- The Ran-Dells
Unreferenced date December 2010 The Ran Dells were an United States American musical ensemble from Villas, New Jersey . In 1963 their song Martian Hop peaked at 27 on the United States US Billboard magazine Billboard Hot R&B Hip Hop Songs black single music singles record chart chart , and at 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Despite releasing two follow ups, lack of further chart entries made them one hit wonders . Members Robert Rappaport Steven Rappaport John Spirt The trio were signed to Don Kirshner s The Midnight Special TV show fledgling Chairman record label. They were all first cousins. Steven Rappaport died on July 4, 2007 in Maui , Hawaii , of a myocardial infarction heart attack , and John Spirt died in 2003. Spirt enjoyed later success as drummer with an RCA recording act, The Sidekicks, and also with The Red Coats, who were signed to the Laurie label. External links http www.tsimon.com ran dell.htm T. Simon s article about the Ran Dells http members.fortunecity.com mindzwarped links.htm Steve Rappaport s article about the Ran Dells Allmusic class artist id p191398 label The Ran Dells DEFAULTSORT Ran Dells, The Category American pop music groups Category Musical trios US pop band stub ... more details
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- Martian Hop
Martian Hop is a song written by the Ran Dells which was released in 1963. It has been described as a one hit wonder novelty song and it reached 27 on the black single music singles record chart chart and 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. ref name top40 http www.top40db.net Lyrics ?SongID 63155 Martian Hop at top40db.net Retrieved on August 10, 2009 ref The song was later covered by Rocky Sharpe and the Replays . Cultural climate The pop culture of the late 50s and 60s was saturated with the beginnings of the Space Age . John Glenn orbited the Earth in 1962 and John F. Kennedy had just announced the intention of the United States to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. This excitement over space related material increased the song s popularity, assisting its rise as a one hit wonder. fact date August 2009 Creation According to a post by Mark Frauenfelder on the blog Boing Boing , the song is the product of impromptu beach jam sessions of Ran dell band members Robert Lawrence, Steven Rappaport, and John Spirt. The song, which tells of Martians throwing a dance party for all the human race ref name top40 , is the product of the three band members joking around in John Spirt s living room at his residence in Wildwood, New Jersey . ref http www.boingboing.net 2008 09 28 1963 novelty song th.html 1963 novelty song The Martian Hop, by the Ran Dells at BoingBoing.net Retrieved on 16 March 2011. ref Early electronic music The song also stands as one of the earliest instances of popular electronic music as it incorporates the use of a Electronic oscillator sine wave generator for sounds at the beginning of the song and at the key change. Steve Rappaport wanted to attract the attention of radio DJs so they would play the song. The song was the first pop record to use additive synthesis from sine wave generators. ref http www.tsimon.com ran dell.htm The Ran Dells Retrieved August 10, 2009 ref See also List of 1960s one hit wonders in the United States References re ... more details
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- Abbots Morton
infobox UK place country England latitude 52.194 longitude 1.9606 official name Abbots Morton population 153 population ref ref http uk genealogy.org.uk england Worcestershire places Abbotts Morton.html ref static image name Abbots Morton.jpg static image width 250 static image caption Abbots Morton village static image alt see WP ALT static image 2 name static image 2 width static image 2 caption static image 2 alt see WP ALT shire district Wychavon shire county Worcestershire region West Midlands civil parish Abbots Morton postcode district WR7 postcode area WR post town WORCESTER dial code 01386 os grid reference SP027551 london distance convert 93 mi km Abbots Morton is a village and civil parish in the England English county of Worcestershire . It consists of approximately 70 dwellings and 250 people. It retains 4 mixed working farms within the village boundaries. The village was the country retreat for the Abbots of Evesham Abbey and the moat that surrounded their house is still visible. The village church is dedicated to St Peter and is over 1000 years old. The hamlet place hamlet of Morton Spirt lies east of the village. History Abbots Morton was listed as Mortune in the Domesday Book of 1086. ref cite web title Abbots Morton work Domesday Book publisher The National Archives year 1086 url http www.nationalarchives.gov.uk documentsonline details result.asp?Edoc Id 7577748&queryType 1&resultcount 56 accessdate 2008 05 09 ref References Reflist commons category Wychavon Category Villages in Worcestershire Worcestershire geo stub nl Abbots Morton pl Abbots Morton ... more details
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- Isidore (inventor)
File Stoli.jpg thumb 160px Stolichnaya , a famous Moscow vodka brand Isidore lang ru was a 15th century Russian Orthodoxy Orthodox monk from Chudov Monastery in Moscow, credited with producing the first genuine recipe of Russian vodka circa 1430, a fact later recognised by international arbitration in 1982. ref name pohlebkin history cite book author Pokhlebkin Pokhlebkin V. V. . . title The history of vodka ref http vkus.narod.ru vodka vodka 00.htm place Moscow publisher Tsentrpoligraph year 2007 pages 272 isbn 5 9524 1895 3 ref A type of distillation distilled liquor close to one that would later become generally designated by the Russian word vodka came to Russia in the late 14th century. In 1386 the Genoa Genoese ambassadors brought the first aqua vitae the living water to Moscow and presented it to Grand Duchy of Moscow Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy , who previously had defeated Tatar Mongols and their Genoese mercenaries in the remarkable large scale Battle of Kulikovo in 1380. The Genoese likely got this beverage with the help of the alchemist s of Provence , who used the Arab invented distillation apparatus to convert grape must into alcohol . Since Islam prohibited the drinking of any alcoholic bevarages for Arabs, they used alcohol mainly for the production of perfume s. In Christian Europe, however, the aqua vitae became the predecessor of all modern strong alcoholic bevarages, including brandy , Cognac drink cognak , whisky , schnapps and Russian vodka. The liquid that was got as a result of distillation of grape must was thought to be a concentrate and a spirit of wine spiritus vini in Latin , from where came the name of this substance in many European languages like English Distilled beverage spirit , or Russian spirt . File Chudov Monastery 1883 .jpg thumb 180px left Moscow Chudov Monastery in 1883 According to a legend, around 1430 a monk called Isidore from Chudov Monastery inside the Moscow Kremlin made a ... more details
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- Richard T. Spooner
1 A Marine Anthology In the Spirt of Semper Fidelis ref ref name Leatherneck Anthology cite news first R.R. last Keene pages 58 59 title A Marine Anthology In the Spirt of Semper Fidelis date March ... more details
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- Miss European
Reflist Rachael Tate from Wales is the current winner for 2011. She also won Spirt of Miss European ... more details
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- List of companies of Mongolia
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- Miss America 1935
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- Miss BG
Energy Saver Team Spirt Bedtime Showtime Skater Kidz Super Smoothie Spic and Span Waste Not Dress ... more details
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- Pat Hanna
Deleted image removed File Hannapic.jpg thumb 200px right Pat Hanna posed for Jack Cato s photograph The Spirt of Anzac Deletable image caption Pat Hanna born George Patrick Hanna 18 March 1888 Whitianga New Zealand died 24 October 1973 ref p.230 Elder, Bruce The A to Z of Who is Who in Australia s History Child & Associates 1987 ref Ampthill , Bedfordshire England was a New Zealand soldier of the First World War who entertained postwar audiences with Digger soldier Digger travelling stage shows and films. Biography Born to an Irish father and an Australian born mother, ref name dnzb.govt.nz http www.dnzb.govt.nz dnzb alt essayBody.asp?essayID 4H14 ref Hanna s talent for art led him to a signwriting apprenticeship and cartooning for a Wellington, New Zealand newspaper. He enlisted at the start of the First World War as a private in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force where he participated in the Occupation of German Samoa . ref Online Australian Dictionary of Biography ref In 1916 he joined the Otago Regiment where he was sent to Egypt, then France and Belgium. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in December 1916 and was promoted to lieutenant in December 1917. ref name dnzb.govt.nz His expertise with hand grenade s led him to be appointed a Bombing Officer. ref http books.google.com.au books?id Mg w 9pRRCEC&pg PA8&dq 22bombing officer 22&lr &cd 20 v onepage&q 22bombing 20officer 22&f false ref Lt Hanna remained in the Army of Occupation following the Armistice with Germany Compi gne Armistice becoming Entertainment Officer forming No 1 Entertainment Unit. ref name news.google.com http news.google.com newspapers?nid 1300&dat 19500719&id eho0AAAAIBAJ&sjid gLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg 7022,3339200 ref His orders were to organise entertainment, lay on laughter unlimited and rollicking relaxation . ref p.40 Fotheringham, William Fotheringham s Extraordinary Sporting Pastimes 2007 Robson ref Hanna set up a concert party called The Digger soldier Digger s where he was the director ... more details
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- John Swope (photographer)
Infobox artist bgcolour 6495ED name John Swope image Johnswope.jpg imagesize alt caption John Swope on left with Henry Fonda and James Stewart in The Spirt of 76 , 1937 birth name birth date 1908 birth place New Brunswick, New Jersey death date 1979 death place Los Angeles, California nationality field Photography training movement works patrons influenced by influenced awards elected website http www.craigkrullgallery.com Swope.J John Swope 1908 1979 was a photographer for Life Magazine , ref cite web url http www.craigkrullgallery.com Swope.J biography.html title John Swope at Craig Krull Gallery accessdate 2010 11 17 publisher Craig Krull Gallery quote Swope was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1908. ... died in Los Angeles in 1979. ref ref name azmemory.lib.az.us cite web url http azmemory.lib.az.us cdm4 browse.php?CISOROOT tgmhistcoll title Arizona Memory Project Browse publisher Azmemory.lib.az.us year accessdate 2010 12 23 ref and a pilot. ref name azmemory.lib.az.us He was born in New Brunswick , New Jersey in 1908. ref name craigkrullgallery.com cite web author http www.craigkrullgallery.com Swope.J biography.html url http craigkrullgallery.com Swope.J biography.html title John Swope at Craig Krull Gallery publisher Craigkrullgallery.com year accessdate 2011 02 28 ref He attended Harvard University in 1930. There, he joined the theatrical group University Players where Henry Fonda , Jimmy Stewart , and Jimmy Logan are also members. ref cite web author Posted by S Ballard url http notredamephoto.blogspot.com 2010 04 john swope.html title notredamephoto John Swope publisher Notredamephoto.blogspot.com date 2010 04 11 accessdate 2010 12 23 ref His interest in photography began when he brought a camera to a yacht race from Los Angeles to Hawaii in 1936. ref name craigkrullgallery.com Together with Leland Hayward and John H. Connelly, he co founded Southwest Airways no connection to the present day Southwest Airlines , a company that developed the Thund ... more details
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- Spirit
espiritual cs Duch sn Mweya wemunhu de Geist es Ser espiritual fr Esprit surnaturel fur Spirt ko hi ... more details
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- Rogers High School (Toledo, Ohio)
Student African American Brotherhood td td Spanish club td tr tr td Spirt Spirit? Club td td Yearbook ... more details
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- Strongsville High School
t always win And we sometimes lose But never with a sigh For we are the spirt of Strongsville High Hey ... more details
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- John McDonnell (playwright)
Silver Wedding 1964 ref name Playography Holiday Spirt 1965 ref name Playography Sticks and Stones play ... more details
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- Bazon Brock
of thought of the artist philosopher and spirt mind delinquent in twenty chapters. Vlog ... more details
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- Diverticulitis
diet . ref name Postgraduate Medicine 2010 cite journal last1 Spirt first1 Mitchell title Complicated ... more details
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- List of places in Worcestershire
, Moor End, Worcestershire Moor End , Morton Spirt , Moseley, Worcestershire Moseley , Mount Pleasant ... more details
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- Samantha Jones (Sex and the City)
the girls are having a picnic they meet a Danish architect named Rikard Spirt Max Ryan . Samantha calls ... more details
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- The Master of Ballantrae
dirl on his breastbone, and the hot blood spirt in my very face, time and again, time and again ... more details
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- Deltora Quest (series)
touches the topaz topaz has power to contact to the spirt world she see her mother there and Anna tell ... more details
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- James Young (comedian)
Spirt 1965 By John McDonnell playwright John McDonnell As Harold Swann and Female Ghost ref name Mckinney ... more details
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- Book talk
about the Books You Love to Any Audience . Libraries Unlimited, Incorporated, 2003. Spirt, Diana ... more details
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- Let It Break (album)
, Inishbofin, County Galway Inishbofin on 7 May Spirt Store , Dundalk on 24 May Christchurch , Cork ... more details
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- 2011 Pan American Games torch relay
Quer taro 71 ref cite news title Patriotic Celebrations with Pan American Spirt url http www.guadalajara2011.org.mx ... more details
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