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Gini Koch Gini Koch (born Jeanne Marie Gerrard on January 25, in California), is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer based in Phoenix, Arizona. She is best known for the Alien Series (informally known as the "Katherine 'Kitty' Katt" series) novels, published in the United States by DAW Books. She speaks frequ...
Thérèse Raquin (1928 film) Thérèse Raquin is a 1928 drama film directed by Jacques Feyder. It is the third silent film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Émile Zola. The film stars Gina Manès as Thérèse Raquin, Wolfgang Zilzer as Monsieur Raquin, and Jeanne Marie Laurent as Madame Raquin. The décors of the Par...
Madeleine Pauliac Madeleine Jeanne Marie Pauliac (17 September 1912—13 February 1946) was a French doctor and a member of the French Resistance. Her experience in post-World War II Poland formed the basis for the movie "Les Innocentes".
Concussion (2015 film) Concussion is a 2015 American biographical sports drama film directed and written by Peter Landesman, based on the exposé "Game Brain" by Jeanne Marie Laskas, published in 2009 by "GQ" magazine. Set in 2002, the film stars Will Smith as Dr. Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist who fights against ...
Jeanne Haney Jeanne Marie Haney (born September 2, 1958), also known by her married name Jeanne Neville, is an American former competition swimmer who participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. She competed in the preliminary heats of the women's 400-meter individual medley, and finished with the 18t...
Jeanne Golay Jeanne Marie Golay (born April 16, 1962) is an American former road bicycle racing professional from Coral Gables, Florida. She won the 1992, 1994 and 1995 United States National Road Race Championships, and the 1992 world team time-trial championship, and competed in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 A...
Jeanne Tripplehorn Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn (born June 10, 1963) is an American film and television actress. Her film career began with the role of a police psychologist in the erotic thriller "Basic Instinct" (1992). Her other film roles include "The Firm" (1993), "Waterworld" (1995) and "Sliding Doors" (1998). On tel...
Jeanne Marie Beaumont Jeanne Marie Beaumont is an American poet, author of four poetry collections, most recently, "Letters from Limbo" (CavanKerry Press, 2016), and "Burning of the Three Fires" (BOA Editions, Ltd. 2010), "Curious Conduct" (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2004), and "Placebo Effects" (Norton, 1997). Her work has a...
Jeanne Marie Ford Jeanne Marie Ford (previously known as "Jeanne Marie Grunwell") is an American television soap opera writer. She is also an English teacher at Hagerstown Community College.
Béatrice Bulteau Béatrice Bulteau (full name Béatrice Paule Jeanne Marie Bulteau) is an equine artist. She was born in Sancerre, France, in 1959. She grew up in the Val de Loire, south of Paris.
Purcellville Historic District Purcellville Historic District is a national historic district located at Purcellville, Loudoun County, Virginia. It encompasses 490 contributing buildings and 8 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential areas in the town of Purcellville. The bui...
Windgap GAA Windgap GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Windgap, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club was founded in 1954 and is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling.Windgap are a Junior club located in South Kilkenny on the Tipperary border. Senior County hurlers from the club are Kiera...
Largent, West Virginia Largent is an unincorporated community village in Morgan County and partly Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Largent is located on the Cacapon River, about 18 miles southwest of Berkeley Springs along Cacapon Road (West Virginia Route 9). It is located by Old Enon Cemetery, Sto...
McClain County, Oklahoma McClain County is a county located in south central Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,506. Its county seat is Purcell. The county was named for Charles M. McClain, an Oklahoma constitutional convention attendee.
Woody Chapel, Oklahoma Woody Chapel, Oklahoma is an unincorporated community located in McClain County, Oklahoma. Woody Chapel is located at the junction of State Highway 24 and State Highway 39 It is near Dibble and Purcell. Its residents are listed in the local Purcell phone book.
Purcell, Kansas Purcell is an unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. Purcell is located 5 mi east of Everest on highway K-20.
West Park Place West Park Place is a national historic district located at Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It includes 12 contributing commercial buildings built between 1857 and 1865. They are characterized as three-story brick buildings over a full basement in the Italianate style. The buildings reflect Erie's mid-1...
Peter and Mary Smith House The Peter and Mary Smith House, also known as the Hopkins House and the Otto House, is a historic dwelling located in Lake City, Iowa, United States. Peter Smith was a pioneer to this town and a prominent businessman. He was involved in retail, banking, and real estate. Smith and his first wi...
Joe Bell Site The Joe Bell Site (9MG28) is an archaeological site located in Morgan County, Georgia underneath Lake Oconee, but prior to the 1970s, it was located south of the mouth of the Apalachee River on the western bank of the Oconee River. The junction of these two rivers could be seen from the site. This site wa...
Cornwell, Virginia Cornwell is an unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia located on State Route 234 (Dumfries Road) about one mile north of Canova at its intersection with Purcell Road. Though Cornwell is a named location on Mapquest, as of 2006 there is no signage at the location to indicate that ...
The Truants (film) The Truants is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Joan Morgan, George Bellamy and Lewis Gilbert. It is an adaptation of the 1904 novel "The Truants" by A.E.W. Mason. It was made by Britain's largest film company of the era Stoll Pictures, The film's sets were desi...
Fascination (1922 film) Fascination is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring his then wife Mae Murray. The film is based on an original story by Edmund Goulding, soon to be a prolific film director.
Leslie Howard Gordon Leslie Howard Gordon was a British screenwriter and actor of the silent and early sound film eras. He also directed three films in the 1930s including "The Double Event" (1934). He worked as a screenwriter for Stoll Pictures in the early 1920s, when the company was the largest studio in the country...
The Cardinal (1936 film) The Cardinal is a 1936 British historical drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Matheson Lang, Eric Portman and Robert Atkins. The film depicts a power battle in Rome in 1570 between Giuliano de' Medici and one of his rivals.
Circe, the Enchantress Circe, the Enchantress was a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The film starred Leonard's then-wife Mae Murray. This was their last collaboration, and they divorced soon after. The film is now considered lost.
The Indian Love Lyrics The Indian Love Lyrics is a 1923 British silent romantic drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Catherine Calvert, Owen Nares and Malvina Longfellow. It is based on the poem "The Garden of Kama" by Laurence Hope. The film's sets were designed by art director Walter Murton.
Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill (1894–1945) was a British film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894. He was awarded an O.B.E for his services to film.
Her Twelve Men Her Twelve Men is a 1954 comedy drama film made by MGM. It stars Greer Garson, and was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and written by William Roberts and Laura Z. Hobson. It was based on a story by Louise Baker.
Broadway Rose (film) Broadway Rose is a 1922 American silent romantic drama film released by Metro Pictures and directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It stars Leonard's then-wife Mae Murray and Monte Blue. The film is based on an original story by Edmund Goulding written for star Murray, and was produced by Leonard's and Murr...
When Ladies Meet (1941 film) When Ladies Meet is a 1941 American romantic comedy film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, Herbert Marshall, and Spring Byington in a story about a novelist in love with her publisher. The screenplay by S.K. Lauren and Anita Loos was based upon a 19...
Jericho (2006 TV series) Jericho is an American post-apocalyptic action-drama television series, which centers on the residents of the fictional city of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of a limited nuclear attack on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States. The show was produced by CBS Paramount Network Televi...
National Treasure (film) National Treasure is a 2004 American adventure heist film produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was written by Jim Kouf and the Wibberleys, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Jon Turteltaub. It is the first film in the "National Treasure" franchise and stars Nicolas Cage,...
National Treasure: Book of Secrets National Treasure: Book of Secrets (released on home video as National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets) is a 2007 mystery adventure film directed by Jon Turteltaub and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It is a sequel to the 2004 film "National Treasure" and is the second part of the "Nationa...
Think Big (film) Think Big is a 1990 adventure/comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub starring the "Barbarian Brothers" Peter and David Paul. The film follows the misadventures of a pair of twin brother truck drivers who aide a teenage runaway. Also features cameos from character actors such as Michael Winslow, Richard...
Jon Stone Jon Stone (April 13, 1932 – March 30, 1997) was an American award-winning writer, director and producer, who was best known for being an original crew member on "Sesame Street" and is credited with helping develop characters such as Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird. Stone won 18 television Emmy A...
Television Writers Vault The Television Writers Vault is an online marketplace within the television industry used for scouting and selling original TV formats, concepts, and intellectual properties to produce as new television shows. It is the first website to deliver new show ideas from people outside of the industry...
William Kronick William Kronick is an American film and television writer, director and producer. He worked in the film industry from 1960 to 2000, when he segued into writing novels.
Last Vegas Last Vegas is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub, written by Dan Fogelman and starring Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline and Mary Steenburgen. The plot surrounds three retirees who travel to Las Vegas to have a bachelor party for their last remaining single frie...
List of Jericho episodes "Jericho" is an American television drama series produced by Carol Barbee, Jon Turteltaub, Dan Shotz, Jonathan Steinberg, Josh Schaer, and Stephen Chbosky. The series is set in the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas in the aftermath of the simultaneous nuclear attacks on 23 American cities. Sign...
Trabbi Goes to Hollywood Trabbi Goes to Hollywood (English title: Driving Me Crazy) is a 1991 US comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub, starring Thomas Gottschalk, Billy Dee Williams, Dom DeLuise, and James Tolkan.
Guns and Butter (song) "Guns and Butter" is a single by Australian rock/pop group Do-Ré-Mi released by Virgin Records in October 1986. Both sides were written by lead vocalist Deborah Conway, drummer Dorland Bray, bass guitarist Helen Carter and guitarist Stephen Philip. Their 1985 single "Man Overboard" had been a sur...
Anchor & Braille Anchor & Braille is the recording alias for American singer and songwriter Stephen Christian, known for fronting the alternative rock band Anberlin, before its dissolution in 2014. Originally conceived as a side project for Christian, Anchor & Braille is now his primary vehicle for releasing music....
King of Moomba (song) "King of Moomba" is a single by Australian rock/pop group Do-Ré-Mi released by Virgin Records in May 1987 and later appeared on their second album "The Happiest Place in Town". The song was written by lead vocalist Deborah Conway, drummerDorland Bray, bass guitarist Helen Carter and guitarist Step...
Kush (band) Kush was an American rap metal band formed in 2000 by rapper B-Real, Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter, and former Fear Factory members Raymond Herrera and Christian Olde Wolbers.
Joe Gooch Joe Gooch (born 3 May 1977) was Ten Years After's most recent lead vocalist and lead guitarist.
Tellison Tellison is a four-piece indie rock band from London, England, formed in 2000. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Stephen Davidson, guitarist and vocalist Peter Phillips, bass guitarist and vocalist Andrew Tickell and drummer Henry Danowski.
The Happiest Place in Town (song) "The Happiest Place in Town" is a single by Australian rock/pop group Do-Ré-Mi released by Virgin Records and is the title track from their second album"The Happiest Place in Town". The song was written by, drummer Dorland Bray, bass guitarist Helen Carter and guitarist Stephen Philip....
Idiot Grin "Idiot Grin" is the second single by Australian rock/pop group Do-Re-Mi released by Virgin Records in September 1985 from their "Domestic Harmony" album. Both sides were written by lead vocalist Deborah Conway, drummer Dorland Bray, bass guitarist Helen Carter and guitarist Stephen Philip. Previous single "M...
Warnings Moving Clockwise "Warnings Moving Clockwise" is the third single by Australian rock/pop group Do-Re-Mi released by Virgin Records in December 1985 from their "Domestic Harmony" album. All three tracks were written by lead vocalist Deborah Conway, drummerDorland Bray, bass guitarist Helen Carter and guitarist S...
The Happiest Place in Town The Happiest Place in Town is the second LP album by Australian rock/pop group Do-Re-Mi and was released by Virgin Records in August 1988. The album has twelve tracks, which were written by lead vocalist Deborah Conway, drummer Dorland Bray, bass guitarist Helen Carter and guitarist Stephen P...
List of Demi Lovato live performances American singer Demi Lovato has embarked six concert tours and performed live at various award ceremonies and television shows. Her debut promotional tour in 2008, Demi Live! Warm Up Tour was based in North America only and supported her debut studio album, "Don't Forget" (2008). A...
Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company is a 501(c)3 non-profit theatre company in Atlanta, GA co-founded by Tony-winning Broadway director Kenny Leon and Jane Bishop in 2002. True Colors Theatre Company had their inaugural season in 2003-2004 under the leadership of co-founder...
True Colors (Zedd and Kesha song) "True Colors" is a song by Russian-German electronic music producer Zedd. The original version of the song featured uncredited vocals by Tim James and was included on Zedd's second studio album, "True Colors" (2015). The official single is a new version of the track with vocals provide...
True Colors (concert tour) True Colors was an annual music event created by American recording artist, Cyndi Lauper. The concerts were headlined by Lauper and featured various music and comedy acts. Beginning in 2007, the trek supported the Human Rights Campaign, PFLAG and the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Other local an...
List of Beyoncé live performances American singer Beyoncé has embarked on six concert tours during her solo career, four of which have been worldwide and two of which have been collaborative. Her solo tour debut (whilst on hiatus with Destiny's Child) began in 2003, with the Dangerously in Love Tour. Based predominantl...
True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album) True Colors is the second album by American pop singer Cyndi Lauper, released on September 15, 1986. The album produced several hits as "True Colors", "Change of Heart", and "What's Going On" reached the top twenty of the "Billboard" Hot 100, with the first two becoming top 5 hits.
Ras Kimono Ras Kimono is a Nigerian reggae artist whose debut album Under Pressure led by the single "Rum-Bar Stylée" was a big hit in the Nigerian music scene in 1989. Before he released his solo album, he was in a group called "The Jastix" along with Amos McRoy and Majek Fashek.
True Colors Tour (Zedd) The True Colors Tour was a headlining concert tour by Russian-German music producer Zedd, launched in support of his studio album "True Colors". The tour visited Asia, Europe, and North America from 6 August 2015 to 11 January 2016.
True Colors World Tour The True Colors World Tour was a concert tour by American recording artist Cyndi Lauper. It was Lauper's first headlining world tour in 1986-87 in support of her album, "True Colors". The True Colors tour included dates across North America, Asia and Europe.
Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. Her career has spanned over 30 years. Her debut solo album "She's So Unusual" (1983) was the first debut female album to chart four top-five hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100—"Girls ...
Brooklyn Grange Brooklyn Grange is a 2.5-acre organic urban rooftop farm in New York City, growing high quality vegetables and honey for local restaurants, markets, and community-supported agriculture. The farms span across two rooftops, one on a 43,000 sq. ft. building straddling Astoria and Long Island City, and the ...
List of bus routes in Brooklyn The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates a number of bus routes in Brooklyn, New York, United States; one minor route is privately operated under a city franchise. Many of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines (see list of streetcar lines in Brooklyn); the one...
Sports in New York (state) New York has two Major League Baseball teams, the New York Yankees (based in the Bronx) and the New York Mets (based in Queens). New York is home to three National Hockey League franchises: the New York Rangers in Manhattan, the New York Islanders in Brooklyn and the Buffalo Sabres in Buffalo...
Queens Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City. It is geographically adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the southwestern end of Long Island, and to Nassau County farther east on Long Island; in addition, Queens shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan and the B...
Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn Heights is an affluent residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Originally referred to as Brooklyn Village, it has been a prominent area of Brooklyn since 1834. The neighborhood is noted for its low-rise architecture and its many brownstone rowhouses, most of them...
Rich LeFevre Rich LeFevre (nickname "The Locust") is a competitive eater from Henderson, Nevada. Rich and his wife, Carlene LeFevre, are said to form the "First Family of Competitive Eating" in spite of having normal weights and ages around 60, and are both top ranked members of the International Federation of Competit...
Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest bridges in the United States. Started in 1869 and completed fourteen (14) years later in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It has a main span of 159...
Carlene LeFevre Carlene LeFevre is a competitive eater from Henderson, Nevada. She and her husband, Rich LeFevre, are said to form the "First Family of Competitive Eating" in spite of having normal weights and ages around 60, and are both top ranked members of the International Federation of Competitive Eating. The chi...
Fort Greene, Brooklyn Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Part of Brooklyn Community Board 2 and served by the New York City Police Department's 88th Precinct, Fort Greene is listed on the New York State Registry and on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a New York City...
Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District The Brooklyn Cultural District (formerly known as the BAM-Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District) is a $100 million development project that focuses on the arts, public spaces and affordable housing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York. The project reflected the joint efforts of New York ...
Herman Spielter Herman Spielter (April 20, 1860 – November 10, 1925) was an American composer born in Germany who came to the United States in 1880. He wrote cantatas and other works for choir as well as some chamber music.
Steve Reich Stephen Michael Reich ( or ; born October 3, 1936) is an American composer who, along with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass, pioneered minimal music in the mid to late 1960s.
Minimal music Minimal music is a form of art music that employs limited or minimal musical materials. In the Western art music tradition the American composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass are credited with being among the first to develop compositional techniques that exploit a minimal ap...
Michael Kibbe Michael Kibbe (born 1945) is an American contemporary classical music composer born in San Diego, California. He has composed over 240 concert works and created numerous arrangements. His writing covers many musical styles, encompassing tonal, modal and non-diatonic languages. His style often incorporates...
Ross Lee Finney Ross Lee Finney Junior (December 23, 1906–February 4, 1997) was an American composer born in Wells, Minnesota who taught for many years at the University of Michigan. He received his early training at Carleton College and the University of Minnesota and also studied with Nadia Boulanger, Edward Burlinga...
Jacob Druckman Jacob Raphael Druckman (June 26, 1928 – May 24, 1996) was an American composer born in Philadelphia. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Druckman studied with Vincent Persichetti, Peter Mennin, and Bernard Wagenaar. In 1949 and 1950 he studied with Aaron Copland at Tanglewood and later continued his stud...
Fred Onovwerosuoke Fred Onovwerosuoke (born 1960) is an American composer born in Ghana of Nigerian parents. He is a multiple winner of the ASCAP Award, among other awards such as the America Music Center Award, Brannen-Cooper Fund Award, and the Minnesota Orchestra Honorable Mention. “FredO,” as he is called by friend...
Elizabeth Gyring Elizabeth Gyring (1886–1970) was an American composer born in Vienna, the daughter of laryngologist Leopold Rethy. She studied with Joseph Marx and Ludwig Gzaczkes at the Vienna Academy of Music and had successful premieres as a composer in Berlin and Vienna. She married Otto Geiringer, and in 1939 the...
Gheorghi Arnaoudov Gheorghi Arnaoudov ] (Bulgarian: ; born 18 March 1957) is a Bulgarian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, film, vocal, and piano music. His work has roots in minimal music.
Henry Eaton Moore Henry Eaton Moore was an American composer born in Andover, New Hampshire on July 21, 1803. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 23, 1841. Besides music he also was in the publishing business.
1984–85 Yorkshire Cup The 1984–85 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at thirteen. This in turn resulted in three bye...
Cilgerran Castle Cilgerran Castle (Welsh: "Castell Cilgerran" ) is a 13th-century ruined castle located in Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales, near Cardigan. The first castle on the site was thought to be built by Gerald of Windsor around 1110–1115, and it changed hands several times over the following century between Eng...
Rowallan Castle Rowallan Castle is an ancient castle located near Kilmaurs, about 5 km north of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The castle stands on the banks of the Carmel Water, which may at one time have run much closer to the low eminence upon which the original castle stood, justifying the old name Craig of R...
Corocoro United Copper Mines The Corocoro United Copper Mines, Ltd. was the largest copper mine in Bolivia, an honor previously held by Compania Corocoro de Bolivia. The corporate office was at 151 Finsbury Pavement House, London, England, while the mine office was at Coro Coro, Bolivia. It was organized August 6, 1909...
Garter stall plate Garter stall plates are small enamelled brass plates located in St George's Chapel displaying the names and arms of the Knights of the Garter. Each knight is allotted a stall in St George's Chapel and the stall plate is affixed to his personal stall. His successor knight in that stall adds his own st...
Chartchai Chionoi Chartchai Chionoi (Thai: ชาติชาย เชี่ยวน้อย ; rtgs: "Chatchai Chiao-noi" ) Chartchai Laemfapha (Thai: ชาติชาย แหลมฟ้าผ่า ; rtgs: "Chatchai Laemfapha" ) or birth name Naris Chionoi (Thai: นริศ เชี่ยวน้อย ; rtgs: "Narit Chiao-noi" ; born October 10, 1942 near Hua Lamphong Station, Pathum Wan District, B...
West Bromwich Manor House West Bromwich Manor House, Hall Green Road, West Bromwich, B71 2EA, is an important, Grade I listed, medieval domestic building built by the de Marnham family in the late thirteenth century as the centre of their agricultural estate in West Bromwich. Only the Great Hall survives of the origina...
Raglan Castle Raglan Castle (Welsh: "Castell Rhaglan" ) is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales. The modern castle dates from between the 15th and early 17th-centuries, when the successive ruling families of the Herberts and the Somersets ...
Couplet A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the two lines is end-stopped, implying that there is a grammatical pause ...
1891 Open Championship The 1891 Open Championship was the 31st Open Championship, held 6 October at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Hugh Kirkaldy won by two strokes from his brother Andrew Kirkaldy and Willie Fernie. This was the last Open Championship contested in a single day over 36 holes. The 1892 Ope...
The Dusty Chaps The Dusty Chaps was a honky tonk country swing band based in Tucson, AZ from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s. In 1975 they released their first album Honky Tonk Music on a small Tucson label, Bandoleer Records. The band subsequently signed with Capitol Records and rerecorded Honky Tonk Music with ...
Honky Tonk Attitude Honky Tonk Attitude is the third studio album by American country music artist Joe Diffie. Released in 1993, it features the singles "Honky Tonk Attitude", "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)", "John Deere Green", and "In My Own Backyard", which respectively reached #5, #3, #5, and #19 on the ...
The Randy Abel Stable The Randy Abel Stable (Simplified Chinese:马厩乐队 Pinyin: Mǎjiù Yuèduì) is an Americana or Alt-Country band from Beijing, China. Critically acclaimed for their live shows, "The Stable" combines honky tonk, country, bluegrass and blues to produce a unique sound that has been described as having "the r...
Pirates of the Mississippi Pirates of the Mississippi was an American country music group founded in 1987 by Rich Alves (guitar, Hammond organ, background vocals), Bill McCorvey (guitar, lead vocals), Jimmy Lowe (drums), Pat Severs (steel guitar, Dobro), and Dean Townson (bass guitar). Under this lineup, Pirates of the...
Songs About Me Songs About Me is the seventh studio album of country music singer Trace Adkins. It was released on March 22, 2005 on Capitol Records Nashville. His highest-selling album to date, it has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA and had sold 1.5 million copies. Singles from this album include the title trac...
Sherwood Cryer Sherwood Cryer (September 2, 1927 – August 17, 2009) was a Pasadena, Texas-based entrepreneur. He attained fame as the owner and operator of the famous country-western nightclub Gilley's, an enormous honky tonk that was the central setting of the 1980 movie "Urban Cowboy" starring John Travolta, and co-s...
Leave Them Boys Alone "Leave Them Boys Alone" is a song recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams Jr. with Waylon Jennings and Ernest Tubb. It was released in May 1983 as the second single from Williams' album "Strong Stuff". The song reached number 6 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart. It was w...
Rick Trevino (album) Rick Trevino is an album from Hispanic-American country music singer Rick Trevino. His second major-label album, it was released in 1994 on Columbia Records Nashville. It produced the singles "Just Enough Rope", "Honky Tonk Crowd", "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry", and "Doctor Time", which peaked at #4...
Urban Cowboy Urban Cowboy is a 1980 American romantic drama film about the love-hate relationship between Buford Uan "Bud" Davis (John Travolta) and Sissy (Debra Winger). The movie captured the late 1970s/early 1980s popularity of country music. It was John Travolta's third major acting role after "Saturday Night Fever...
I'm a Honky Tonk Girl "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" is a song written and performed by American country artist Loretta Lynn that was also released as her debut single. The song was among the first to not only be recorded by Lynn, but also to be penned by her. She composed the song while living in the state of Washington, mai...