the Antonio Armijo party, including Rivera, in the 19th century, areas of the valley contained artesian wells that supported extensive green areas, or meadows, hence the name Las Vegas. The area was settled by Mormon farmers in 1854 and later became the site of a United States Army fort in 1864. Since the 1930s, Las Vegas has generally been identified as a center as well as a resort destination. Nellis Air Force Base is located in the northeast corner of the valley, the ranges that the Nellis pilots use and various other land areas used by various federal agencies, limit growth of the valley in terms of geographic area. Businessman Howard Hughes arrived in the late 1960s and purchased many casino hotels, as well as television, legitimate corporations began to purchase casino hotels as well, and the mob was run out by the federal government over the next several years. The constant stream of tourist dollars from the hotels and casinos was augmented by a new source of money from the establishment of what is now Nellis Air Force Base. The influx of personnel and casino job-hunters helped start a land building boom which is now leveling off. The Las Vegas area remains one of the top entertainment destinations. The valley is contained in the Las Vegas Valley landform and this includes the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Henderson, and the unincorporated towns of Paradise, Spring Valley, Sunrise Manor, Enterprise, Winchester, and Whitney. The valley is located within the larger metropolitan area, as the metropolitan area covers all of Clark County -including parts that do not fall within the valley. The government of Clark County has an Urban Planning Area of Las Vegas and this definition is a roughly rectangular area, about 20 mi from east to west and 30 miles from north to south. Notable exclusions from the Urban Planning Area include Red Rock, Blue Diamond, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is the largest police department in the valley and the state and exercises jurisdiction in the entire county. The department does not exercise jurisdiction in areas with separate police forces such as North Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City, Nellis Air Force Base
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Mr. Lee Grant
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Bogdan Kominowski is a New Zealand pop star. As well as his name he is also known by the stage name Mr. Lee Grant. He has had a singing and acting career – starring in stage shows such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Elvis - The Musical, TV shows. He was born in a Nazi concentration camp just outside Düsseldorf to Polish parents and his father was killed, but he and his mother survived and emigrated to New Zealand in 1949, settling in Palmerston North. He left school in 1963 and enrolled at Palmerston North Teachers College and his first interest in music came when he joined a local band called the Cyclones. A friend knew a DJ called Keith Richardson, who ran youth dances in the Hawkes Bay area, Keith decided that Bogdan Kominowski was a bit of a handful. However, it was Sylvia Richardson, Keiths wife, who came up with a new name, Mr Lee Grants first recording was Doo-Doodle-Do-Doo/As Long As I Have You on Viscount in 1965. To promote the record, he travelled to Auckland for an appearance on Teen Scene and it was while doing that show, he met reporter, Dianne Cadwallader. She decided to become his manager and groomed the 21-year-old as a presentable soloist, Dianne secured guest spots at Teenarama in Wellington and a recording contract with HMV. She had him dressed by a Wellington fashion mogul and he quickly became New Zealands Mr. Mod, after two unsuccessful singles, Dianne managed to get him a spot on the hit New Zealand music show, CMon. The producer, Kevin Moore, was impressed and contracted Mr. Lee Grant as resident vocalist on CMon, during 1966–67 he went on three brief tours around New Zealand as a support artist to the Sandy Edmonds, Roy Orbison, The Walker Brothers and The Yardbirds package. This gave him quite a high level of exposure by the time CMon kicked off in February 1967, towards the end of the first CMon series HMV released the single Opportunity, which entered the National Charts at number 17. By the time Mr. Lee Grant had completed the Animals, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich tour five weeks later and his next single Thanks To You was released in September 1967 just prior to the Golden Disc Spectacular. Thanks To You also made it to one on the National Charts. To complete a magnificent year, Mr. Lee Grant also picked up the NEBOA Award for Entertainer of the Year A new single Movin Away in December 1967 stalled at the two position. On 3 March 1968, the biggest male star since Johnny Devlin flew out of Auckland bound for London, in his absence, he scored two more Top 10 hits in New Zealand. In June 1968 Rivers Run Dry reached number 5 and Bless You reached number 6 in August, being away from his adoring fans, his popularity soon plummeted, and his record sales came to a halt. He did release some singles in England, however, as Lee Grant, success as a pop star in England was never realised, so he turned to stage, TV and film under his birth name
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Harry Robertson (musician)
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Harry Robertson was a musician, bandleader, music director and composer. Born Henry Macleod Robertson, he was credited under the name Harry Robinson. He worked as a director on British television shows in the 1950s and 1960s. He was the son of Henry Robertson of Elgin, Morayshire and he started working occasionally as an arranger for Decca Records, before becoming the musical director for Tommy Steele. He explained that in the late 1950s he began using the name Robinson, as well as Robertson, in his professional activities and this was because the cheque that they paid me with was made out to HARRY ROBINSON and not Robertson. It would have been a nightmare to try and change it, and that’s how Harry Robinson came about. Robertson was the director of the British television pop music programmes, Six-Five Special. He was responsible for writing and producing the pop song Hoots Mon by Lord Rockinghams XI and he arranged and conducted the stage shows, Fings Aint Wot They Used TBe and Maggie May and also co-wrote the West End hit musical Elvis. Robinson was the conductor for the United Kingdom entry in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest and he also wrote highly acclaimed string arrangements for English folk singers, such as Nick Drake and Sandy Denny, mostly notably the seven-minute All Our Days from her 1977 album Rendezvous. In 1968, he wrote the tune for a TV series, Journey to the Unknown. He then began scoring films for the company, Robertson was the composer, arranger or screenwriter of these films and others, The File of the Golden Goose The Oblong Box Arthur. He wrote a number of scripts, television series and books, including The Electric Eskimo, The Boy Who Never Was. He created and wrote the music for the TV series Virtual Murder and he married Ziki Arbuthnot who inherited the Wharton Barony in 1990. They had four children, the eldest of whom Myles is now the 12th Baron, Harry Robertson died in London in 1996. Harry Robertson at the Internet Movie Database Harry Robinson discography, forum, and marketplace at Discogs Harry Robertson at British Film Institute database Family tree
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Tracey Ullman
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She holds dual British and American citizenship. Her earliest appearances were on British television sketch comedy shows A Kick Up the Eighties, after a brief singing career, she appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls on Top with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. She emigrated from the United Kingdom to the United States where she starred in her own television comedy series, The Tracey Ullman Show. She later produced programmes for HBO, including Tracey Takes On. for which she garnered numerous awards and her sketch comedy series, Tracey Ullmans State of the Union, ran from 2008 to 2010 on Showtime. She has also appeared in feature films. Ullman was the first British woman to be offered her own sketch show in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Since 2016, she stars in her own BBC sketch comedy show Tracey Ullmans Show, Ullman is currently the richest female British comedian and the third richest British comedian overall. She is also the second richest British actress, Tracey Ullman was born Trace Ullman in Slough, Buckinghamshire, the younger of two daughters, to Dorin and Antony John Ullman. Her mother was British, with Roma ancestry, and her father was a Roman Catholic Pole, on the subject of the spelling of her name, My real name is Trace Ullman, but I added the y. My mother said it was spelled the American way, but I dont think she can spell, I always wanted a middle name. My mum used to me it was Mary but I never believed her. I looked on my birth certificate and I didnt have one, Antony Ullman served in the Polish Army and was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. He subsequently worked as a solicitor, a salesman. He also brokered marriages and translated among the émigré Polish community, Dorin recognized their younger daughters talents early on and encouraged her to perform. When that happens to you as a child, you can face anything, Youre always waiting for the other shoe to drop. If something great happens, youre like, Wow, thats great that happened, the most disappointing thing happened when you were younger Youre just braver and if good things happen youre really grateful. After died, our fortunes came and went because Mum couldn’t speak Polish and had to give up the business, Mother Dorin would go on to take a host of odd jobs. My mother was always doing things like driving parts around for a garage, all covered in oil
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Prince of Wales Theatre
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The Prince of Wales Theatre is a West End theatre in Coventry Street, near Leicester Square in London. It was established in 1884 and rebuilt in 1937, and extensively refurbished in 2004 by Sir Cameron Mackintosh, the first theatre on the site opened in January 1884 when C. J. Phipps built the Princes Theatre for actor-manager Edgar Bruce. It was a traditional theatre, seating just over 1,000 people. The theatre was renamed the Prince of Wales Theatre in 1886 after the future Edward VII, located between Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square, the theatre was favourably situated to attract theatregoers. The first production in the theatre was an 1884 revival of W. S. Gilberts The Palace of Truth starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree, preceded by a one-act comedy and this was soon followed by a free adaptation of Ibsens A Dolls House, called Breaking a Butterfly. In 1885, Lillie Langtry, reputedly the first society lady to become an actress, played in Princess George, the wordless mime play LEnfant Prodigue premiered in 1891 which, together with A Pierrots Life in 1897, brought respectability to mime troupes in Britain. George Edwardes musical play, In Town, often considered the first English musical comedy, was presented at the theatre in 1892 and was followed by Edwardes even more successful A Gaiety Girl in 1893. In 1895, Basil Hoods Gentleman Joe, the Hansom Cabby began a long run starring the low comedian, Arthur Roberts, the theatre then began to present straight plays with Maeterlincks Pelléas et Mélisande and Willss adaptation of Dickens A Tale of Two Cities as The Only Way. Charles Hawtrey starred in the successful A Message from Mars, the theatre then hosted plays such as Avery Hopwoods farce Fair and Warmer and Ivor Novellos The Rat, and revues including A to Z, Co-Optimists, and Charlots Revue. They starred Gertrude Lawrence, Jack Buchanan, Beatrice Lillie, Stanley Holloway, ms Matthews also starred, along with Richard Hearne, in Wild Rose, featuring the memorable Jerome Kern song Look for the Silver Lining. These were followed by The Blue Train, Alibi, By Candlelight, in 1930, Edith Evans became the manager at the theatre, presenting and starring in Delilah, which was not a success. Beginning in 1932, the theatre presented a series of risqué Folies-style revues, les Dames and its last production, Encore les Dames. These shows were so successful that they funded the rebuilding of the theatre in 1937. After 50 years, the theatres 800 seats were deemed insufficient for productions of the day, and it was demolished. On 17 June 1937, Gracie Fields sang to the workmen as she laid the stone of the new Art Deco-decorated theatre, designed by Robert Cromie. The musical comedy, Present Arms, was offered in 1940, the film had been banned in many parts of Europe, and the theatres owner, Alfred Esdaile, was fined for showing it. In 1943, Strike a New Note was notable for Sid Fields London debut, and he returned to the theatre in Strike it Again, and yet again in Piccadilly Hayride. In 1949, Harvey, Mary Coyle Chases comedy about a rabbit, was a success
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Piccadilly Theatre
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The Piccadilly Theatre is a West End theatre located at 16 Denman Street, behind Piccadilly Circus and adjacent to the Regent Palace Hotel, in the City of Westminster, England. Gold and green are the dominant colours in the bars and foyer, upon its opening on 27 April 1928, the theatres souvenir brochure claimed, If all the bricks used in the building were laid in a straight line, they would stretch from London to Paris. The opening production, Jerome Kerns musical Blue Eyes, starred Evelyn Laye, the theatre reopened in November 1929, with a production of The Student Prince, having a success in January 1931 with Folly to be Wise, running for 257 performances. Following a conversion into a restaurant, the theatre reopened in April 1936 as the London Casino. The building sustained damage when it was hit by a stray German bomb during World War II. After renovations in the early 1950s, it returned to its name and became a venue for plays, revues. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Piccadilly improved its reputation with a series of transfers from Broadway. A Streetcar Named Desire and Man of La Mancha made their London debuts at the theatre, the Beatles recorded a number of songs at the Piccadilly on 28 February 1964 for the BBC Radio show, From Us to You. In 1976, the Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton musical Very Good Eddie ran for 411 performances at the theatre, in 1986, the venue was the setting for ITVs popular Sunday evening variety show, Live From the Piccadilly, hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck. The 1990s witnessed an expansion in ballet and dance, notably the most successful commercial ballet season ever to play in the West End, including Matthew Bournes acclaimed production of Swan Lake. The Piccadilly has played host to such renowned stars as Henry Fonda, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Michael Pennington, Barbara Dickson, Lynn Redgrave, Julia McKenzie, Eric Sykes, and Dame Edna. Its productions have run the gamut from Wish You Were Here to Edward II to Spend Spend Spend to Noises Off to Blues in the Night to a season of plays directed by Sir Peter Hall. The Donmar Warehouse production of Guys and Dolls ran at the Piccadilly from 19 May 2005 to 14 April 2007, jersey Boys based on the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Guide to British Theatres 1750-1950, John Earl and Michael Sell pp.131 ISBN 0-7136-5688-3
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Jerry Reed
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Jerry Reed Hubbard, known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, guitarist, and songwriter, as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. Reed was announced as an inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame on April 5,2017, Reed was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the second child of Robert and Cynthia Hubbard. Reed’s grandparents lived in Rockmart, and he would visit them from time to time and he was quoted as saying as a small child while running around strumming his guitar, I am gonna be a star. I’m gonna go to Nashville and be a star, Reed’s parents separated four months after his birth, and he and his sister spent seven years in foster homes or orphanages. Reed was reunited with his mother and stepfather in 1944, by high school, Reed was already writing and singing music, having picked up the guitar as a child. At age 18, he was signed by publisher and record producer Bill Lowery to cut his first record, If the Good Lord’s Willing, at Capitol Records, he recorded both country and rockabilly singles to little notice until label mate Gene Vincent covered his Crazy Legs in 1958. Reed married Priscilla Prissy Mitchell in 1959 and they had two daughters, Charlotte Elaine Lottie Hubbard Zavala, and Seidina Ann Hubbard, born April 2,1960. Priscilla Mitchell was a member of folk group the Appalachians, and was co-credited with Roy Drusky on the 1965 Country No.1 Yes Mr. Peters. In 1959, Reed hit the Billboard Bubbling Under the Top 100, also known as Roar and he also became a popular session and tour guitarist. In 1962, he scored some success with two singles Goodnight Irene and Hully Gully Guitar, which found their way to Chet Atkins at RCA Victor, who produced Reed’s 1965 If I Dont Live Up to It. In July 1967, Reed had his best showing on the charts with his self-penned Guitar Man. Reeds next single was Tupelo Mississippi Flash, a tribute to Presley. Recorded on September 1, the song became his first Top 20 hit, in a remarkable twist of fate, Elvis came to Nashville to record nine days later on September 10,1967, and one of the songs he became especially excited about was Guitar Man. Reed recalled how he was tracked down to play on the Elvis session, I was out on the Cumberland River fishing and he said, ‘Elvis is down here. We’ve been trying to cut Guitar Man all day long and he wants it to sound like it sounded on your album. I finally told him, Well, if you want it to sound like that, you’re going have to get me in there to play guitar, I pick with my fingers and tune that guitar up all weird kind of ways. Jarvis hired Reed to play on the session, I hit that intro, and face lit up and here we went. Then after he got through that, he cut U. S, Reed also played the guitar for Elvis Presley’s Big Boss Man, recorded in the same session. S
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Blue Suede Shoes
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Blue Suede Shoes is a rock-and-roll standard written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955. It is considered one of the first rockabilly records, incorporating elements of blues, country, Perkinss original version of the song was on the Cashbox Best Selling Singles list for 16 weeks and spent two weeks in the number 2 position. Elvis Presley performed his version of the three different times on national television. It was also recorded by Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran, among many others, Johnny Cash planted the seed for the song in the fall of 1955, while Perkins, Cash, Elvis Presley, and other Louisiana Hayride acts toured throughout the South. Cash told Perkins of an airman, C. V. White, who he had met when serving in the military in Germany. Cash suggested that Carl write a song about the shoes, Carl replied, I dont know anything about shoes. How can I write a song about shoes, when Perkins played a dance on December 4,1955, he noticed a couple dancing near the stage. Between songs, Carl heard a stern, forceful voice say, Uh-uh, Carl looked down and noted that the boy was wearing blue suede shoes and one had a scuff mark. Good gracious, a pretty little thing like that and all he can think about is his blue suede shoes and that night Perkins began working on a song based on the incident. His first thought was to frame it with a nursery rhyme and he considered, and quickly discarded Little Jack Horner. and See a spider going up the wall. Then settled on One for the money, leaving his bed and working with his Les Paul guitar, he started with an A chord. After playing five chords while singing Well, its one for the money and he broke into a boogie rhythm. He quickly grabbed a brown paper potato sack and wrote the song down, writing the title out as Blue Swade, S-W-A-D-E – I couldnt even spell it right, according to Perkins, On December 17,1955, I wrote Blue Suede Shoes. I recorded it on December 19, for Sun Records, which released the second take of the song, suns producer, Sam Phillips, suggested that the lyric go cat go be changed to go man go, but the suggestion was not taken. Perkinss recording of Blue Suede Shoes was released on January 1,1956, two copies of the song on 78-rpm records were sent to Perkins but arrived broken. He soon discovered that the song was available in the newer 7 microgrooved 45-rpm format and was disappointed that he didnt have a copy in the older, in Jackson, where Perkins lived, and Memphis, radio stations were playing the flip side of the record, Honey Dont. Shoes became the side of choice throughout the South and Southwest, on February 11 it was the number 2 single on Memphis charts, it was number one the next week and remained there for the next three months. Perkins made four appearances on the radio program Big D Jamboree on station KRLD in Dallas, the Jamboree was broadcast from the Dallas Sportatorium, with about four thousand seats, and it sold out for each of Perkins performances
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Are You Lonesome Tonight? (song)
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Are You Lonesome Tonight. is a song which was written by Roy Turk and Lou Handman in 1926. It was recorded several times in 1927—first by Charles Hart, with versions by Vaughn De Leath, Henry Burr. In 1950 the Blue Barron Orchestra version reached the top twenty on the Billboards Pop Singles chart, in April 1960, after Elvis Presleys two-year service in the United States Army, he recorded the song at the suggestion of manager Colonel Tom Parker, Are You Lonesome Tonight. Was Parkers wife, Marie Motts, favorite song and its release was delayed by RCA Victor executives, who thought the song did not fit Presleys new style. Was released in November 1960 it was a success in the U. S. topping Billboards Pop Singles chart. A month after the release, it topped the UK Singles Chart. Presleys version was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1961, was later recorded by several other artists, with versions by Donny Osmond and Merle Haggard becoming top-twenty hits on the pop and country charts respectively. Billboard ranked Are You Lonesome Tonight, number 81 on its Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs list in 2008. The song was written in 1926 by vaudevillians Lou Handman and Roy Turk with three verses, followed by a spoken bridge and they based the bridge on a line in Ruggero Leoncavallos Pagliacci, and You know someone said that the worlds a stage. And each must play a part refers to All the worlds a stage from William Shakespeares As You Like It. This recitation is printed on the back cover of the original 1927 sheet music. Billboard reported in 1960 its discovery that it was written by songwriter, several versions of Are You Lonesome Tonight. The first, by Charles Hart, was recorded on May 9, on June 13, Vaughn De Leath recorded the song as the B-side of Its a Million to One Youre in Love for Edison Records. De Leath had the first hit version of the song, which peaked at four in November. On July 10,1927, the Newport Society Orchestra recorded the song with Irving Kaufman the vocalist, a version by the duet of Jerry Macy and John Ryan was released on Okeh Records as the B-side of Carolina Mine. Henry Burrs version peaked at ten, and Little Jack Little had a hit with the song for Columbia Records. The Carter Family recorded it in 1936, changing several elements of the original version, although Gene Austin included the song in his shows during the 1930s, he never recorded it. In March 1950, the Blue Barron Orchestra released Are You Lonesome Tonight, with Penny Wise and Love Foolish on the B-side, and it peaked at number nineteen on Billboards Top Pop Singles chart
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Yesterday (Beatles song)
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Yesterday is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, and first released on the album Help. in the United Kingdom in August 1965. Yesterday, with the B-side Act Naturally, was released as a single in the United States in September 1965, while it topped the American chart in October the song also hit the British top 10 in a cover version by Matt Monro. The song also appeared on the UK EP Yesterday in March 1966, McCartneys vocal and acoustic guitar, together with a string quartet, essentially made for the first solo performance of the band. It remains popular today with more than 2,200 cover versions and is one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music, in 1997, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Broadcast Music Incorporated asserts that it was performed over seven times in the 20th century. Yesterday is a ballad about the break-up of a relationship. The singer laments for yesterday when he and his love were together, McCartney is the only member of the Beatles to appear on the recording. It was issued as a single in the US in September 1965, upon waking, he hurried to a piano and played the tune to avoid forgetting it. McCartneys initial concern was that he had subconsciously plagiarised someone elses work, as he put it, For about a month I went round to people in the music business and asked them whether they had ever heard it before. Eventually it became like handing something in to the police, I thought if no one claimed it after a few weeks then I could have it. Upon being convinced that he had not robbed anyone of their melody, as Lennon and McCartney were known to do at the time, a substitute working lyric, titled Scrambled Eggs, was used for the song until something more suitable was written. In his biography, Paul McCartney, Many Years from Now, McCartney recalled, So first of all I checked this melody out, and people said to me, No, its lovely, and Im sure its all yours. It took me a little while to allow myself to claim it, I used to call it Scrambled Eggs. The original song, Scrambled Eggs, was written to hold the music and it was performed by Paul McCartney and Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and has been recorded and released by the Brittles, a Beatles-pastiche band. A piano was placed on one of the stages where filming was being conducted, richard Lester, the director, was eventually greatly annoyed by this and lost his temper, telling McCartney to finish writing the song or he would have the piano removed. The patience of the other Beatles was also tested by McCartneys work in progress, George Harrison summed this up when he said, Blimey, youd think he was Beethoven or somebody. McCartney originally claimed he had written Yesterday during the Beatles tour of France in 1964, however, during the intervening time, the Beatles released two albums, A Hard Days Night and Beatles for Sale, both of which could have included Yesterday. Lennon later indicated that the song had been around for a while before, every time we got together to write songs for a recording session, this one would come up
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A World Without Love
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A World Without Love is a song recorded by the English duo Peter and Gordon and released as their first single in February 1964. It was included on the debut album in the UK. The song was written by Paul McCartney and attributed to Lennon–McCartney, the B-side was If I Were You, written by Peter and Gordon. In the United Kingdom, the song reached No.1 on both the Record Retailer chart and the New Musical Express chart, in the United States, A World Without Love topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box Top 100. The song also reached No.1 on the Irish Singles Chart, No.1 on New Zealands Lever Hit Parade, No.2 in Australia, McCartney wrote the song when he was 16. McCartney described John Lennons reaction to the song, The funny first line used to please John. Please lock me away – Yes, okay, Lennon said of the song that I think that was resurrected from the past. I think he had that whole song before the Beatles and that has the line Please lock me away that we always used to crack up at. McCartney did not think the song was good enough for The Beatles, as of January 2013, Paul McCartneys demo has been leaked on YouTube. It is 30 seconds in length, but offers a glimpse into the songs origins. The clip was played at Ashers most recent string of concerts and it is one of two songs written by Lennon–McCartney to reach number one in the US by an artist other than the Beatles. The other is Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds covered by Elton John, bad to Me written by Lennon in 1963 was given to Billy Kramer and reached number 1 in the UK, but it failed to do so in the US. Before giving the song to Peter and Gordon, McCartney offered it to Billy J. Kramer, who rejected it. The song was one of the seven #1s written by Lennon-McCartney that charted in the US in 1964, a World Without Love is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fames 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. A cover version by Bobby Rydell released May 1964 was a regional hit in many markets. In Chicago, Rydells version reached No.10 on the WLS Silver Dollar Survey, in a ranking with the Peter and Gordon version. Rydells version also reached No.5 in Singapore and No.9 in Hong Kong, in 1964, The Supremes released a version of the song on the album A Bit of Liverpool. Their version was a hit in countries in Southeast Asia
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Mystery Train
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Mystery Train is a song written and recorded by American blues musician Junior Parker in 1953. Junior Parker, billed as Little Juniors Blue Flames, recorded the song, considered a blues standard, the song was released on the Sun label. The song was written by Junior Parker, with a credit later given to Phillips, One commentator noted One of the mysteries about Mystery Train was where the title came from, it was mentioned nowhere in the song. Accompanying Parker is his band the Blue Flames, whose members at the time are believed to have included, Floyd Murphy, William Johnson, Kenneth Banks, John Bowers. Elvis Presleys version of Mystery Train was first released on August 20,1955 as the B-side of I Forgot to Remember to Forget, Presleys version would be ranked #77 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2003. It was again produced by Sam Phillips at Sun Studios, and featured Presley on vocals and rhythm guitar, Scotty Moore on lead guitar, Moore used a country lead break, and toward the end of the record is an echo of the 1946 Sixteen Tons by Merle Travis. For Presleys version of Mystery Train, Scotty Moore also borrowed the riff from Junior Parkers Love My Baby. Victor released a pop version of the song by The Turtles with backing by Hugo Winterhalter and these Turtles are unlikely to have been the 1960s pop group of the same name, since the lead singers of that group were eight years old at the time. Paired with I Forgot to Remember to Forget, the record was in the Top 10 in Billboards C&W listings, RCA Victor rereleased this recording in December 1955 after acquiring it as part of a contract with Presley. This issue of the peaked at #11 on the national Billboard Country Chart. Mystery Train is now considered to be an enduring classic and it was the first recording to make Elvis Presley a nationally known country music star. Black, who had success with the Bill Black Combo, once said to a visitor to his house in Memphis, as he pointed to a framed 78rpm Sun Record of Mystery Train on the wall, Now there was a record. Presleys version was ranked the third most acclaimed song of 1955, Presleys version also appeared in Jim Jarmuschs film of the same title. In 1973, with the approval of Sam Phillips, Robbie Robertson of The Band wrote additional lyrics for Mystery Train, and they later performed the song with Paul Butterfield for their 1976 farewell concert The Last Waltz. A variety of musicians have recorded Mystery Train, including,1965 – Sam the Sham,1965 – Vince Melouney did a cover of this song with Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb on backing vocals. The song was on his album, Punkville,1965 – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band from The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 1967 – Ricky Nelson from Country Fever. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Tiger Man (album)
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Tiger Man is a compilation from American singer and musician Elvis Presley consisting of tracks from his second comeback concert in 1968. Personnel includes, Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, D. J, Presleys friend Alan Fortas also provides percussion on a guitar case, with hands. Lance LeGault is on tambourine, just off the stage, near Presley, compilation producers, Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon. Engineers, Al Pachucki, Mike Moran, Dick Baxter. Recorded at NBC Studio 4, Burbank, California on June 27,1968, includes liner notes by Colin Escott. Out of two small concerts Elvis Presley recorded for his comeback TV special on June 27,1968, TIGER MAN is the second show. During the most captivating segment of Elvis Presleys phenomenal 1968 television comeback special, Presley reunited with original band members Scotty Moore, to film that segment, Presley and the group performed two sets before a small, but rapt studio audience. Surely, most rock and blues music aficionados who have ever seen One Night With You will not need much convincing to buy TIGER MAN and these performances quite simply capture Presley at his best, singing with a joy and fire absent from much of his 1960s output. At the same time, Presley is clearly giving it his all, as if trying to undo in one set all the damage that years of safe. An unusual and stunning aspect is that Presley swaps axes - the electric guitar - with Moore early in the set, instead of Moores groundbreaking country-blues fusion guitar licks, we hear something completely new and unexpected. Presleys wild, thrashing, and incendiary rhythmic lead guitar playing reveals a side of Elvis Presleys musicianship previously unheard on disc and it is not something serious music fans want to miss, and it is displayed very well on this album. He had played the guitar live before, on a very few occasions. And he played it on both before and after the special. But there is no recorded evidence of THIS kind of playing. Moore is generous, giving his friend and bandmate room to shine, while he either gently fingerpicks or strums along with Presley, and Presleys strumming friend Charlie Hodge
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Loving You (album)
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Loving You is the third studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Victor Records in mono, LPM1515, in July 1957. Recording sessions took place on January 15,16,17, and 18,1957, at the Paramount Pictures Scoring Stage, and on January 12,13,19 and these are the first sessions where Steve Sholes is officially listed as producer. It spent ten weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart and it was certified Gold on April 9,1968 by the Recording Industry Association of America. An eighth song intended for but not appearing in the movie, Dont Leave Me Now, was included on the album, and a new recording would appear on the soundtrack for his next film, Jailhouse Rock. The previously released material comprises both sides of the single taken from the soundtrack, Presleys number one hit Teddy Bear backed with the title track. Wallis liked Teddy Bear so much that he insisted it be included in the movie, songs were added to bring up the running time of the album, including the swing-era favorite Blueberry Hill, which had been a big hit for Fats Domino in 1956. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, had been done previously by the Sons of the Pioneers, as well as Bing Crosby with The Andrews Sisters. RCA reissued the original 12-track album on disc in 1988. The album was reissued in an expanded CD edition on April 15,1997, on January 11,2005, Sony BMG reissued the album again, remastered using DSD technology with the six bonus tracks appended in standard fashion. A two-disc set was released on the Follow That Dream collectors label on January 12,2006, with the bonus tracks, Loving You was issued on CD with the originally albums 12 songs plus the following bonus tracks, Disc 1 Disc 2 The February 14 Session 1-12. Loving You Loving You Special Edition FTD CD Information, http, //shop. elvis. com. au/prod1295. htm LPM-1515 Loving You Guide part of the The Elvis Presley Record Research Database
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I Want to Hold Your Hand
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I Want to Hold Your Hand is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded in October 1963, taking two weeks to dislodge its predecessor, I Want to Hold Your Hand stayed at number one for five weeks and remained in the UK top 50 for 21 weeks in total. It was also the groups first American number one, entering the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 18 January 1964 at number 45 and starting the British invasion of the American music industry. By 1 February it held the spot, and stayed there for seven weeks before being replaced by She Loves You. It remained on the Billboard chart for 15 weeks, I Want to Hold Your Hand became the Beatles best-selling single worldwide. In 2013, Billboard magazine named it the 44th biggest hit of all-time on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Capitol Records rejection of the recordings in the USA was now Brian Epstein’s main concern and encouraged Lennon. This location briefly became Lennon and McCartneys new writing base, taking over from McCartney’s Forthlin Road home in Liverpool. Margaret Asher taught the oboe in the small, rather stuffy music room in the basement where Lennon and McCartney sat at the piano, in September 1980, Lennon told Playboy magazine, We wrote a lot of stuff together, one on one, eyeball to eyeball. Like in I Want to Hold Your Hand, I remember when we got the chord that made the song and we were in Jane Ashers house, downstairs in the cellar playing on the piano at the same time. And we had, Oh you-u-u/ got that something, and Paul hits this chord and I turn to him and say, Thats it. In those days, we used to absolutely write like that — both playing into each others noses. In 1994, McCartney agreed with Lennons description of the surrounding the composition of I Want to Hold Your Hand, saying. I Want to Hold Your Hand was very co-written and it was our big number one, the one that would eventually break us in America. The song is in the key of G major and opens on Ill tell you with a D-B, B-D melody note drop, controversy exists over the landmark chord that Lennon stated McCartney hit on the piano while they were composing the song. Marshall considers it is the vi chord. Everett is of the same opinion, pedler claims, however, that more surprising is the melody note drop from B to F# against a III7 chord on understand. Music theorists are divided over whether this chord is a iii, lyrically bland, random phrases were most likely called out and if they fitted the overall sound would stay
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Six-Five Special
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The Six-Five Special was a British television programme launched in February 1957 when both television and rock and roll were in their infancy in Britain. It was the BBCs first attempt at a rock and roll programme and it was called Six-Five Special because of the time it was broadcast – it went out live at five past six on Saturday evening. It began immediately after the abolition of the Toddlers Truce, which had seen television close between 6 and 7 pm so children could be put to bed, jack Good was the original producer. Josephine Douglas and disc jockey Pete Murray were its presenters, with Murray using the catchphrase Time to jive on the old six five and its resident band was Don Lang and his Frantic Five. BBC executives originally wanted a magazine format, however, Good wanted a show with music, the original sets were dispensed with and the empty studio space filled with the milling audience and performers. Television at that time was completely live as recording technology was limited, the running order was sketched out on Friday morning, and then only one complete run-through happened immediately before transmission on Saturday evening. The show was scheduled to last just six weeks but, as a result of its popularity. The BBC interfered with Goods vision of the show by including educational and information elements, the relationship between Good and the BBC became strained, and he resigned in early 1958. Good joined the ITV company ABC to create Oh Boy. the show hed wanted to make and it featured non-stop music and lost the public-service-inspired elements as part of its more frenzied pace, trouncing Six-Five Special in the ratings. The BBC, never keen on the show, took this as vindication and it was to be half a decade before Top of the Pops restored BBC coverage of contemporary popular music in general and pop in particular. Comedy performers included Trevor Peacock, who was also a writer for the show, Spike Milligan. Boxer Freddie Mills was also a regular until 29 March 1958, american Bandstand, US show from same era Juke Box Jury Ready Steady Go. The Tube Later with Jools Holland Six Five Special at Whirligig TV, retrieved October 2008 Six-Five Special Clips at YouTube Britain in a Box,5 March 2008 Six-Five Special at the Internet Movie Database
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How Great Thou Art
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How Great Thou Art is a Christian hymn based on a Swedish traditional melody and a poem written by Carl Gustav Boberg in Mönsterås, Sweden in 1885. It was translated into German and then into Russian and became a hymn and it was translated into English from the Russian by English missionary Stuart K. Hine, who also added two original verses of his own. The composition was set to a Russian melody and it was popularised by George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows during the Billy Graham crusades. It was voted the United Kingdoms favourite hymn by BBCs Songs of Praise, how Great Thou Art was ranked second on a list of the favourite hymns of all time in a survey by Todays Christian magazine in 2001. Boberg wrote the poem O Store Gud in 1885 with nine verses, the inspiration for the poem came when Boberg was walking home from church near Kronobäck, Sweden, and listening to church bells. A sudden storm got Boberg’s attention, and then just as suddenly as it had made its appearance, according to J. Irving Erickson, Carl Boberg and some friends were returning home to Mönsterås from Kronobäck, where they had participated in an afternoon service. Presently a thundercloud appeared on the horizon, and soon lightning flashed across the sky, strong winds swept over the meadows and billowing fields of grain. The thunder pealed in loud claps, Then rain came in cool fresh showers. In a little while the storm was over, and a rainbow appeared and it was this series of sights, sounds, and experiences that inspired the writing of the song. It was very warm, an appeared on the horizon and soon there was thunder. We had to hurry to shelter, but the storm was soon over and the clear sky appeared. When I came home I opened my window toward the sea, there evidently had been a funeral and the bells were playing the tune of When eternitys clock calls my saved soul to its Sabbath rest. That evening, I wrote the song, O Store Gud, Boberg first published O Store Gud in the Mönsterås Tidningen on 13 March 1886. The poem became matched to an old Swedish folk tune and sung in public for the first known occasion in a church in the Swedish province of Värmland in 1888, eight verses appeared with the music in the 1890 Sions Harpan. In 1890 Boberg became the editor of Sanningsvittnet, the words and music were published for the first time in the 16 April 1891 edition of Sanningsvittnet. Instrumentation for both piano and guitar was provided by Adolph Edgren, a teacher and organist, who later migrated to the United States. Boberg later sold the rights to the Svenska Missionsförbundet, in 1891 all nine verses were published in the 1891 Covenant songbook, Sanningsvittnet. These versions were all in 3/4 time, in 1894 the Svenska Missionsförbundet sångbok published O Store Gud in 4/4 time as it has been sung ever since)
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King Creole (album)
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King Creole is the sixth album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, issued by RCA Victor, LPM1884 in mono in September 1958, recorded in four days at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. It contains songs written and recorded expressly for the 1958 film of the same name starring Presley and it followed the films release by over ten weeks. It was certified Gold on July 15,1999 by the Recording Industry Association of America, presleys performance of Trouble in the film alludes to Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley, he would return to the song for his tremendously successful 1968 television comeback special. The songs Hard Headed Woman and Dont Ask Me Why appeared as two sides of a single on July 10,1958, to coincide with the release of the film. Hard Headed Woman, the A-side, and Dont Ask Me Why both made the pop chart, peaking at number one and number 25 respectively. RCA first issued the original 11-track album on disc in 1988. Track 3 was originally issued on the LP Elvis, A Legendary Performer Volume 3 in December,1978, lPM-1884 King Creole Guide part of the The Elvis Presley Record Research Database LSP-1884 King Creole Guide part of the The Elvis Presley Record Research Database
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Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
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Wear My Ring Around Your Neck is a song written by Bert Carroll and Russell Moody, performed by Elvis Presley, which was released in 1958. It was particularly notable for breaking a string of ten consecutive number 1 hits for Presley achieved in just two years and it was Presleys 6th number-one hit in the American R&B Charts, and peaked at number 2 on the American Pop Charts. American country music singer Ricky Van Shelton covered the song for the soundtrack of the 1992 movie Honeymoon in Vegas, sheltons version, also included on his album Greatest Hits Plus, peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Too Much (Elvis Presley song)
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Too Much is a #1 song recorded in a hit version by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1956. It was written by Bernard Weinman and Lee Rosenberg and it was first recorded in 1954 by Bernard Hardison on Republic Records. Elvis Presley recorded the song in September 1956 and first performed it on January 6,1957 on CBS-TVs The Ed Sullivan Show. Released as a single, Presleys Too Much reached number one on both the Cashbox and Billboard sales charts and went to three on the R&B chart. The single peaked at two on the then-named Top 100 chart, the main Billboard pop chart. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
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Teddy Bear is a popular song first recorded by Elvis Presley in 1957 for the soundtrack of his second motion picture, Loving You, during which Presley performs the song on screen. It was written by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe and published in 1957 by Gladys Music, clear melodic roots of this tune can be heard in the many early recordings of Boll Weevil, a traditional blues song. The song was a US number-one hit for Elvis Presley during the summer of 1957, staying at number-one for seven weeks, teddy Bear would also hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers List, becoming his fourth number one on that chart. In addition the song would hit one on the country charts for a single week. Elvis Presley – lead vocal, acoustic guitar Dudley Brooks – piano Bill Black – double bass D. J, fontana – drums The Jordanaires – backing vocals Walter Scharf – producer Thorne Nogar – engineer Pat Boone on his LP Pat Boone Sings Guess Who. Also, during episodes of Full House, the three main adult characters would often sing the song as a lullaby for Michelle Tanner. Disney featured a video in the special DTV Romancin, set entirely to clips featuring the bear characters from the companys animated films
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Don't (Elvis Presley song)
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Dont is a song performed by Elvis Presley, which was released in 1958. Written and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, it was Presleys eleventh number-one hit in the United States, dont also peaked at number four on the R&B charts. Billboard ranked it as the No.3 song for 1958, the song was included in the musical revue Smokey Joes Cafe, as a medley with Love Me. Elvis Presley – lead vocals Scotty Moore – electric guitar Bill Black – double bass D. J
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Return to Sender (song)
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Return to Sender is a 1962 hit single recorded by American singer Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music. The song was written by Winfield Scott and Otis Blackwell, recorded on March 27,1962, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, it is about a man mailing a letter to his girlfriend after an argument. She continually writes return to sender and he keeps receiving the letter with various reasons for returning to sender, including address unknown and he keeps mailing letters, refusing to believe the relationship is over. Presley performed Return to Sender in the film Girls, featuring Presleys longtime cohorts Barney Kessel on electric guitar, Tiny Timbrell on acoustic guitar, Ray Siegal on double bass, D. J. Another saxophonist, Bobby Keys, claimed he performed the solo at the instigation of pianist Glen D. Hardin, in his 2012 memoir Every Nights A Saturday Night, however, Hardin did not meet Presley until February 1970, when he joined his touring band. In addition, his claim is not supported by RCA, Ernst Jorgensen, the song peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and was even the UK Christmas number one of 1962. It also reached #2 on the American Billboard singles chart, but reached number 1 on the rival Cash Box, Return to Sender also went to #5 on the R&B charts. It was the first Christmas number one in Ireland, as the Irish Charts had been founded in October 1962, the single was certified Platinum by the RIAA for sales in excess of one million units in the US. Gerri Granger later recorded a song, Dont Want Your Letters. The song was arranged and conducted by Bert Keyes and it was released on the single Big Top 45-3128. The phrase no such zone in the song refers to U. S. postal zones, a postal zone was a one- or two-digit number written between the city and state, whereas a ZIP Code is a five- or nine-digit number written after the state. On January 8,1993, the U. S. Postal Service issued a postage stamp honoring Presley. Lyrics Elvis Presley Studio Recording Sessions, March 27,1962
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Burning Love
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Burning Love is a song written by Dennis Linde and originally recorded by country soul artist Arthur Alexander, who included it on his 1972 self-titled album. Elvis had recorded it at RCAs Hollywood studios on March 28,1972, the electric guitar opening and riffs were overdubbed and played by Dennis Linde himself. For the week of October 21,1972, Burning Love rose to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, however, it reached #1 on Cashboxs Top 40 Charts for the week of November 11, which gave him 20 US #1 hits. The song was Elviss 40th and last Top Ten hit on the US charts. It was also one of the last real rock songs in the last years of his life, from 1972 to 1977 the majority of his songs were ballads, Burning Love was one of the few exceptions, along with Promised Land in 1974. He performed it in at least two productions, the concert film Elvis on Tour, and the later Aloha from Hawaii concert. The song was released on an album titled Burning Love and Hits from his Movies. Despite this albums subtitle, none of the songs on it were ever hits. The only actual hit on the album was the song, Burning Love. Black Grass on their very rare 1973 album, which displays a controversial blacked out logo, mothers Finest covered the song for their 1976 album, Another Mother Further. Doctor & The Medics covered the song in 1987 and it was played on Dr. Dementos Demented Top 20 Video Countdown on MTV. Travis Tritt recorded the song for Honeymoon in Vegas soundtrack in 1992, melissa Etheridge covered the song in 1994 for the televised Elvis Tribute hosted by John Stamos. It was released on the album Its Now or Never, The Tribute to Elvis, bruce Springsteen used the song in his concert line-ups since the 1990s. Wynonna Judd recorded her version for the Lilo & Stitch soundtrack in 2002 and later included the song on her 2003 album, café Quijano recorded their Spanish version for the Lilo & Stitch soundtrack in 2002. The 69 Eyes recorded an upbeat version for their 1992 album Bump n Grind The Residents covered the song in 1989. Hellstomper recorded their own version on Hillbilly Motherfucker, Eric Sardinas covered the song for his 2008 album Eric Sardinas and Big Motor. Amanda Lear covered the song on her 2014 tribute album My Happiness, Burning Love was used as a wake-up song on the space shuttle mission STS-123. It was used for the end sequence of Crazy Love
