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A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman (; born 6 January 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar) is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer. His film scoring career began in the early 1990s. He has won fourteen Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, two Grammy Awards, and two Academy Awards.
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Alan Yentob
Alan Yentob (born 11 March 1947) is a British television executive, given the nickname Botney (Yentob spelled backwards) by the magazine Private Eye. He was born into a Jewish family of Iraqi descent in London, and was educated at the independent The King's School, Ely and Leeds University. After initially joining the BBC as a trainee in the BBC World Service in 1968, he has spent his entire professional career with the Corporation. Yentob has two children, Isabella and Jacob.
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Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station (AKUS), and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989.
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Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican American rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. Rolling Stone named Santana number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards.
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Cat Power
Cat Power is the stage name of American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on January 21, 1972). She is known for her minimalist style, sparse guitar and piano playing, and breathy vocals.
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Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948 in London, England), originally and commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British musician. He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam.
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Chris Blackwell
Chris Blackwell (born June 22, 1937) is the founder of independent record company Island Records, and has been a music industry mogul for over fifty years. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to which Blackwell was inducted in 2001, he is the single person most responsible for turning the world on to reggae music.
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Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (born 27 May 1922) is an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in the Star Wars series, and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998).
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David Bowie
David Bowie ( ; born David Robert Jones, 8 January 1947) is an English rock musician, who has also worked as an actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for five decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s, and is known for his distinctive voice and the intellectual depth of his work.
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David Essex
David Essex OBE (born David Albert Cook, 23 July 1947) is an English actor and singer. Since the 1970s, Essex has attained nineteen Top 40 singles in the UK (including two numbers ones), and sixteen Top 40 albums. He has also had an extensive career as an actor performing on stage and screen.
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Dawud Wharnsby
Dawud Wharnsby (born David Howard Wharnsby, June 27, 1972) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator and television personality. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known for his pioneering efforts in the musical/poetic genre of English Language nasheed and spoken word.
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Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African activist and Christian cleric who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. He was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of Southern Africa).
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Dido (singer)
'''Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong (born 25 December 1971), known mononymously as Dido''' ( ), is an English singer-songwriter.
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Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music.
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Elkie Brooks
Elkie Brooks (born 25 February 1945, Broughton, Salford) is an English singer, formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe, and later a solo artist. She is known for her powerful husky voice. Elkie Brooks is a patron of International Animal Rescue.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He has worked with his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.
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Jack Straw
John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946), commonly known as "Jack Straw", is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn since 1979. He served as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001, Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 and Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons from 2006 to 2007 under Tony Blair. From 2007-2010 he was the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and the Secretary of State for Justice, appointed as part of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's first Cabinet. Straw is one of only three people to have served in Cabinet continuously from 1997 to 2010 (the others being Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling).
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Jon Stewart
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Keith Hampshire
Keith Hampshire (born November 23, 1945 in Dulwich,London) is a English-born Canadian popular singer of the 1970s, famous in Canada for three top ten hits and the successful television show Music Machine. Though his voice resembles David Clayton-Thomas', Hampshire was not as successful in the United States, where his highest single only reached number 51.
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Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke (born 11 September 1945, Athens, Georgia, U.S.) is an acoustic guitarist. He is widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies. Kottke has overcome a series of personal obstacles including partial loss of hearing and a nearly career-ending bout with tendon damage in his right hand to emerge as a widely-recognized master of his instrument.
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Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein (, ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim. He was probably best known to the public as the longtime music director of the New York Philharmonic, for conducting concerts by many of the world's leading orchestras, and for writing the music for West Side Story, Candide, Wonderful Town, and On the Town. Bernstein was the first classical music conductor to make numerous television appearances between 1954 and 1989. He had a formidable piano technique and as a composer also wrote symphonies and other concert music. According to The New York Times, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."
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Linda Lewis
Linda Lewis (born Linda Ann Fredericks, 27 September 1950, West Ham, London) is an English vocalist, songwriter and Guitarist known for her singing. Lewis is the oldest of six children two of whom also had singing careers. She is best known for her cross-over music, also the singles "Rock-a-Doodle-Doo" (1972) and "Sideway Shuffle" (1973) also albums such as Lark (1972), Woman Overboard (1977), Fathoms Deep (1973) and later on had renewed success with Second Nature (1995), which became successful in countries such as Japan. Lewis also provided vocals for others such as David Bowie, Al Kooper, Cat Stevens, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Rick Wakeman, Rod Stewart, Hummingbird and Jamiroquai
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Magne Furuholmen
'''Magne 'Mags' Furuholmen''' (born 1 November 1962) is a Norwegian musician. He is best known as the guitarist/keyboardist in the band a-ha.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev ( Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov ; born 2 March 1931) was the sixth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until 1991, and the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1988 until its collapse in 1991.
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Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1915April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered "the Father of blues". Blues musicians Big Bill Morganfield and Larry "Mud Morganfield" Williams are his sons. A major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, Muddy was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
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Nic Harcourt
Nic Harcourt (born September 23, 1957) was, most recently, the Music Director for Santa Monica, California-based radio station KCRW. Before joining KCRW, Harcourt worked for eight years as a news director and music director at radio station WDST in Woodstock, New York.
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Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer-songwriter whose career has spanned over 40 years.
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'''Patricia "Patti" D'Arbanville''' (born May 25, 1951) is an American actress and former model.
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Paul Samwell-Smith
Paul Samwell-Smith (born Paul Smith, 8 May 1943, in Richmond, Surrey) is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page, and as a youth, attended Hampton Grammar School with The Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty.
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Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
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Peter Gabriel
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Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British industrialist, best known for his Virgin Group of over 360 companies.
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Rick Nowels
Richard Wright Nowels Jr. (born March 16, 1960 in Palo Alto, California) is a Grammy / Ivor Novello award-winning songwriter/producer who has worked with many of the most vibrant artists in contemporary music. He is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, keyboards, bass) who incorporates contemporary sounds and rhythms within classic songwriting.
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Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945) is a British singer-songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English lineage.
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Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish singer-songwriter, occasional actor, composer, musician, and television-radio personality. Keating made his debut, alongside with Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and resulted in 7 studio albums. Keating gained worldwide attention when his single "When You Say Nothing at All" was featured in the film Notting Hill and peaked at number one in several charts.
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Salman Rushdie
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (lang-ur| ; born 19 June 1947) is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. He achieved notability with his second novel, ''Midnight's Children'' (1981), which won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism mixed with historical fiction, and a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and Western worlds.
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Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop. She has won nine Grammy Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
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Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( or born on May 13, 1964) is an American political satirist, writer, comedian and television host. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits.
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Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Judkins (born May 13, 1950), name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris, known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist. Blind from shortly after birth, Wonder signed with Motown Records' Tamla label at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day.
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Zain Bhikha
Zain Bhikha (born August 9, 1974) is a South African Muslim singer-songwriter, who has achieved fame as a performer of nasheed songs. Tied to other prominent Muslim personalities, including Yusuf Islam and Dawud Wharnsby, Bhikha has collaborated on albums with other artists, and has released several solo albums as well. He has written several religious albums concerning Islam.
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Yusuf (formerly Cat Stevens) - Midday
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Yusufs' new music video for the song Midday from An Other Cup. Copyright Polydor Records.
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Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) - Midday (Nobel Concert 2006)
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Sunset At Mid-Day
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Christian Film - Sunset At Mid-Day Casts: Broda Martyns, Gloria Bamiloye, Murphy Aihobekun; Maureen Osarogie; Osarue Imuzeze Written, Produced and Directed By: MIKE BAMILOYE It is the story of the life of most of our youth of this time. It mirrored the live of most children of pastors and ministers of the gospel schooling on higher institution campuses. It is the story of double lives laced with perfected deceitfulness and flagrant disobedience rampant among the youths of this time.
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Alfie - Uncomfortably Numb / About Midday OUT NOW
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OUT NOW - Ltd Vinyl (includes free MP3) available via the BBB Store: www.surus.co.uk Available Digitally from all other online retailers: Buy itunes: itunes.apple.com Buy Beatport: www.beatport.com Buy Boomkat: boomkat.com Claude VonStroke - yeah man im really into "About Midday" killer!!!! Four Tet - This is wicked, will be playing Uncomfortably Numb out for sure. Justin Martin - wicked! fantastic stuff... will be playing both of these:) 5/5 Addison Groove- It went on a mix i did thats going out this week 5/5 Midland - Yeah really good this is, big room fodder!! MA1 - I played it on rinse, saturday just gone. Big ep. Little White Earbuds - Two hot, peak-time tracks from Alfie. Will be playing Roska - powpowpow Skream - BIG UP! ALFIE! Really feeling About Midday. Oneman - wicked track ! A - Uncomfortably Numb AA - About Midday (from 2.50) Release Date - 16.07.12 Limited 12" Vinyl (200) Digital - itunes // Beatport // Track It Down etc.... Blah Blah Blah are having a bit of a break through year with sets at Glade & EXIT Festival confirmed, and their labels most recent release from Blacksmif gathering support from a number of respected sources, among which Disclosure, South London Ordnance, BrEaCh, Mary Anne Hobbs, Laurent Garnier, Audiojack, XLR8R, and Beatportal can now be considered keen listeners. Their 5th release looks set to further establish the labels growing reputation with 2 tracks of deep techno inspired house from 17 yr old music enthusiast Alfie. Born in the ...
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Astronautalis - Midday Moon
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Album : This is our Science (2011) Astronautalis - Midday Moon Lyrics: A sliver of chalk, across the blue. Lord knows, I don't know what the hell's the use of the midday moon. You came to my arms, too god damn soon. Lord knows, I don't know what to do with you, and the midday moon. This is just to say, they've taken everything away, every step we made fit into 6 trucks, pick ups, drawing dust above the driveway. The muddy cavalcade came at half past eight, collecting everything in that grassy bank, and every trace of you, was taken too, and what was once a womb is just a hollow room. It was a windy day, that kind that makes me hate LA, cause god gave them a perfect sun, and they think gangs and smog were hardly a fair trade. They don't breathe or flinch, or even blink at how the green will shift, when the wind parades across the meager ridge, and kicks the weeds a bit, to make seem as if the lea is a sea of waves. They say you can't cheat death, maybe it's just a shortness of breath? Or no pains in your chest? A disease we agree that we ain't cured yet? Forgive me dear, I never thought that we'd end up here. From "sweet dreams" whispered in your ear, before a long night's sleep so cold and clear. A sliver of chalk, across the blue. Lord knows, I don't know what the hell's the use of the midday moon. You came to my arms, too god damn soon. Lord knows, I don't know what to do with you, and the midday moon. I've been told that when we die, we pass onto the other side ...
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Midday Monsters! CHEW ON THIS first show ever produced.
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The "Chew On This" Show that started it all. Captain Ben Chancey lands his biggest Snook ever on a 20' Ladyfish. Captain Ben also goes overboard for the first time in this episode. chewonthis.tv Saltwater Fishing Shows Videos Clips
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Pokemon D/P Music - Sunnyshore City (midday)
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Pokemon D/P Music - Sunnyshore City (midday)
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Midday MUSCLE BUILDING Foods - 5 Healthy High Protein Snacks
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More Healthy MUSCLE BUILDING Snacks: athleanx.com When it comes to building muscle you've probably been told that your ultimate results are dependent on your nutrition in large part. Well, the meals that trips most guys up on their path to more muscle are the midday and midmorning snacks. In this video I show you 5 healthy snacks that you can use that are not only easy to prepare but have the right protein content in them to keep you from losing the muscle you've been working out hard to build. Some of the keys to a good muscle building snack are that they have to be the following - High in protein - Contain some carbs - Must be portable - Must be easy to prepare (minimal prep time) - Must be able to be eaten quickly and discreetly It's this last point that most healthy snacks miss. Sometimes you work a job that doesn't allow you to take a designated lunch time. When that's the case you have to be able to eat on the run and sometimes continue on with work while you do it. Things like the protein shake that you can sip on without making a big deal out of it, the turkey jerky and finger food grape tomatoes does the same thing. Protein bars (particularly the ones not loaded in sugar that make great muscle building meal options) are always great since they are super portable. Look, most guys want to build a bigger body, develop more muscle and look better and they do every chest workout, back workout, and six pack abs workout they can to do it, but they overlook the most ...
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NOEL COWARD - 'Mad Dogs And Englishmen' - 45rpm
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His classic 30's recording on a 1958 EP
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Pokemon D/P Music - Route 225 (midday)
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Pokemon D/P Music - Route 225 (midday)
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Pokemon D/P Music - Route 209 (midday)
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Pokemon D/P Music - Route 209 (midday)
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Pokemon D/P Music - Route 210 (midday)
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Pokemon D/P Music - Route 210 (midday)
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Pokemon D/P Music - Route 216 (midday)
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Pokemon D/P Music - Route 216 (midday)
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Spyro Year of the Dragon - 16 - Midday Garden Home
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Spyro arrives at the Midday Garden Home, and immediately starts collecting the gems and the eggs.
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MID-DAY SNACK
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fresh from PDM Studios - our version of "Labrador''...
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Yugioh: The Mid-Day Mayhem (Part 42 "EXODIA!")
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- Duration: 10:09
- Updated: 08 Nov 2012
Part 41 and 42 are from the previous recording sessions. So it's old footage...but footage that hasn't been seen. I still need to decide what I do next oo www.youtube.com I figured we would switch up the series a bit and take a step away from all the America. Thank you to the Chilladin Cheering section who stayed and watched the duel. Much appreicated for the support! If you are interested in playing against other people online, or just want to re live some Nostalgia, the website we were using www.duelingnetwork.com It is all trust based, meaning that you actually have to follow the rules for yourself, the game doesn't hold your hand. Follow me on the Internets! www.twitter.com www.facebook.com www.reddit.com Music by Kevin Macleod
http://wn.com/Yugioh_The_Mid-Day_Mayhem_Part_42_EXODIA!
Pokemon D/P Music - Oreburgh City (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:48
- Updated: 04 Nov 2012
Pokemon D/P Music - Oreburgh City (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Oreburgh_City_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 203 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:33
- Updated: 07 Nov 2012
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 203 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_203_midday
Midday - Premier Joh - 1987 - Part 1 HD
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 12:29
- Updated: 06 Oct 2012
Part 1: Former Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke Peterson and his wife Lady Flo come face to face with Ray Martin as Sir Joh prepared to head to Canberra in 1987. Sir Joh led a well publicised campaign to try and run for Federal Parliament at the time. It never eventuated. He would only remain Premier of Queensland for a few months after this interview took place amid revelations of corruption unearthed by Journalist Chris Masters and the ABC "Four Corners" programme. The famous Fitzgerald Inquiry would follow. His wife, Queensland Senator Lady Flo Bjelke Peterson also appeared with her husband. This unique interview on the "Midday" show aired in early 1987 across the 9 Network and regional stations. Quote WIKI: In 1987 Bjelke-Petersen launched a campaign for the Prime Ministership. The move attracted intense media attention across Australia. By early 1987 the Joh-for-Canberra push was attracting 20 per cent in opinion polls. The "Joh for Canberra" campaign was abandoned after a snap election was called by incumbent Bob Hawke. Hawke took advantage of the fact that Bjelke-Petersen had forced federal Nationals leader Ian Sinclair to tear up the coalition agreement with the Liberals. Labor was able to sneak up the middle and win several three-cornered contests, netting its largest seat count ever in an election.
http://wn.com/Midday_Premier_Joh_1987_Part_1_HD
Yugioh: The Mid-Day Mayhem (Part 41 "Where we Left off...")
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:01
- Updated: 08 Nov 2012
It's been a while since we last continued, and I apologize for the delay. Part 41 and 42 are from the previous recording sessions. So it's old footage...but footage that hasn't been seen. www.youtube.com I figured we would switch up the series a bit and take a step away from all the America. Thank you to the Chilladin Cheering section who stayed and watched the duel. Much appreicated for the support! If you are interested in playing against other people online, or just want to re live some Nostalgia, the website we were using www.duelingnetwork.com It is all trust based, meaning that you actually have to follow the rules for yourself, the game doesn't hold your hand. Follow me on the Internets! www.twitter.com www.facebook.com www.reddit.com Music by Kevin Macleod
http://wn.com/Yugioh_The_Mid-Day_Mayhem_Part_41_Where_we_Left_off
Midday arrivals at YVR including JAL 747, Cathay 747+ A340. (HD)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:18
- Updated: 08 Nov 2012
JAL 747, Cathay pacific 747+A340, Air China, Alaska, Mexicana, Skyservice arrivals.
http://wn.com/Midday_arrivals_at_YVR_including_JAL_747,_Cathay_747+_A340_HD
Gary Fong Powersnoot Midday Sun Darling Harbour, Sydney Australia
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:12
- Updated: 09 Oct 2012
Gary Fong demonstrates how to use an off-camera flash setup dramatic lighting effects outdoor in midday sun.. On camera is an SB900 being utilized as a flash trigger only (in Master mode). Flash two is a Nikon SB700 with a Gary Fong Powersnoot. It is on half power and on a light stand with a pivoting head (this can also be held easily by an assistant). The camera is a Nikon D3S shot on Manual mode, and the settings are clearly presented. www.garyfongestore.com
http://wn.com/Gary_Fong_Powersnoot_Midday_Sun_Darling_Harbour,_Sydney_Australia
Seikima II - Moon at mid-day (PV)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:48
- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
PV of Seikima II from the Rekidai Katsudo Emakishu Black List vcd
http://wn.com/Seikima_II_Moon_at_mid-day_PV
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100602 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:35
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
http://wn.com/100602_Mid-Day_Break_King_of_Quiz_Eli_Cut_Part_2_2
100602 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
http://wn.com/100602_Mid-Day_Break_King_of_Quiz_Eli_Cut_Part_1_2
100616 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
To to an internet connection problem, we were not able to record about 10 minutes of the show. About 10 seconds of the beginning also failed to record. I sincerely apologise.
http://wn.com/100616_Mid-Day_Break_King_of_Quiz_Eli_Cut_Part_2_2
100616 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
To to an internet connection problem, we were not able to record about 10 minutes of the show. About 10 seconds of the beginning also failed to record. I sincerely apologise.
http://wn.com/100616_Mid-Day_Break_King_of_Quiz_Eli_Cut_Part_1_2
100609 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:58
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
http://wn.com/100609_Mid-Day_Break_King_of_Quiz_Eli_Cut_Part_2_2
100609 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
http://wn.com/100609_Mid-Day_Break_King_of_Quiz_Eli_Cut_Part_1_2
100623 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:26
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
http://wn.com/100623_Mid-Day_Break_King_of_Quiz_Eli_Cut_Part_2_2
100623 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
http://wn.com/100623_Mid-Day_Break_King_of_Quiz_Eli_Cut_Part_1_2
![100714 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2 [FINAL]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121108223419im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dqWCMPTcuh8/default.jpg "100714 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2 [FINAL]")
100714 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2 [FINAL]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:54
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
This is the final weekly show of Mid-Day Break with Eli.
http://wn.com/100714_Mid-Day_Break_King_of_Quiz_Eli_Cut_Part_2_2_FINAL_
![100714 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2 [FINAL]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121108223419im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/REEeIzMPdAE/default.jpg "100714 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2 [FINAL]")
100714 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2 [FINAL]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
This is the final weekly show of Mid-Day Break with Eli.
http://wn.com/100714_Mid-Day_Break_King_of_Quiz_Eli_Cut_Part_1_2_FINAL_
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Pokemon D/P Music - Route 201 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:36
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 201 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_201_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 203 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 203 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_203_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 205 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:55
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 205 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_205_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 206 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:49
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 206 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_206_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 209 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:23
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 209 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_209_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 210 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:18
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 210 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_210_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 216 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 216 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_216_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 225 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 225 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_225_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 228 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:55
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 228 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_228_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Twinleaf Town (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Twinleaf Town (midday
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Twinleaf_Town_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Sandgem Town (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:01
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Sandgem Town (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Sandgem_Town_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Jubilife City (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:52
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Jubilife City (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Jubilife_City_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Oreburgh City (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Oreburgh City (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Oreburgh_City_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Eterna City (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:42
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Eterna City (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Eterna_City_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Hearthome City (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Hearthome City (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Hearthome_City_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Veilstone City (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:27
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Veilstone City (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Veilstone_City_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Game Corner
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:24
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Game Corner
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Game_Corner
Pokemon D/P Music - Canalave City
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:21
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Canalave City
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Canalave_City
Pokemon D/P Music - Snowpoint City (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:56
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Snowpoint City (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Snowpoint_City_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Sunnyshore City (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:29
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Sunnyshore City (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Sunnyshore_City_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Eterna Forest
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Eterna Forest
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Eterna_Forest
Pokemon D/P Music - Old Chateau
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:47
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Old Chateau
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Old_Chateau
Pokemon D/P Music - Mt. Coronet
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:31
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Mt. Coronet
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Mt_Coronet
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Pokemon D/P Music - Route 203 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 203 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_203_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 201 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:36
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 201 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_201_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Canalave City
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:21
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Canalave City
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Canalave_City
Pokemon D/P Music - Rival Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:13
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Rival Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Rival_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Veilstone City (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:27
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Veilstone City (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Veilstone_City_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Dialga/Palkia Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:41
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Dialga/Palkia Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Dialga_Palkia_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Wild Pokemon Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:17
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Wild Pokemon Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Wild_Pokemon_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Legendary Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Legendary Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Legendary_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Sinnoh Gym Leader Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:39
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Sinnoh Gym Leader Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Sinnoh_Gym_Leader_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Galactic Boss Cyrus
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:17
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Galactic Boss Cyrus
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Galactic_Boss_Cyrus
Pokemon D/P Music - Resort Area (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Resort Area (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Resort_Area_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 209 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:23
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 209 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_209_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 228 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:55
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 228 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_228_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Wi-Fi Chat
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:21
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Wi-Fi Chat
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Wi-Fi_Chat
Pokemon D/P Music - Twinleaf Town (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Twinleaf Town (midday
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Twinleaf_Town_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 225 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 225 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_225_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Surf Theme
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:28
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Surf Theme
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Surf_Theme
Pokemon D/P Music - Old Chateau
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:47
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Old Chateau
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Old_Chateau
Pokemon D/P Music - Fight/Survival Area (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Fight/Survival Area (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Fight_Survival_Area_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Jubilife City (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:52
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Jubilife City (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Jubilife_City_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Team Galactic Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:19
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Team Galactic Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Team_Galactic_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Uxie/Azelf/Mesprit Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:57
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Uxie/Azelf/Mesprit Battle
I love this music
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Uxie_Azelf_Mesprit_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Battle Tower
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:05
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Battle Tower
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Battle_Tower
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Pokemon D/P Music - Dialga/Palkia Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:41
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Dialga/Palkia Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Dialga_Palkia_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Arceus Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:20
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Arceus Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Arceus_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Legendary Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Legendary Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Legendary_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Uxie/Azelf/Mesprit Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:57
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Uxie/Azelf/Mesprit Battle
I love this music
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Uxie_Azelf_Mesprit_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Sinnoh Gym Leader Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:39
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Sinnoh Gym Leader Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Sinnoh_Gym_Leader_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Galactic Boss Cyrus
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:17
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Galactic Boss Cyrus
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Galactic_Boss_Cyrus
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 216 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 216 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_216_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 210 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:18
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 210 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_210_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 209 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:23
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 209 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_209_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Team Galactic Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:19
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Team Galactic Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Team_Galactic_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 206 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:49
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 206 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_206_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 205 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:55
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 205 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_205_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 203 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 203 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_203_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 201 (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:36
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 201 (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Route_201_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Victory Road
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:36
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Victory Road
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Victory_Road
Pokemon D/P Music - Rival Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:13
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Rival Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Rival_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Sinnoh E4 Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:39
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Sinnoh E4 Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Sinnoh_E4_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Champion Cynthia
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Champion Cynthia
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Champion_Cynthia
Pokemon D/P Music - Trainer Battle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:44
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Trainer Battle
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Trainer_Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Lake Acuity/Verity/Valor
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:14
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Lake Acuity/Verity/Valor
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Lake_Acuity_Verity_Valor
Pokemon D/P Music - Resort Area (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Resort Area (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Resort_Area_midday
Pokemon D/P Music - Battle Tower
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:05
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Battle Tower
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Battle_Tower
Pokemon D/P Music - Fight/Survival Area (midday)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pokemon D/P Music - Fight/Survival Area (midday)
http://wn.com/Pokemon_D_P_Music_Fight_Survival_Area_midday
Vimeo results:
4:55
Boombox Series // Jessie J
It would have been just another ordinary day on the NYC rapid transit system, but Jessie J...
published: 12 Jan 2011
author: Arcade44.tv
Boombox Series // Jessie J
It would have been just another ordinary day on the NYC rapid transit system, but Jessie J is not your ordinary artist. On a typically busy midday afternoon in New York City’s Times Square, the divine Ms J found herself a bustling corner with decent acoustics, set up a boombox, and ripped into a rousing rendition of her track “Who You Are” for a few lucky commuters.
Things you should know about Jessie J because, well, you will know her: She’s a 22-year-old from Essex who’s already tearing up the charts in her native UK. She’s got serious pipes. Goosebump pipes. (When she met Justin Timberlake recently he called her the “best singer in the world”). She’s the brains behind Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” (you know you liked that one!) as well as a handful of other infectious tunes. Oh yeah, she also just knocked out the competition to win BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll for new talent.
As Jessie gears up for what is sure to be an unforgettable year, we love capturing the way she confidently steps out from the crowd here in our Times Square clip, only to lend a much-needed dose of inspiration to a few unsuspecting straphangers. She’ll soon be similarly inspiring listeners worldwide. Pop world, get ready for an adrenaline shot to the heart.
http://Arcade44.tv
Director Andrew Gauthier
Director of Photography Isaac Gillespie
Editor Andrew Gauthier
Producer Angela Cravens + Fataah Dihaan
13:54
THE REEM SEASON 2 EPISODE 7: CROSSROADS
Alistair has a dispute with his long time management Golden Glory and has decided which gy...
published: 07 Nov 2011
author: THE REEM
THE REEM SEASON 2 EPISODE 7: CROSSROADS
Alistair has a dispute with his long time management Golden Glory and has decided which gym it's going to be to prepare for Brock Lesnar.
Tracklist:
J-walk - Petrified Blues
The Karminsky Experience Inc. - Midday Heat
Justice - Newlands (check out their new album ;-)
Check out these great artists and their inspiring music !
11:45
The [ahr-tuh-zen] Project: Dave Lefner
Over the last 8 months, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to document the inspiring talen...
published: 02 Mar 2010
author: Ric Serena
The [ahr-tuh-zen] Project: Dave Lefner
Over the last 8 months, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to document the inspiring talent of Los Angeles artist, Dave Lefner. I’ve always enjoyed the visceral quality of his work, but now have a very fond appreciation for this incredibly passionate, dedicated and humble artisan.
Dave chooses the rarely used medium of reduction linocuts to express his love for the City of Angels as well as preserve the history of it’s ever changing urban landscape. Whether it’s found in the extreme shadows cast from a broken neon sign at midday or in the intricate web of power lines crisscrossed overhead, Los Angeles provides him the perfect inspiration for his detailed linoleum block prints.
If you enjoy the short documentary, please pass it on.
Dave Lefner
http://www.davelefner.com
Music by Quiet Lights/Rival Songs:
http://www.quietlights.com/
Location Sound by Durand Trench:
http://www.sasquatchsound.com/
Post Production Sound Design/Editing by:
http://www.lvddigital.com/
1:45
MIDDAY COWBOY
MIDDAY COWBOY
Starring
Cameron Sparkes &
Bjorn Johnston
rileyblakeway.com...
published: 23 Dec 2010
author: Riley Blakeway
MIDDAY COWBOY
MIDDAY COWBOY
Starring
Cameron Sparkes &
Bjorn Johnston
rileyblakeway.com
Youtube results:
7:35
100602 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segmen...
published: 02 Jun 2010
author: ukissrocket
100602 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
published: 02 Jun 2010
author: ukissrocket
views: 1564
8:48
100602 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segmen...
published: 02 Jun 2010
author: ukissrocket
100602 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
published: 02 Jun 2010
author: ukissrocket
views: 3031
3:33
100616 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segmen...
published: 16 Jun 2010
author: ukissrocket
100616 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
To to an internet connection problem, we were not able to record about 10 minutes of the show. About 10 seconds of the beginning also failed to record. I sincerely apologise.
published: 16 Jun 2010
author: ukissrocket
views: 902
5:09
100616 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segmen...
published: 16 Jun 2010
author: ukissrocket
100616 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
To to an internet connection problem, we were not able to record about 10 minutes of the show. About 10 seconds of the beginning also failed to record. I sincerely apologise.
published: 16 Jun 2010
author: ukissrocket
views: 1299
6:58
100609 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segmen...
published: 16 Jun 2010
author: ukissrocket
100609 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
published: 16 Jun 2010
author: ukissrocket
views: 789
6:51
100609 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segmen...
published: 16 Jun 2010
author: ukissrocket
100609 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
published: 16 Jun 2010
author: ukissrocket
views: 1395
9:26
100623 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segmen...
published: 10 Jul 2010
author: ukissrocket
100623 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
published: 10 Jul 2010
author: ukissrocket
views: 850
8:09
100623 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segmen...
published: 10 Jul 2010
author: ukissrocket
100623 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
published: 10 Jul 2010
author: ukissrocket
views: 1520
7:54
100714 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2 [FINAL]
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segmen...
published: 15 Jul 2010
author: ukissrocket
100714 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 2/2 [FINAL]
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
This is the final weekly show of Mid-Day Break with Eli.
published: 15 Jul 2010
author: ukissrocket
views: 1482
8:22
100714 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2 [FINAL]
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segmen...
published: 15 Jul 2010
author: ukissrocket
100714 Mid-Day Break - King of Quiz (Eli Cut) Part 1/2 [FINAL]
Rocketboxx Presents:
Every Wednesday, Eli visits Isak in the Arirang studio for the segment 'King of Quiz'. You can tune in live each week from 12-2pm KST at arirang.co.kr.
This is the final weekly show of Mid-Day Break with Eli.
published: 15 Jul 2010
author: ukissrocket
views: 3930
Vimeo results:
4:55
Boombox Series // Jessie J
It would have been just another ordinary day on the NYC rapid transit system, but Jessie J...
published: 12 Jan 2011
author: Arcade44.tv
Boombox Series // Jessie J
It would have been just another ordinary day on the NYC rapid transit system, but Jessie J is not your ordinary artist. On a typically busy midday afternoon in New York City’s Times Square, the divine Ms J found herself a bustling corner with decent acoustics, set up a boombox, and ripped into a rousing rendition of her track “Who You Are” for a few lucky commuters.
Things you should know about Jessie J because, well, you will know her: She’s a 22-year-old from Essex who’s already tearing up the charts in her native UK. She’s got serious pipes. Goosebump pipes. (When she met Justin Timberlake recently he called her the “best singer in the world”). She’s the brains behind Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” (you know you liked that one!) as well as a handful of other infectious tunes. Oh yeah, she also just knocked out the competition to win BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll for new talent.
As Jessie gears up for what is sure to be an unforgettable year, we love capturing the way she confidently steps out from the crowd here in our Times Square clip, only to lend a much-needed dose of inspiration to a few unsuspecting straphangers. She’ll soon be similarly inspiring listeners worldwide. Pop world, get ready for an adrenaline shot to the heart.
http://Arcade44.tv
Director Andrew Gauthier
Director of Photography Isaac Gillespie
Editor Andrew Gauthier
Producer Angela Cravens + Fataah Dihaan
13:54
THE REEM SEASON 2 EPISODE 7: CROSSROADS
Alistair has a dispute with his long time management Golden Glory and has decided which gy...
published: 07 Nov 2011
author: THE REEM
THE REEM SEASON 2 EPISODE 7: CROSSROADS
Alistair has a dispute with his long time management Golden Glory and has decided which gym it's going to be to prepare for Brock Lesnar.
Tracklist:
J-walk - Petrified Blues
The Karminsky Experience Inc. - Midday Heat
Justice - Newlands (check out their new album ;-)
Check out these great artists and their inspiring music !
11:45
The [ahr-tuh-zen] Project: Dave Lefner
Over the last 8 months, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to document the inspiring talen...
published: 02 Mar 2010
author: Ric Serena
The [ahr-tuh-zen] Project: Dave Lefner
Over the last 8 months, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to document the inspiring talent of Los Angeles artist, Dave Lefner. I’ve always enjoyed the visceral quality of his work, but now have a very fond appreciation for this incredibly passionate, dedicated and humble artisan.
Dave chooses the rarely used medium of reduction linocuts to express his love for the City of Angels as well as preserve the history of it’s ever changing urban landscape. Whether it’s found in the extreme shadows cast from a broken neon sign at midday or in the intricate web of power lines crisscrossed overhead, Los Angeles provides him the perfect inspiration for his detailed linoleum block prints.
If you enjoy the short documentary, please pass it on.
Dave Lefner
http://www.davelefner.com
Music by Quiet Lights/Rival Songs:
http://www.quietlights.com/
Location Sound by Durand Trench:
http://www.sasquatchsound.com/
Post Production Sound Design/Editing by:
http://www.lvddigital.com/
1:45
MIDDAY COWBOY
MIDDAY COWBOY
Starring
Cameron Sparkes &
Bjorn Johnston
rileyblakeway.com...
published: 23 Dec 2010
author: Riley Blakeway
MIDDAY COWBOY
MIDDAY COWBOY
Starring
Cameron Sparkes &
Bjorn Johnston
rileyblakeway.com
Vimeo results:
4:55
Boombox Series // Jessie J
It would have been just another ordinary day on the NYC rapid transit system, but Jessie J...
published: 12 Jan 2011
author: Arcade44.tv
Boombox Series // Jessie J
It would have been just another ordinary day on the NYC rapid transit system, but Jessie J is not your ordinary artist. On a typically busy midday afternoon in New York City’s Times Square, the divine Ms J found herself a bustling corner with decent acoustics, set up a boombox, and ripped into a rousing rendition of her track “Who You Are” for a few lucky commuters.
Things you should know about Jessie J because, well, you will know her: She’s a 22-year-old from Essex who’s already tearing up the charts in her native UK. She’s got serious pipes. Goosebump pipes. (When she met Justin Timberlake recently he called her the “best singer in the world”). She’s the brains behind Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” (you know you liked that one!) as well as a handful of other infectious tunes. Oh yeah, she also just knocked out the competition to win BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll for new talent.
As Jessie gears up for what is sure to be an unforgettable year, we love capturing the way she confidently steps out from the crowd here in our Times Square clip, only to lend a much-needed dose of inspiration to a few unsuspecting straphangers. She’ll soon be similarly inspiring listeners worldwide. Pop world, get ready for an adrenaline shot to the heart.
http://Arcade44.tv
Director Andrew Gauthier
Director of Photography Isaac Gillespie
Editor Andrew Gauthier
Producer Angela Cravens + Fataah Dihaan
13:54
THE REEM SEASON 2 EPISODE 7: CROSSROADS
Alistair has a dispute with his long time management Golden Glory and has decided which gy...
published: 07 Nov 2011
author: THE REEM
THE REEM SEASON 2 EPISODE 7: CROSSROADS
Alistair has a dispute with his long time management Golden Glory and has decided which gym it's going to be to prepare for Brock Lesnar.
Tracklist:
J-walk - Petrified Blues
The Karminsky Experience Inc. - Midday Heat
Justice - Newlands (check out their new album ;-)
Check out these great artists and their inspiring music !
11:45
The [ahr-tuh-zen] Project: Dave Lefner
Over the last 8 months, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to document the inspiring talen...
published: 02 Mar 2010
author: Ric Serena
The [ahr-tuh-zen] Project: Dave Lefner
Over the last 8 months, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to document the inspiring talent of Los Angeles artist, Dave Lefner. I’ve always enjoyed the visceral quality of his work, but now have a very fond appreciation for this incredibly passionate, dedicated and humble artisan.
Dave chooses the rarely used medium of reduction linocuts to express his love for the City of Angels as well as preserve the history of it’s ever changing urban landscape. Whether it’s found in the extreme shadows cast from a broken neon sign at midday or in the intricate web of power lines crisscrossed overhead, Los Angeles provides him the perfect inspiration for his detailed linoleum block prints.
If you enjoy the short documentary, please pass it on.
Dave Lefner
http://www.davelefner.com
Music by Quiet Lights/Rival Songs:
http://www.quietlights.com/
Location Sound by Durand Trench:
http://www.sasquatchsound.com/
Post Production Sound Design/Editing by:
http://www.lvddigital.com/
1:45
MIDDAY COWBOY
MIDDAY COWBOY
Starring
Cameron Sparkes &
Bjorn Johnston
rileyblakeway.com...
published: 23 Dec 2010
author: Riley Blakeway
MIDDAY COWBOY
MIDDAY COWBOY
Starring
Cameron Sparkes &
Bjorn Johnston
rileyblakeway.com
Youtube results:
1:33
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 203 (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 203 (midday)...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 203 (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 203 (midday)
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
views: 68726
0:36
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 201 (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 201 (midday)...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 201 (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 201 (midday)
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
views: 107847
1:21
Pokemon D/P Music - Canalave City
Pokemon D/P Music - Canalave City...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Canalave City
1:13
Pokemon D/P Music - Rival Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Rival Battle...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Rival Battle
1:27
Pokemon D/P Music - Veilstone City (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Veilstone City (midday)...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Veilstone City (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Veilstone City (midday)
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
views: 57904
2:41
Pokemon D/P Music - Dialga/Palkia Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Dialga/Palkia Battle...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Dialga/Palkia Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Dialga/Palkia Battle
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
views: 1611636
1:17
Pokemon D/P Music - Wild Pokemon Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Wild Pokemon Battle...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Wild Pokemon Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Wild Pokemon Battle
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
views: 171384
1:09
Pokemon D/P Music - Legendary Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Legendary Battle...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Legendary Battle
1:39
Pokemon D/P Music - Sinnoh Gym Leader Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Sinnoh Gym Leader Battle...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Sinnoh Gym Leader Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Sinnoh Gym Leader Battle
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
views: 1026083
2:17
Pokemon D/P Music - Galactic Boss Cyrus
Pokemon D/P Music - Galactic Boss Cyrus...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Galactic Boss Cyrus
Pokemon D/P Music - Galactic Boss Cyrus
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
views: 1139857
1:30
Pokemon D/P Music - Resort Area (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Resort Area (midday)...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Resort Area (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Resort Area (midday)
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
views: 37867
1:23
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 209 (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 209 (midday)...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 209 (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 209 (midday)
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
views: 148714
0:55
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 228 (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 228 (midday)...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 228 (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 228 (midday)
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
views: 81054
0:21
Pokemon D/P Music - Wi-Fi Chat
Pokemon D/P Music - Wi-Fi Chat...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Wi-Fi Chat
Vimeo results:
4:55
Boombox Series // Jessie J
It would have been just another ordinary day on the NYC rapid transit system, but Jessie J...
published: 12 Jan 2011
author: Arcade44.tv
Boombox Series // Jessie J
It would have been just another ordinary day on the NYC rapid transit system, but Jessie J is not your ordinary artist. On a typically busy midday afternoon in New York City’s Times Square, the divine Ms J found herself a bustling corner with decent acoustics, set up a boombox, and ripped into a rousing rendition of her track “Who You Are” for a few lucky commuters.
Things you should know about Jessie J because, well, you will know her: She’s a 22-year-old from Essex who’s already tearing up the charts in her native UK. She’s got serious pipes. Goosebump pipes. (When she met Justin Timberlake recently he called her the “best singer in the world”). She’s the brains behind Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” (you know you liked that one!) as well as a handful of other infectious tunes. Oh yeah, she also just knocked out the competition to win BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll for new talent.
As Jessie gears up for what is sure to be an unforgettable year, we love capturing the way she confidently steps out from the crowd here in our Times Square clip, only to lend a much-needed dose of inspiration to a few unsuspecting straphangers. She’ll soon be similarly inspiring listeners worldwide. Pop world, get ready for an adrenaline shot to the heart.
http://Arcade44.tv
Director Andrew Gauthier
Director of Photography Isaac Gillespie
Editor Andrew Gauthier
Producer Angela Cravens + Fataah Dihaan
13:54
THE REEM SEASON 2 EPISODE 7: CROSSROADS
Alistair has a dispute with his long time management Golden Glory and has decided which gy...
published: 07 Nov 2011
author: THE REEM
THE REEM SEASON 2 EPISODE 7: CROSSROADS
Alistair has a dispute with his long time management Golden Glory and has decided which gym it's going to be to prepare for Brock Lesnar.
Tracklist:
J-walk - Petrified Blues
The Karminsky Experience Inc. - Midday Heat
Justice - Newlands (check out their new album ;-)
Check out these great artists and their inspiring music !
11:45
The [ahr-tuh-zen] Project: Dave Lefner
Over the last 8 months, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to document the inspiring talen...
published: 02 Mar 2010
author: Ric Serena
The [ahr-tuh-zen] Project: Dave Lefner
Over the last 8 months, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to document the inspiring talent of Los Angeles artist, Dave Lefner. I’ve always enjoyed the visceral quality of his work, but now have a very fond appreciation for this incredibly passionate, dedicated and humble artisan.
Dave chooses the rarely used medium of reduction linocuts to express his love for the City of Angels as well as preserve the history of it’s ever changing urban landscape. Whether it’s found in the extreme shadows cast from a broken neon sign at midday or in the intricate web of power lines crisscrossed overhead, Los Angeles provides him the perfect inspiration for his detailed linoleum block prints.
If you enjoy the short documentary, please pass it on.
Dave Lefner
http://www.davelefner.com
Music by Quiet Lights/Rival Songs:
http://www.quietlights.com/
Location Sound by Durand Trench:
http://www.sasquatchsound.com/
Post Production Sound Design/Editing by:
http://www.lvddigital.com/
1:45
MIDDAY COWBOY
MIDDAY COWBOY
Starring
Cameron Sparkes &
Bjorn Johnston
rileyblakeway.com...
published: 23 Dec 2010
author: Riley Blakeway
MIDDAY COWBOY
MIDDAY COWBOY
Starring
Cameron Sparkes &
Bjorn Johnston
rileyblakeway.com
Youtube results:
1:22
Pokemon D/P Music - Twinleaf Town (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Twinleaf Town (midday...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Twinleaf Town (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Twinleaf Town (midday
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
views: 78331
1:22
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 225 (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 225 (midday)...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 225 (midday)
Pokemon D/P Music - Route 225 (midday)
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
views: 77787
1:28
Pokemon D/P Music - Surf Theme
Pokemon D/P Music - Surf Theme...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Surf Theme
1:47
Pokemon D/P Music - Old Chateau
Pokemon D/P Music - Old Chateau...
published: 30 Dec 2010
author: VideoGameMusic115
Pokemon D/P Music - Old Chateau
1:57
Pokemon D/P Music - Uxie/Azelf/Mesprit Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Uxie/Azelf/Mesprit Battle
I love this music...
published: 10 Aug 2008
author: Dewgong07
Pokemon D/P Music - Uxie/Azelf/Mesprit Battle
Pokemon D/P Music - Uxie/Azelf/Mesprit Battle
I love this music
published: 10 Aug 2008
author: Dewgong07
views: 426179
Vimeo results:
4:55
Boombox Series // Jessie J
It would have been just another ordinary day on the NYC rapid transit system, but Jessie J...
published: 12 Jan 2011
author: Arcade44.tv
Boombox Series // Jessie J
It would have been just another ordinary day on the NYC rapid transit system, but Jessie J is not your ordinary artist. On a typically busy midday afternoon in New York City’s Times Square, the divine Ms J found herself a bustling corner with decent acoustics, set up a boombox, and ripped into a rousing rendition of her track “Who You Are” for a few lucky commuters.
Things you should know about Jessie J because, well, you will know her: She’s a 22-year-old from Essex who’s already tearing up the charts in her native UK. She’s got serious pipes. Goosebump pipes. (When she met Justin Timberlake recently he called her the “best singer in the world”). She’s the brains behind Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” (you know you liked that one!) as well as a handful of other infectious tunes. Oh yeah, she also just knocked out the competition to win BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll for new talent.
As Jessie gears up for what is sure to be an unforgettable year, we love capturing the way she confidently steps out from the crowd here in our Times Square clip, only to lend a much-needed dose of inspiration to a few unsuspecting straphangers. She’ll soon be similarly inspiring listeners worldwide. Pop world, get ready for an adrenaline shot to the heart.
http://Arcade44.tv
Director Andrew Gauthier
Director of Photography Isaac Gillespie
Editor Andrew Gauthier
Producer Angela Cravens + Fataah Dihaan
13:54
THE REEM SEASON 2 EPISODE 7: CROSSROADS
Alistair has a dispute with his long time management Golden Glory and has decided which gy...
published: 07 Nov 2011
author: THE REEM
THE REEM SEASON 2 EPISODE 7: CROSSROADS
Alistair has a dispute with his long time management Golden Glory and has decided which gym it's going to be to prepare for Brock Lesnar.
Tracklist:
J-walk - Petrified Blues
The Karminsky Experience Inc. - Midday Heat
Justice - Newlands (check out their new album ;-)
Check out these great artists and their inspiring music !
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The [ahr-tuh-zen] Project: Dave Lefner
Over the last 8 months, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to document the inspiring talen...
published: 02 Mar 2010
author: Ric Serena
The [ahr-tuh-zen] Project: Dave Lefner
Over the last 8 months, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to document the inspiring talent of Los Angeles artist, Dave Lefner. I’ve always enjoyed the visceral quality of his work, but now have a very fond appreciation for this incredibly passionate, dedicated and humble artisan.
Dave chooses the rarely used medium of reduction linocuts to express his love for the City of Angels as well as preserve the history of it’s ever changing urban landscape. Whether it’s found in the extreme shadows cast from a broken neon sign at midday or in the intricate web of power lines crisscrossed overhead, Los Angeles provides him the perfect inspiration for his detailed linoleum block prints.
If you enjoy the short documentary, please pass it on.
Dave Lefner
http://www.davelefner.com
Music by Quiet Lights/Rival Songs:
http://www.quietlights.com/
Location Sound by Durand Trench:
http://www.sasquatchsound.com/
Post Production Sound Design/Editing by:
http://www.lvddigital.com/
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MIDDAY COWBOY
Starring
Cameron Sparkes &
Bjorn Johnston
rileyblakeway.com...
published: 23 Dec 2010
author: Riley Blakeway
MIDDAY COWBOY
MIDDAY COWBOY
Starring
Cameron Sparkes &
Bjorn Johnston
rileyblakeway.com
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For other uses, see Noon (disambiguation).
"Midday" redirects here. For other uses, see Midday (disambiguation).
"Noon time" redirects here. For the song by Zion I, see Heroes in the City of Dope.
"True Noon" redirects here. For the 2009 film, see True Noon (film).
Noon (also midday or noon time) is usually defined as 12 o'clock in the daytime. However the term midday is used colloquially to refer to a range of time, usually 11-1. The word noon is also used informally to mean midday regarding the location of the sun, as opposed to the middle of one's day. Although this is a time around the middle of the day when people in many countries take a lunch break. Solar noon is 12 o'clock apparent solar time, or around 12 – 1 p.m. local time depending on daylight saving time, the moment when the sun crosses the meridian and is about at its highest elevation in the sky. The clock time of solar noon depends on the longitude and date.[1]
The opposite of noon is midnight.
In many cultures in the northern hemisphere, noon had ancient geographic associations with the direction "south" (as did midnight with "north" in some cultures). Remnants of the noon = south association are preserved in the words for noon in French (midi) and Italian (mezzogiorno), both of which also refer to the southern parts of the respective countries. Modern Polish and Ukrainian go a step farther, with the words for noon (południe, полудень – literally "half-day") also meaning "south" and the words for "midnight" (północ, північ – literally "half-night", as with English mid(dle) meaning "half") also meaning "north".
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Etymology[link]
The word noon is derived from Latin nona hora, the ninth hour of the day, and is related to the liturgical term none. The Roman and Western European medieval monastic day began at 6:00 a.m. (06:00) by modern timekeeping, so the ninth hour started at what is now 3:00 p.m. (15:00). In English, the meaning of the word shifted to midday and the time gradually moved back to 12:00. The change began in the twelfth century and was fixed by the fourteenth century.[2]
Solar noon[link]
Solar noon is the moment when the Sun transits the celestial meridian – roughly the time when it highest above the horizon on that day. This is also the origin of the terms ante meridiem and post meridiem as noted below. The Sun is directly overhead at solar noon at the equator on the equinoxes; at the Tropic of Cancer (latitude 23° 26′ 16″ N) on the June solstice; and at the Tropic of Capricorn (23° 26′ 16″ S) on the December solstice.
Muslims called solar noon as Zawwal (زوال) and is the time by which they can start offering their Dhuhr prayers.
Nomenclature[link]
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Main article: 12-hour clock#Confusion at noon and midnight
With 12-hour time notation, most authorities[who?] recommend avoiding confusion by using "noon", "12 noon", or "12:00 noon".
Digital clocks and computers commonly display 12 p.m. for noon. While that phrase may be used practically, it helps to understand that any particular time is actually an instant. The "p.m." shown on clock displays refers to the 12-hour period following the instant of noon, not to the instant itself.
While computers and digital clocks display "12:00 a.m." and "12:00 p.m." these notations provide no clear and unambiguous way to distinguish between midnight and noon. It is actually improper to use "a.m." and "p.m." when referring to 12:00. The abbreviation a.m. stands for ante meridiem (or before the meridian) and p.m. stands for post meridiem (or after the meridian), with the meridian being 12:00 noon. For this reason, neither abbreviation is correct for noon or midnight.[3] The length of the error is determined by the smallest unit of time: 12:00:01 p.m. would be correctly notated, as would even 12:00:00.00001 pm.
The most common ways to represent these times are:
- to use a 24-hour clock (00:00 and 12:00, 24:00)
- to use "12 noon" or "12 midnight", although unless the person is referring to a general time and not a specific day, "12 midnight" is still ambiguous
- to specify midnight as between two successive days or dates (Midnight Saturday/Sunday or Midnight December 14/15)
- to use "12:01 a.m." or "11:59 p.m." This final usage is common in the travel industry, especially train and plane schedules, to avoid confusion as to passengers' schedules
The 30th edition of the U.S. Government Style Manual (2008) sections 9.54 and 12.9b recommends the use of "12 a.m." for midnight and "12 p.m." for noon.[4][5][nb 1]
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Notes[link]
- ^ The 29th edition of the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual (2000) section 12.9 recommended the opposite the use of "12 p.m." for midnight and "12 a.m." (formerly "12 m.") for noon.
References[link]
- ^ "The Sun as an Energy Resource"
- ^ Online Etymology Dictionary
- ^ NIST Physics Laboratory FAQ "Times of Day"
- ^ "U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual Chapter 9". 2008. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2008_style_manual&docid=f:chapter9.wais. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ "U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual Chapter 12". 2008. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2008_style_manual&docid=f:chapter12.wais. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
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Media related to Noon at Wikimedia Commons
- Generate a solar noon calendar for your location
- U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual (2008), 30th edition
- Shows the hour and angle of sunrise, noon, and sunset drawn over a map.
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.jpg) Cat Stevens in Böblingen, Germany in 1976 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Steven Demetre Georgiou |
| Also known as | Steve Adams, Yusuf |
| Born | (1948-07-21) 21 July 1948 (age 63) Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Folk rock, psychedelic rock,[1] soft rock,[1] pop rock,[1] synthpop,[2] electro,[3] nasheed, spoken word, hamd |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, mandolin, organ, piano, mellotron, double bass, percussion |
| Years active | 1966–1980 (as Cat Stevens) 1995–present (as Yusuf Islam) |
| Labels | Deram, Island, A&M, Jamal, Ya |
| Associated acts | Alun Davies |
| Website | www.yusufislam.com |
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| Baldwin piano Epiphone Casino Fender Rhodes Fender Telecaster Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop Gibson ES-335 Gibson J-200 |
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Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou, 21 July 1948), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam.[4]
His early 1970s record albums Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat were both certified triple platinum in the United States by the RIAA.[5] His 1972 album Catch Bull at Four sold half a million copies in the first two weeks of release alone and was Billboard's number-one LP for three consecutive weeks.[6] He has also earned two ASCAP songwriting awards in consecutive years for "The First Cut Is the Deepest", which has been a hit single for four different artists.[7]
Stevens converted to Islam in December 1977[8] and adopted the name Yusuf Islam the following year. In 1979, he auctioned all his guitars for charity[9] and left his music career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community. He has been given several awards for his work in promoting peace in the world, including the 2003 World Award, the 2004 Man for Peace Award, and the 2007 Mediterranean Prize for Peace. In 2006, he returned to pop music with his first album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup. He now goes professionally by the single name Yusuf.[10][11] His most recent album, Roadsinger, was released on 5 May 2009.
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Early life (1948–1965)[link]
Steven Georgiou, born in Marylebone, London, England,[12] was the third child of a Greek-Cypriot father, Stavros Georgiou (b. 1900),[13] and a Swedish mother, Ingrid Wickman (b. 1915).[14] He has an older sister, Anita, and brother, David.[12] The family lived above the Moulin Rouge, a restaurant that his parents operated on the north end of Shaftesbury Avenue which was a short walk from Piccadilly Circus in the Soho theatre district of London. All family members worked in the restaurant.[12] His parents divorced when he was about 8 years old, but they continued to maintain the family restaurant and live above it.
Although his father was Greek Orthodox and his mother a Swedish Baptist, Georgiou was sent to a Catholic school, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Primary School in Macklin Street, which was closer to his father's business on Drury Lane.[15] Georgiou developed an interest in piano at a fairly young age, eventually using the family baby grand piano to work out the chords, since no one else there played well enough to teach him.[16] Inspired by the popularity of The Beatles, at age 15 he extended his interest to the guitar,[8] convinced his father to pay £8 for his first instrument, and began playing it and writing songs.[16] He would escape at times from his family responsibilities to the rooftop above their home, and listen to the tunes of the musicals drifting from just around the corner[12] from Denmark Street, which was then the centre of the British music industry.[8] Later, Stevens has emphasised that the advent of West Side Story in particular affected him, giving him a "different view of life", he said in 2000, on a VH1 Behind the Music programme.[17] With interests in both art and music, he and his mother moved to Gävle, Sweden, where he attended primary school (Solängsskolan) and started developing his drawing skills after being influenced by his uncle Hugo Wickman, a painter. They subsequently returned to England.[18]
He attended other local West End schools, where he says he was constantly in trouble, and did poorly in everything but art. He was called "the artist boy" and mentions that "I was beat up, but I was noticed".[19] He went on to take a one-year course of study at Hammersmith School of Art,[20] as he considered a career as a cartoonist. Though he enjoyed art (his later record albums would feature his original artwork on his album covers),[19] he wanted to establish a musical career and began to perform originally under the stage name "Steve Adams" in 1965 while at Hammersmith.[20][21] At that point, his goal was to become a songwriter. Among the musicians who influenced him were Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, blues artists Lead Belly and Muddy Waters,[22] John Lennon, Biff Rose (who played on his first album), Leo Kottke,[19] and Paul Simon.[23] He also wanted to emulate composers who wrote musicals, like Ira Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein. In 1965 he signed a publishing deal with Ardmore & Beechwood and cut several demos, including "The First Cut Is the Deepest".[24]
Musical career (1966–1970)[link]
Early musical career[link]
Georgiou began to perform his songs in coffee houses and pubs. At first he tried forming a band, but soon realised he preferred performing solo.[16] Thinking that his given name might not be memorable to prospective fans, he chose a stage name Cat Stevens, in part because a girlfriend said he had eyes like a cat, but mainly because he said, "I couldn't imagine anyone going to the record store and asking for 'that Steven Demetre Georgiou album'. And in England, and I was sure in America, they loved animals."[25] In 1966, at age 18, he impressed manager/producer Mike Hurst, formerly of British vocal group The Springfields, with his songs and Hurst arranged for him to record a demo and then helped him get a record deal. The first singles were hits. "I Love My Dog" charted at number 28, and "Matthew and Son", the title song from his debut album, went to number 2.[26] "I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun" reached Britain's Top 10, and the album Matthew and Son itself began charting. The original version of the The Tremeloes cover hit, "Here Comes My Baby", was written and recorded by Stevens.
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Sample of "The First Cut is the Deepest", performed by Cat Stevens. Appears on New Masters.
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Over the next two years, Stevens recorded and toured with an eclectic group of artists ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Engelbert Humperdinck. Stevens was considered a fresh-faced teen star, placing several single releases in the British pop music charts.[27] Some of that success was attributed to the pirate radio station Wonderful Radio London, which gained him fans by playing his records. In August 1967, he went on the air with other recording artists who had benefited from the station to mourn its closure.[28]
His December 1967 album New Masters failed to chart in the United Kingdom. The album is now most notable for his song "The First Cut Is the Deepest", a song he sold for £30 to P.P. Arnold that was to become a massive hit for her,[29] and an international hit for Keith Hampshire, Rod Stewart, James Morrison, and Sheryl Crow. Forty years after he recorded the first demo of the song, it earned him two back-to-back ASCAP "Songwriter of the Year" awards, in 2005 and 2006.[30][31]
Tuberculosis[link]
Stevens contracted tuberculosis in 1969[19][32] and was close to death at the time of his admittance to the King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst;[32] he spent months recuperating in the hospital and a year of convalescence. During this time Stevens began to question aspects of his life, and spirituality. He later said, "to go from the show business environment and find you are in hospital, getting injections day in and day out, and people around you are dying, it certainly changes your perspective. I got down to thinking about myself. It seemed almost as if I had my eyes shut."[26]
He took up meditation, yoga, and metaphysics;[33] read about other religions; and became a vegetarian.[25] As a result of his serious illness and long convalescence,[33] and as a part of his spiritual awakening and questioning, he wrote as many as forty songs, many of which would appear on his albums in years to come.[9]
Changes in musical sound after illness[link]
The lack of success of Stevens' second album mirrored a difference of personal tastes in musical direction, and a growing resentment at producer Mike Hurst's attempts to re-create another album like that of his debut, with heavy-handed orchestration, and over-production,[23] rather than the folk rock sound Stevens was attempting to produce. He admits having purposefully sabotaged his own contract with Hurst, making outlandishly expensive orchestral demands and threatening legal action, which resulted in his goal: release from his contract with Deram Records, a sub-label of major Decca Records.[26] Upon regaining his health at home after his release from the hospital, Stevens recorded some of his newly written songs on his tape recorder, and played his changing sound for a few new record executives. After hiring agent Barry Krost, who had arranged for an audition with Chris Blackwell of Island Records, Blackwell offered him a "chance to record [his songs] whenever and with whomever he liked, and more importantly to Cat, however he liked".[33] With Krost's recommendation, Stevens signed with Paul Samwell-Smith, previously the bassist of the Yardbirds, to be his new producer.[34]
Musical career (1970–1978)[link]
Height of popularity[link]
Healthy and sporting a new beard, Stevens was armed with a catalogue of new songs that reflected his new perspective on what he wanted to bring to the world with his music. His previous work had sold in the United Kingdom, but Stevens was still relatively unknown by the public across the Atlantic. To rectify this, after signing with Island Records in 1970, an American distribution deal was arranged with A&M Records' Jerry Moss in North America. Stevens began work on Mona Bone Jakon, a folk rock based album.
Producer Paul Samwell-Smith paired Stevens with guitarist Alun Davies, who was currently working as a session musician. Alun was the more experienced veteran of two albums which already had begun to explore the emerging genres of skiffle and folk rock music. Davies was also thought a perfect fit with Stevens in particular for his "fingerwork" on the guitar, harmonising and his backing vocals. They originally met just to record Mona Bone Jakon,[35] but developed a fast friendship. Davies, like Stevens, was a perfectionist,[36] appearing after all the sound checks had been completed, just to be sure that all the equipment and sound were prepared for each concert.[37] He collaborated with Stevens on all but two of the succeeding albums Stevens released, and performed and recorded with him until Stevens' retirement. Their friendship continued, however, and when Stevens re-emerged as Yusuf Islam after 27 years, Davies appeared again performing at his side, and has remained there.
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Sample of "Wild World", performed by Cat Stevens. Appears on Tea for the Tillerman.
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The first single released from Mona Bone Jakon was "Lady D'Arbanville", which Stevens wrote about his young American girlfriend Patti D'Arbanville. The record, with a madrigal sound unlike most music played on pop radio, with sounds of djembes and bass in addition to Stevens' and Davies' guitars, reached number 8 in the UK. It was the first of his hits to get real airplay in the United States.[26] It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record in 1971.[38] Other songs written for D'Arbanville included "Maybe You're Right", and "Just Another Night".[39] In addition, the song "Pop Star", about his experience as a teen star, and "Katmandu", featuring Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel playing flute, were featured. Mona Bone Jakon was an early example of the solo singer-songwriter album format that was becoming popular for other artists as well. Rolling Stone magazine compared its popularity with that of Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection, saying it was played "across the board, across radio formats".[40]
Mona Bone Jakon was the precursor for Stevens' international breakthrough album, Tea for the Tillerman, which became a Top 10 Billboard hit. Within six months of its release, it had sold over 500,000 copies, attaining gold record status in the United States and in Britain. The combination of Stevens' new folk rock style and accessible lyrics which spoke of everyday situations and problems, mixed with the beginning of spiritual questions about life, would remain in his music from then on. The album features the Top 20 single "Wild World"; a parting song after D'Arbanville moved on. "Wild World" has been credited as the song that gave Tea for the Tillerman 'enough kick' to get it played on FM radio; and the head of Island Records, Chris Blackwell, was quoted as calling it "the best album we’ve ever released".[23] Other album cuts include "Hard-Headed Woman", and "Father and Son", a song sung both in baritone and tenor, about the struggle between fathers and their sons who are faced with their own personal choices in life. In 2001, this album was certified by the RIAA as a Multi-Platinum record, having sold 3 million copies in the United States at that time.[41] It is ranked at No. 206 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 2003 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[42]
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After the end of his relationship with D'Arbanville, Stevens noted the effect it had on writing his music, saying,
"Everything I wrote while I was away was in a transitional period and reflects that. Like Patti. A year ago we split; I had been with her for two years. What I write about Patti and my family... when I sing the songs now, I learn strange things. I learn the meanings of my songs late..."[42]
Having established a signature sound, Stevens enjoyed a string of successes over the following years. 1971's Teaser and the Firecat album reached number two and achieved gold record status within three weeks of its release in the United States. It yielded several hits, including "Peace Train", "Morning Has Broken" (a Christian hymn with lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon), and "Moon Shadow". This album was also certified by the RIAA as a Multi-Platinum record in 2001, with over three million US sales through that time. When interviewed on a Boston radio station, Stevens said about Teaser and the Firecat:
"I get the tune and then I just keep on singing the tune until the words come out from the tune. It's kind of a hypnotic state that you reach after a while when you keep on playing it where words just evolve from it. So you take those words and just let them go whichever way they want... 'Moonshadow'? Funny, that was in Spain, I went there alone, completely alone, to get away from a few things. And I was dancin' on the rocks there... right on the rocks where the waves were, like, blowin' and splashin'. Really, it was so fantastic. And the moon was bright, ya know, and I started dancin' and singin' and I sang that song and it stayed. It's just the kind of moment that you want to find when you're writin' songs."[43]
For seven months from 1971 to 1972 Stevens was romantically linked to popular singer Carly Simon while both were produced by Samwell-Smith. During that time both wrote songs for and about one another. Simon wrote and recorded at least two Top 50 songs, "Legend in Your Own Time" and "Anticipation" about Stevens. He reciprocated in his song to her, after their romance, entitled, "Sweet Scarlet".[44][45][46]
His next album, Catch Bull at Four, released in 1972, was his most rapidly successful album in the United States, reaching gold record status in 15 days, and holding the number-one position on the Billboard charts for three weeks. This album continued the introspective and spiritual lyrics that he was known for, combined with a rougher-edged voice and a less acoustic sound than his previous records, utilising synthesisers and other instruments. Although the sales of the album indicated Stevens' popularity, the album did not produce any real hits, with the exception of the single "Sitting", which charted at number 16. Catch Bull at Four was Platinum certified in 2001.
Exploration with movie soundtracks[link]
In July 1970, Stevens recorded one of his songs, "But I Might Die Tonight", for the Jerzy Skolimowski film Deep End.[47] In 1971, Stevens provided nine songs to the soundtrack of the black comedy Harold and Maude which became a popular cult movie celebrating the free spirit, and brought Stevens' music to a wider audience, continuing to do so long after he stopped recording in the late 1970s. Among the songs were "Where Do the Children Play?", "Trouble", and "I Think I See the Light". Two of the songs, "Don't Be Shy" and "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out", were not released on any album until their inclusion in 1984 on a second "greatest hits" collection: Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2.
After his religious conversion in the late 1970s, Stevens stopped granting permission for his songs to be used in films. However, almost twenty years later, in 1997, the movie Rushmore was allowed to use his songs "Here Comes My Baby" and "The Wind", showing a new willingness on his part to release his music from his Western "pop star" days.[17] This was followed in 2000 by the inclusion of "Peace Train" in the movie Remember the Titans,[48] in 2000 by the use in Almost Famous of the song "The Wind",[49] and in 2006 the inclusion of "Peace Train" on the soundtrack to We Are Marshall.[50] In 2007, an excerpt of "If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out" is sung by characters in Charlie Bartlett whose title character resembles the character of Harold in Harold and Maude, where the song first appeared.[51] In 2009, the song "Father and Son" was in the soundtrack of the movie The Boat That Rocked (known as Pirate Radio in the U.S.). In 2010, the song "Wild World" was sung out by characters in the TV series Skins.
Later recordings[link]
Subsequent releases in the 1970s also did well on the charts and in ongoing sales, although they did not touch the success he had from 1970 to 1973. In 1973, Stevens moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a tax exile from the United Kingdom, however, he later donated the money to UNESCO.[52] During that time he created the album Foreigner, which was a departure from the music that had brought him to the height of his fame. It differed in several respects: entirely written by Stevens, he dropped his band and produced the record without the assistance of Samwell-Smith, who had played a large role in catapulting him to fame, and instead of guitar, he played keyboard instruments throughout the album. It was intended to show a funk/soul element rising in popularity that Stevens had come to appreciate. One side of Foreigner was continuous, much different from the radio-friendly pop tunes fans had come to expect. In November 1973 he performed side two of the album at the Aquarius Theater in Hollywood, with a pre-arranged uninterrupted quadraphonic simulcast on the ABC network titled the "Moon and Star" concert; this performance included his band, but they were all but overshadowed by an orchestra. The album produced a couple of singles including "The Hurt", but did not reach the heights he had once enjoyed.
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The follow-up to Foreigner was Buddha and the Chocolate Box, largely a return to the instrumentation and styles employed in Teaser and the Firecat and Tea for the Tillerman. Featuring the return of Alun Davies and best known for "Oh Very Young", Buddha and the Chocolate Box reached platinum status in 2001. Stevens' next album was the concept album Numbers, a less successful departure for him.
In April 1977, his Izitso album updated his pop rock and folk rock style with the extensive use of synthesisers,[53] giving it a more synthpop style.[2] "Was Dog a Doughnut" in particular was an early techno-pop fusion track and a precursor to the 1980s electro music genre,[3] making early use of a music sequencer.[54] Izitso included his last chart hit, "(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard", an early synthpop song[2] that utilised a polyphonic synthesiser; it was a duet with fellow UK singer Elkie Brooks.[54] Linda Lewis appears in the song's video, with Cat Stevens singing to her, as they portray former schoolmates, singing to each other on a schoolyard merry-go-round. This is one of the few music videos that Stevens made, other than simple videos of concert performances.
His final original album under the name Cat Stevens was Back to Earth, released in late 1978, which was also the first album produced by Samwell-Smith since his peak in single album sales in the early 1970s.
Several compilation albums were released before and after he stopped recording. After Stevens left Decca Records they bundled his first two albums together as a set, hoping to ride the commercial tide of his early success; later his newer labels did the same, and he himself released compilations. The most successful of the compilation albums was the 1975 Greatest Hits which has sold over 4 million copies in the United States. In May 2003 he received his first Platinum Europe Award[55] from the IFPI for Remember Cat Stevens, The Ultimate Collection, indicating over one million European sales.
Religious conversion[link]
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While on holiday in Marrakech, Morocco, shortly after visiting Ibiza, Stevens was intrigued by the sound of the Aḏhān, the Islamic ritual call to prayer, which was explained to him as "music for God". Stevens said, "I thought, music for God? I’d never heard that before – I’d heard of music for money, music for fame, music for personal power, but music for God!"[56]
In 1976 Stevens nearly drowned off the coast of Malibu, California, USA and said he shouted: “Oh God! If you save me I will work for you.” He related that right afterward a wave appeared and carried him back to shore. This brush with death intensified his long-held quest for spiritual truth. He had looked into "Buddhism, Zen, I Ching, Numerology, tarot cards and Astrology".[25] Stevens' brother David Gordon brought him a copy of the Qur'an as a birthday gift from a trip to Jerusalem.[17] Stevens took to it right away, and began his transition to Islam.
During the time he was studying the Qur'an, he began to identify more and more with the name of Joseph, a man bought and sold in the market place, which is how he says he had increasingly felt within the music business.[34] Regarding his conversion, in his 2006 interview with Alan Yentob,[57] he stated, "to some people, it may have seemed like an enormous jump, but for me, it was a gradual move to this." And, in a Rolling Stone magazine interview, he reaffirmed this, saying, "I had found the spiritual home I'd been seeking for most of my life. And if you listen to my music and lyrics, like "Peace Train" and "On The Road To Find Out", it clearly shows my yearning for direction and the spiritual path I was travelling."[58]
Stevens formally converted to the Islamic religion on 23 December 1977, taking the name Yusuf Islam in 1978. Yusuf is the Arabic rendition of the name Joseph. He stated that he "always loved the name Joseph" and was particularly drawn to the story of Joseph in the Qur'an.[34] Although he discontinued his pop career, he was persuaded to perform one last time before what would become his twenty-five year musical hiatus. Appearing with his hair freshly shorn and an untrimmed beard, he headlined a charity concert on 22 November 1979 in Wembley Stadium to benefit UNICEF's International Year of the Child.[59] The concert closed with a performance by Stevens, David Essex, Alun Davies, and Stevens' brother, David, who wrote the song that was the finale, "Child for a Day".[59]
Yusuf married Fauzia Mubarak Ali on 7 September 1979,[59] at Regent's Park Mosque in London. They have five children and three grandchildren and currently live in London, spending part of each year in Dubai.[10]
Life as Yusuf Islam (1978–present)[link]
Muslim faith and musical career[link]
Following his conversion, Yusuf abandoned his music career. When he became a Muslim in 1977, he said, the Imam at the mosque was told that he was a pop star, and he told Yusuf that it was fine to continue as a musician, so long as the songs were morally acceptable. But Yusuf says he knew there were aspects of the music business, such as vanity and temptations, that did go against the teachings of the Qur'an,[60] and this was the primary reason he gave for retreating from the spotlight. But in his first performance on the television show Later... with Jools Holland, 27 years after leaving the music business, and in other interviews, he gave different reasons for leaving: "A lot of people would have loved me to keep singing," he said. "You come to a point where you have sung, more or less ... your whole repertoire and you want to get down to the job of living. You know, up until that point, I hadn't had a life. I'd been searching, been on the road."[15]
Estimating in January 2007 that he continues to earn approximately $1.5 million USD a year from his Cat Stevens music,[61] he decided to use his accumulated wealth and ongoing earnings from his music career on philanthropic and educational causes in the Muslim community of London and elsewhere. In 1981, he founded the Islamia Primary School in Salusbury Road in the north London area of Kilburn and, soon after, founded several Muslim secondary schools; in 1992, Yusuf set up The Association of Muslim Schools (AMS-UK), a charity that brought together all the Muslim schools in the UK. He is also the founder and chairman of the Small Kindness charity, which initially assisted famine victims in Africa and now supports thousands of orphans and families in the Balkans, Indonesia, and Iraq.[62] He served as chairman of the charity Muslim Aid from 1985 to 1993.[63]
In 1985, Yusuf decided to return to the public spotlight for the first time since his religious conversion, at the historic Live Aid concert, concerned with the famine threatening Ethiopia. Though he had written a song especially for the occasion, his appearance was skipped when Elton John's set ran too long.[64]
Salman Rushdie controversy[link]
Main article: Cat Stevens' comments about Salman Rushdie
The singer attracted controversy in 1989, during an address to students at London's Kingston University, where he was asked about the fatwa calling for the death of author Salman Rushdie. The media interpreted his response as support for the fatwa. Yusuf released a statement the following day denying that he supported vigilantism, and claiming that he had merely recounted the legal Islamic punishment for blasphemy. In a BBC interview, he displayed a newspaper clipping from that period, with quotes from his statement. Subsequent comments made by him in 1989 on a British television programme were also seen as being in support of the fatwa. In a statement in the FAQ section of one of his Web sites, Yusuf asserted that while he regretted the comments, he was joking and that the show was improperly edited.[65] In the years since these comments, he has repeatedly denied ever calling for the death of Rushdie or supporting the fatwa.[9][58]
11 September 2001 attacks[link]
Immediately following the 11 September 2001, attacks on the United States, he said:
- I wish to express my heartfelt horror at the indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed against innocent people of the United States yesterday. While it is still not clear who carried out the attack, it must be stated that no right-thinking follower of Islam could possibly condone such an action. The Qur'an equates the murder of one innocent person with the murder of the whole of humanity. We pray for the families of all those who lost their lives in this unthinkable act of violence as well as all those injured; I hope to reflect the feelings of all Muslims and people around the world whose sympathies go out to the victims of this sorrowful moment.[66][67]
He appeared on videotape on a VH1 pre-show for the October 2001 Concert for New York City, condemning the attacks and singing his song "Peace Train" for the first time in public in more than 20 years, as an a cappella version. He also donated a portion of his box-set royalties to the Fund for victims' families, and the rest to orphans in underdeveloped countries.[68] During the same year, Yusuf Islam dedicated time and effort in joining the Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism, an organisation that worked towards battling misperceptions and acts against others because of their religious beliefs or their racial identity (or both), after many Muslims reported a backlash against them due in part to the grief caused by the events in the United States on 9-11.[52]
Denial of entry into the United States[link]
On 21 September 2004, Yusuf was on a United Airlines flight from London to Washington, travelling to a meeting with U.S. entertainer Dolly Parton, who had recorded "Peace Train" several years earlier and was planning to include another Cat Stevens song on an upcoming album.[57] While the plane was in flight, his name was flagged as being on a no fly list. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers alerted the United States Transportation Security Administration, which then diverted his flight to Bangor, Maine, where he was detained by officers from the Department of Homeland Security.[69]
The following day, Yusuf was denied entry and flown back to the United Kingdom. A spokesman for Homeland Security claimed there were "concerns of ties he may have to potential terrorist-related activities".[70] The Israeli government had deported Yusuf in 2000 over allegations that he provided funding to the Palestinian organisation Hamas;[71] he denied doing so knowingly.[72] "I have never knowingly supported or given money to Hamas," says Yusuf, who repeatedly has condemned terrorism and Islamic extremism.[73] "At the time I was reported to have done it, I didn't know such a group existed. Some people give a political interpretation to charity. We were horrified at how people were suffering in the Holy Land."[72] However, the United States Department of Homeland Security added him to a "watch list".[20] The US removal provoked a small international controversy, and led British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to complain personally to US Secretary of State Colin Powell at the United Nations.[74] Powell responded by stating that the watchlist was under review, adding, "I think we have that obligation to review these matters to see if we are right".[75]
Yusuf believed his inclusion on a "watch list" may have simply been an error: a mistaken identification of him for a man with the same name, but different spelling. On 1 October 2004 Yusuf requested the removal of his name, "I remain bewildered by the decision of the US authorities to refuse me entry to the United States".[76] According to a statement by Yusuf, the man on the list was named "Youssef Islam", indicating that Yusuf himself was not the suspected terrorism supporter.[15] Romanization of Arabic names can easily result in different spellings: the transliteration of the Islamic name for Joseph (Yusuf's chosen name) lists a dozen spellings.
Two years later, in December 2006 Yusuf was admitted without incident into the United States for several radio concert performances and interviews to promote his new record.[77] Yusuf said of the incident at the time, that, "No reason was ever given, but being asked to repeat the spelling of my name again and again, made me think it was a fairly simple mistake of identity. Rumors which circulated after made me imagine otherwise."[78]
Yusuf has written a song about the 2004 exclusion from the U.S., entitled "Boots and Sand", recorded in the summer of 2008 and featuring Paul McCartney, Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, and Terry Sylvester.[79]
Libel cases[link]
British reports regarding inadmissibility to the U.S.[link]
In October 2004 the British newspapers The Sun and The Sunday Times voiced their support for Yusuf's exclusion from the U.S., claiming that he had supported terrorism. Yusuf successfully sued for libel and received a substantial out-of-court financial settlement and apologies from the newspapers stating that he had never supported terrorism and acknowledging that he had recently been given a Man of Peace award from the private Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Committee. However The Sunday Times managing editor Richard Caseby said that while there was an "agreed settlement", they "always denied liability" and "disagreed with Cat Stevens' lawyers interpretation", but took a "pragmatic view" of the lawsuit.[80]
Yusuf responded that he was "delighted by the settlement [which] helps vindicate my character and good name. ... It seems to be the easiest thing in the world these days to make scurrilous accusations against Muslims, and in my case it directly impacts on my relief work and damages my reputation as an artist. The harm done is often difficult to repair", and added that he intended to donate the financial award given to him by the court to help orphans of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean.[80]
Yusuf wrote about the experience in a newspaper article titled "A Cat in a Wild World".[81]
False rumour regarding unveiled women[link]
On 18 July 2008, Yusuf received substantial undisclosed damages from the World Entertainment News Network following their distribution of the false rumour that the singer did not speak to unveiled women.[82] The allegations first surfaced in German newspaper B.Z. after Yusuf's trip to Berlin in March 2007 to collect the Echo music award for "life achievements as musician and ambassador between cultures".[83] Once again he was awarded damages after the World Entertainment News Network allowed an article to be published on Contactmusic.com, a "website said to have 2.2 million page views a month",[82] alleging that Yusuf would not speak to unveiled women with the exception of his wife. His solicitor was reported as having said that "he was made out to be 'so sexist and bigoted that he refused at an awards ceremony to speak to or even acknowledge any women who were not wearing a veil'".[82][84] The offending news agency apologised, admitting that Yusuf has never had any problem in working with women and, contrary to the article in question, never has required a third party as an intermediary to function at work.[83] The money from this lawsuit will go to Yusuf's Small Kindness Charity.[82]
Yusuf himself discusses this topic on his website, saying, "It’s true that I have asked my manager to respectfully request lady presenters refrain from embracing me when giving awards or during public appearances, but that has nothing to do with my feelings or respect for them. Islam simply requires me to honour the dignity of ladies or young girls who are not closely related to me, and avoid physical intimacy, however innocent it may be." He adds, "My four daughters all follow the basic wearing of clothes which modestly cover their God-given beauty. They’re extremely well educated; they do not cover their faces and interact perfectly well with friends and society."[85]
Return to music[link]
Yusuf gradually resumed his musical career in the 1990s. His initial recordings had not included any musical instruments other than percussion, and featured lyrics about Islamic themes. He invested in building his own recording studio which he named Mountain of Light Studios in the late 1990s, and he was featured as a guest singer on "God Is the Light", a song on an album of nasheeds by the group Raihan. In addition, he invited and collaborated with other Muslim singers, including Canadian artist Dawud Wharnsby. After Yusuf's friend, Irfan Ljubijankic, the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was killed by a Serbian rocket attack, Yusuf appeared at a 1997 benefit concert in Sarajevo and recorded a benefit album named after a song written by Ljubijankic, I Have No Cannons That Roar.[86] Realizing there were few educational resources designed to teach children about the Islamic religion, Yusuf wrote and produced a children's album, A Is for Allah, in 2000[87] with the assistance of South African singer-songwriter Zain Bhikha. The title song was one Yusuf had written years before to introduce his first child to both the religion and the Arabic alphabet. He also established his own record label, "Jamal Records", and Mountain of Light Productions, and he donates a percentage of his projects' proceeds to his Small Kindness charity, whose name is taken from the Qur'an.[88]
On the occasion of the 2000 re-release of his Cat Stevens albums, he explained that he had stopped performing in English due to his misunderstanding of the Islamic faith. "This issue of music in Islam is not as cut-and-dried as I was led to believe ... I relied on heresy [sic],[89] that was perhaps my mistake."[87]
Yusuf has reflected that his decision to leave the Western pop music business was perhaps too quick with too little communication for his fans. For most, it was a surprise, and even his guitarist, Alun Davies said in later interviews that he hadn't believed that Stevens would actually go through with it, after his many forays into other religions throughout their relationship.[34] Yusuf himself has said the "cut" between his former life and his life as a Muslim might have been too quick, too severe, and that more people might have been better informed about Islam, and given an opportunity to better understand it, and himself, if he had simply removed those items that were considered harām, in his performances, allowing him to express himself musically and educate listeners through his music without violating any religious constraints.[90]
In 2003, after repeated encouragement from within the Muslim world,[91] Yusuf once again recorded "Peace Train" for a compilation CD, which also included performances by David Bowie and Paul McCartney. He performed "Wild World" in Nelson Mandela's 46664 concert with his former session player Peter Gabriel, the first time he had publicly performed in English in 25 years. In December 2004, he and Ronan Keating released a new version of "Father and Son": the song entered the charts at number two, behind Band Aid 20's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" They also produced a video of the pair walking between photographs of fathers and sons, while singing the song. The proceeds of "Father and Son" were donated to the Band Aid charity. Keating's former group, Boyzone, had a hit with the song a decade earlier. As he had been persuaded before, Yusuf contributed to the song, because the proceeds were marked for charity. However, this marked a point in his artistic career where he entertained the concept of using more than simply voice and drums.
On 21 April 2005 Yusuf gave a short talk before a scheduled musical performance in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on the anniversary of Muhammad's birthday. He said, "There is a great deal of ignorance in the world about Islam today, and we hope to communicate with the help of something more refined than lectures and talks. Our recordings are particularly appealing to the young, having used songs as well as Qur'an verses with pleasing sound effects..."[92] Yusuf observed that there are no real guidelines about instruments and no references about the business of music in the Qur'an, and that Muslim travellers first brought the guitar to Moorish Spain. He noted that Muhammad was fond of celebrations, as in the case of the birth of a child, or a traveller arriving after a long journey. Thus, Yusuf concluded that healthy entertainment was acceptable within limitations, and that he now felt that it was no sin to perform with the guitar. Music, he now felt, is uplifting to the soul; something sorely needed in troubled times.[93] At that point, he was joined by several young male singers who sang backing vocals and played a drum, with Yusuf as lead singer and guitarist. They performed two songs, both half in Arabic, and half in English; "Tala'a Al-Badru Alayna", an old song in Arabic which Yusuf recorded with a folk sound to it, and another song, "The Wind East and West", which was newly written by Yusuf and featured a distinct R&B sound.
With this performance, Yusuf began slowly to integrate instruments into both older material from his Cat Stevens era (some with slight lyrical changes) and new songs, both those known to the Muslim communities around the world and some that have the same Western flair from before with a focus on new topics and another generation of listeners.[90]
In a 2005 press release, he explained his revived recording career:
After I embraced Islam, many people told me to carry on composing and recording, but at the time I was hesitant, for fear that it might be for the wrong reasons. I felt unsure what the right course of action was. I guess it is only now, after all these years, that I've come to fully understand and appreciate what everyone has been asking of me. It's as if I've come full circle; however, I have gathered a lot of knowledge on the subject in the meantime.[91]
"In Islam there is something called the principle of common good. What that means is that whenever one is confronted by something that is not mentioned in the scriptures, one must observe what benefit it can bring. Does it serve the common good, does it protect the spirit, and does it serve God? If the scholars see that it is something positive, they may well approve of what I'm doing."
Yusuf Islam[94]
In early 2005, Yusuf released a new song entitled "Indian Ocean" about the 2004 tsunami disaster. The song featured Indian composer/producer A. R. Rahman, a-ha keyboard player Magne Furuholmen and Travis drummer Neil Primrose. Proceeds of the single went to help orphans in Banda Aceh, one of the areas worst affected by the tsunami, through Yusuf's Small Kindness charity. At first, the single was released only through several online music stores but later featured on the compilation album Cat Stevens: Gold. "I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again."[95]
On 28 May 2005, Yusuf delivered a keynote speech and performed at the Adopt-A-Minefield Gala in Düsseldorf. The Adopt-A-Minefield charity, under the patronage of Paul McCartney, works internationally to raise awareness and funds to clear landmines and rehabilitate landmine survivors. Yusuf attended as part of an honorary committee which also included George Martin, Richard Branson, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Klaus Voormann, Christopher Lee and others.[96]
In mid-2005, Yusuf played guitar for the Dolly Parton album, Those Were the Days, on her version of his "Where Do the Children Play?" (Parton had also covered "Peace Train" a few years earlier.)
In May 2006, in anticipation of his forthcoming new pop album, the BBC1 programme "Imagine" aired a 49-minute documentary with Alan Yentob called Yusuf: The Artist formerly Known as Cat Stevens. This documentary film features rare audio and video clips from the late 1960s and 1970s, as well as an extensive interview with Yusuf, his brother David Gordon, several record executives, Bob Geldof, Dolly Parton, and others outlining his career as Cat Stevens, his conversion and emergence as Yusuf Islam, and his return to music in 2006. There are clips of him singing in the studio when he was recording An Other Cup as well as a few 2006 excerpts of him on guitar singing a few verses of Cat Stevens songs including "The Wind" and "On the Road to Find Out".[57]
Yusuf has credited his then 21-year-old son Muhammad Islam, also a musician and artist, for his return to secular music, when the son brought a guitar back into the house, which Yusuf began playing.[9] Muhammad's professional name is Yoriyos[10][97] and his debut album was released in February 2007.[98] Yoriyos created the art on Yusuf's album An Other Cup, something that Cat Stevens did for his albums in the 1970s.
Starting in 2006, the Cat Stevens song "Tea for The Tillerman" was used as the theme tune for the Ricky Gervais BBC-HBO sitcom Extras. A Christmas-season television commercial for gift-giving by the diamond industry aired in 2006 with Cat Power's cover of "How Can I Tell You". That song is also covered by John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers frequently in concert.
In December 2006, Yusuf was one of the artists who performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, in honour of the prize winners, Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank. He performed the songs "Midday (Avoid City After Dark)", "Peace Train", and "Heaven/Where True Love Goes". He also gave a concert in New York City that month as a Jazz at Lincoln Center event, recorded and broadcast by KCRW-FM radio, along with an interview by Nic Harcourt. Accompanying him, as in the Cat Stevens days, was Alun Davies, on guitar and vocals.
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In April 2007, BBC1 broadcast a concert given at the Porchester Hall by Yusuf as part of BBC Sessions, his first live performance in London in 28 years (the previous one being the UNICEF "Year of the Child" concert in 1979). He played several new songs along with some old ones like "Father and Son", "The Wind", "Where Do the Children Play?", "Don't Be Shy", "Wild World", and "Peace Train".
In July 2007, he performed at a concert in Bochum, Germany, in benefit of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's Peace Centre in South Africa and the Milagro Foundation of Deborah and Carlos Santana. The audience included Nobel Laureates Mikhail Gorbachev, Desmond Tutu and other prominent global figures. He later appeared as the final act in the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg performing some classic Cat Stevens songs and more recent compositions reflecting his concern for peace and child welfare. His set included Stevie Wonder's "Saturn", "Peace Train", "Where Do the Children Play?", "Ruins", and "Wild World". He performed at the Peace One Day concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 21 September 2007.[99] In 2008 Yusuf contributed the song "Edge of Existence" to the charity album Songs for Survival, in support of the indigenous rights organisation Survival International.
In January 2009, Yusuf released a charity song in aid of children in Gaza. He recorded a rendition of the George Harrison song "The Day the World Gets Round", along with the German bassist Klaus Voorman, who formerly collaborated with The Beatles. Yusuf said that all proceeds from the song will be donated to the U.N. agency in charge of Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, and to the nonprofit group Save the Children to be directed to aiding Gaza residents.[100] Israeli Consul David Saranga criticised Yusuf for not dedicating the song to all the children who are victims of the violence, including Israeli children.[101]
[edit] 2006: An Other Cup
In March 2006, Yusuf finished recording his first all-new pop album since 1978.[102] The album, An Other Cup, was released internationally in November 2006 on his own label, Ya Records (distributed by Polydor Records in the UK and internationally by Atlantic Records) — the 40th anniversary of his first album, Matthew and Son. A single, called Heaven/Where True Love Goes, was simultaneously released. The album was produced with Rick Nowels, who has worked with Dido and Rod Stewart. The performer is noted as "Yusuf", with a cover label identifying him as "the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens". The art on the album is credited to Yoriyos. Yusuf wrote all of the songs except "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood",[103] and recorded it in the United States and the United Kingdom.[102]
Yusuf actively promoted this album, appearing on radio, television and in print interviews. In November, 2006, he told the BBC, "It's me, so it's going to sound like that of course ... This is the real thing.... When my son brought the guitar back into the house, you know, that was the turning point. It opened a flood of, of new ideas and music which I think a lot of people would connect with."[104] Originally, Yusuf began to return only to his acoustic guitar as he had in the past, but his son encouraged him to "experiment", which resulted in the purchase of a Stevie Ray Vaughan Fender Stratocaster[105] in 2007.
Also in November 2006, Billboard magazine was curious as to why the artist is credited as just his first name, "Yusuf" rather than "Yusuf Islam".[95] His response was "Because 'Islam' doesn't have to be sloganized. The second name is like the official tag, but you call a friend by their first name. It's more intimate, and to me that's the message of this record." As for why the album sleeve says "the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens", he responded, "That's the tag with which most people are familiar; for recognition purposes I'm not averse to that. For a lot of people, it reminds them of something they want to hold on to. That name is part of my history and a lot of the things I dreamt about as Cat Stevens have come true as Yusuf Islam."[95]
Yusuf was asked by the Swiss periodical Das Magazin why the title of the album was An Other Cup, rather than "Another Cup". The answer was that his breakthrough album, Tea for the Tillerman in 1970, was decorated with Yusuf's painting of a peasant sitting down to a cup of steaming drink on the land. Yusuf commented that the two worlds "then, and now, are very different". His new album shows a steaming cup alone on this cover. His answer was that this was actually an other cup; something different; a bridge between the East and West, which Yusuf explained was his own perceived role. He added that, through him, "Westerners might get a glimpse of the East, and Easterners, some understanding of the West. The cup, too, is important; it's a meeting place, a thing meant to be shared."[94]
On CBS Sunday Morning in December 2006, he said, "You know, the cup is there to be filled ... with whatever you want to fill it with. For those people looking for Cat Stevens, they'll probably find him in this record. If you want to find [Yusuf] Islam, go a bit deeper, you'll find him."[9]
Yusuf has since described the album as being too "over-produced" and refers to An Other Cup as being a necessary hurdle he had to overcome before he could release his new album, Roadsinger.
[edit] 2009–present: Roadsinger, appearances and tours
In January 2009, Yusuf recorded a George Harrison song, "The Day the World Gets 'Round", collaborating with Klaus Voormann. Proceeds from the single were donated to a charity to help the people of war-torn Gaza. To promote the new single, Voormann re-designed his famous Beatles Revolver album cover, drawing a picture of a young Cat Stevens along with himself and Harrison.[106]
A new pop album, Roadsinger, was released on 5 May 2009. The lead track, "Thinking 'Bout You", received its debut radio play on a BBC programme on 23 March 2009.[107] Unlike An Other Cup, Yusuf promoted the new album with appearances on American television as well as in the U.K. He appeared on the Chris Isaak Hour on the A&E network in April 2009, performing live versions of his new songs, "World O'Darkness", "Boots and Sand", and "Roadsinger". On 13 May he appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Los Angeles, and on 14 May, on The Colbert Report in New York City, performing the title song from the Roadsinger album. On 15 May, he appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, performing "Boots and Sand" and "Father and Son". On 24 May he appeared on the BBC's The Andrew Marr Show, where he was interviewed and performed the title track of Roadsinger. On 15 August, he was one of many guests at Fairport Convention's annual Fairport's Cropredy Convention where he performed five songs accompanied by Alun Davies, with Fairport Convention as his backing band.
A world tour was announced on his web site to promote the new album. He was scheduled to perform at an invitation-only concert at New York City's Highline Ballroom on 3 May[108] and to go on to Los Angeles, Chicago and Toronto, as well as some to-be-announced European venues.[10] However, the New York appearance was postponed due to issues regarding his work visa. He appeared in May 2009 at Island Records' 50th Anniversary concert in London.[10] In November and December 2009 Yusuf undertook his "Guess I'll Take My Time Tour" which also showcased his musical play Moonshadow. The tour took him to Dublin, where he had a mixed reception; subsequently he was well received in Birmingham and Liverpool, culminating in an emotional performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In June 2010 he toured Australia for the first time in 36 years,[109] and New Zealand for the first time ever.[110]
On 30 October 2010 Yusuf appeared at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, DC, singing alongside Ozzy Osbourne. Yusuf performed "Peace Train" and Ozzy performed "Crazy Train" at the same time, followed by The O'Jays performance of "Love Train".[111]
On 2 March 2011, Yusuf released his latest song, "My People", as a free download available through his official website, as well as numerous other online outlets.[112] Said to have been recorded at a studio located within a hundred yards of the site of the Berlin Wall, the song is inspired by a series of popular uprisings in the Arab world.[113]
On 1 April 2011, Yusuf launched a new tour website (yusufinconcert.com) to commemorate his first European tour in over 36 years scheduled from 7 May to 2 June 2011. The ten-date tour visited Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium and cities such as Stockholm, Hamburg, Oberhausen, Berlin, Munich, Rotterdam, Paris, Mannheim, Vienna and Brussels.[114]
In May 2012, Moonshadow, a new musical by Yusuf, featuring music from throughout his career, will open at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.[115] The public can register on the musical's website (www.moonshadowthemusical.com.au) to receive updated news and information, including updates on ticket sales. According to the Theatre's website, "Through [Yusuf's] much loved songs and music, Moonshadow will take the audience on an incredible journey with a magical story of a young man and his moonshadow's struggle against the oncoming of darkness and the search for everlasting happiness".[116]
Awards[link]
Philanthropic and humanitarian awards[link]
- 2003 World Award also known as the "World Social Award" for "humanitarian relief work helping children and victims of war".[117]
- 2004 Man for Peace Award presented by Mikhail Gorbachev for his "dedication to promote peace, the reconciliation of people and to condemn terrorism", the ceremony was held in Rome, Italy and attended by five Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
- (2005) Honorary Doctorate by the University of Gloucestershire for services to education and humanitarian relief.[118]
- 4 January 2007, The Mediterranean Prize for Peace in Naples, Italy. The award was received "as a result of the work he has done to increase peace in the world."[119]
- 10 July 2007, honorary doctorate (LLD) by the University of Exeter, in recognition of "his humanitarian work and improving understanding between Islamic and Western cultures".[120][121]
- 6 November 2009, Special Achievement Award of the German Sustainability Award.
Music awards and recognition[link]
- 2005 Nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[122]
- 20 October 2005, ASCAP named Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year for "The First Cut Is the Deepest"[7]
- 8 June 2006, listed as number 49 in Paste magazine's "100 Best Living Songwriters"[123]
- 11 October 2006, awarded Songwriter of the Year for the second year running, for the same song "The First Cut Is the Deepest"[124]
- 25 March 2007, received the German ECHO "special award for life achievements as musician and ambassador between cultures", Europe's Grammy, in Berlin[83]
- 2008 Nominated for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame[125]
Discography[link]
Main article: Cat Stevens discography
- (includes Yusuf discography)
See also[link]
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of converts to Islam
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Notes and references[link]
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Further reading[link]
- Cat Stevens Complete Illustrated Biography & Discography by George Brown, 2006 (finalist for the award for "Best Research in Recorded Rock Music" from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections).
- My Journey From Cat Stevens to Yusuf Islam By Yusuf Islam (Mountain of Light, 2001 Autobiographical account published by Mountain of Light in 2001.
- Cat Stevens biography by Chris Charlesworth (Proteus, 1985)
- Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam, (a German language biography) by Albert Eigner Hannibal Verlag GmbH, 2006)
- Cat Stevens Breaks His Silence Rolling Stone article, 14 June 2000
- Billboard Q&A with Yusuf Islam November 2006
- New York Times Magazine Q&A with Yusuf Islam January 2007
- Roadsinger album demo
External links[link]
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- Official website
- Cat Stevens at the Internet Movie Database
- Small Kindness, Yusuf Islam's charity
- Mountain of Light, Yusuf Islam's spiritual website
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| Alternative names | Georgiou, Steven Demetre Giorgiou (birth name); Cat Stevens (pseudonym 1965–1978); Yusuf (today's pseudonym) |
| Short description | English Singer-Songwriter |
| Date of birth | 21 July 1948 |
| Place of birth | London, England |
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Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".[1]
Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of eleven. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright, publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards. Many of his works, such as Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit, have remained in the regular theatre repertoire. He composed hundreds of songs, in addition to well over a dozen musical theatre works (including the operetta Bitter Sweet and comic revues), poetry, several volumes of short stories, the novel Pomp and Circumstance, and a three-volume autobiography. Coward's stage and film acting and directing career spanned six decades, during which he starred in many of his own works.
At the outbreak of World War II, Coward volunteered for war work, running the British propaganda office in Paris. He also worked with the Secret Service, seeking to use his influence to persuade the American public and government to help Britain. Coward won an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 for his naval film drama, In Which We Serve, and was knighted in 1969. In the 1950s he achieved fresh success as a cabaret performer, performing his own songs, such as "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", "London Pride" and "I Went to a Marvellous Party".
His plays and songs achieved new popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, and his work and style continue to influence popular culture. Coward did not publicly acknowledge his homosexuality, but it was discussed candidly after his death by biographers including Graham Payn, his long-time partner, and in Coward's diaries and letters, published posthumously. The former Albery Theatre (originally the New Theatre) in London was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in his honour in 2006.
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Biography[link]
Early years[link]
Coward was born in 1899 in Teddington, Middlesex, a suburb of London. His parents were Arthur Sabin Coward (1856–1937), a piano salesman, and Violet Agnes Coward (1863–1954), daughter of Henry Gordon Veitch, a captain and surveyor in the Royal Navy.[2] Noël Coward was the second of their three sons, the eldest of whom had died in 1898 at the age of six.[3] Coward's father lacked ambition and industry, and family finances were often poor. Coward was bitten by the performing bug early and appeared in amateur concerts by the age of seven. He attended the Chapel Royal Choir School as a young child. He had little formal schooling but was a voracious reader.[4]
Encouraged by his ambitious mother, who sent him to a dance academy in London,[5] Coward's first professional engagement was in January 1911 as Prince Mussel in the children's play The Goldfish.[6] In Present Indicative, his first volume of memoirs, Coward wrote:
One day ... a little advertisement appeared in the Daily Mirror.... It stated that a talented boy of attractive appearance was required by a Miss Lila Field to appear in her production of an all-children fairy play: The Goldfish. This seemed to dispose of all argument. I was a talented boy, God knows, and, when washed and smarmed down a bit, passably attractive. There appeared to be no earthly reason why Miss Lila Field shouldn't jump at me, and we both believed that she would be a fool indeed to miss such a magnificent opportunity.[7]
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Coward (left) with Lydia Bilbrook (centre) and Charles Hawtrey, 1911
The leading actor-manager Charles Hawtrey, whom the young Coward idolised and from whom he learned a great deal about the theatre, cast him in the children's play Where the Rainbow Ends. Coward played in the piece in 1911 and 1912 at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End.[8][9] In 1912 Coward also appeared at the Savoy Theatre in An Autumn Idyll (as a dancer in the ballet) and at the London Coliseum in A Little Fowl Play, by Harold Owen, in which Hawtrey starred.[10] Italia Conti engaged Coward to appear at the Liverpool Repertory Theatre in 1913, and in the same year he was cast as the Lost Boy Slightly in Peter Pan.[11] He reappeared in Peter Pan the following year, and in 1915 he was again in Where the Rainbow Ends.[12] He worked with other child actors in this period, including Hermione Gingold (whose mother threatened to turn "that naughty boy" out);[13] Fabia Drake; Esmé Wynne, with whom he collaborated on his earliest plays; Alfred Willmore, later known as Micheál MacLíammóir; and Gertrude Lawrence who, Coward wrote in his memoirs, "gave me an orange and told me a few mildly dirty stories, and I loved her from then onwards."[9][14][15]
In 1913, when Coward was 14, he became the protégé and probably the lover of Philip Streatfeild, a society painter.[16] Streatfeild introduced him to Mrs Astley Cooper and her high society friends.[17] Streatfeild died from tuberculosis in 1915, but Mrs Astley Cooper continued to encourage her late friend's protégé, who remained a frequent guest at her estate, Hambleton Hall.[18]
Coward continued to perform during most of World War I, appearing at the Prince of Wales's Theatre in 1916 in The Happy Family[15] and on tour with Amy Brandon Thomas's company in Charley's Aunt. In 1917, he appeared in The Saving Grace, a comedy produced by Hawtrey. Coward recalled in his memoirs, "My part was reasonably large and I was really quite good in it, owing to the kindness and care of Hawtrey's direction. He took endless trouble with me... and taught me during those two short weeks many technical points of comedy acting which I use to this day."[19]
In 1918, Coward was drafted into the Artists Rifles but was assessed as unfit for active service because of a tubercular tendency, and he was discharged on health grounds after nine months.[20] That year he appeared in the D. W. Griffith film Hearts of the World in an uncredited role. He sold short stories to several magazines to help his family financially.[4] He also began writing plays, collaborating on the first two (Ida Collaborates (1917) and Women and Whisky (1918)) with his friend Esmé Wynne.[21] His first solo effort as a playwright was The Rat Trap (1918) which was eventually produced at the Everyman Theatre, Hampstead, in October 1926.[22] During these years, he met Lorn McNaughtan,[23] who became his private secretary and served in that capacity for more than forty years, until her death.[4]
Inter-war successes[link]
In 1920, at the age of 20, Coward starred in his own play, the light comedy I'll Leave It to You. After a tryout in Manchester, it opened in London at the New Theatre (renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in 2006), his first full-length play in the West End.[24] Neville Cardus's praise in The Manchester Guardian was grudging.[25] Notices for the London production were mixed, but encouraging.[4] The Observer commented, "Mr Coward... has a sense of comedy, and if he can overcome a tendency to smartness, he will probably produce a good play one of these days."[26] The Times, on the other hand, was enthusiastic: "It is a remarkable piece of work from so young a head – spontaneous, light, and always 'brainy'."[27]
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Coward in The Knight of the Burning Pestle, 1920
The play ran for a month (and was Coward's first play seen in America),[24] after which Coward returned to acting in works by other writers, starring as Ralph in The Knight of the Burning Pestle in Birmingham and then London.[28] He did not enjoy the role, finding Francis Beaumont and his sometime collaborator John Fletcher "two of the dullest Elizabethan writers ever known ... I had a very, very long part, but I was very, very bad at it".[29] Nevertheless, The Manchester Guardian thought that Coward got the best out of the role,[30] and The Times called the play "the jolliest thing in London".[31]
Coward completed a one-act satire, The Better Half, about a man's relationship with two women. It had a short run at The Little Theatre, London, in 1922. The critic St. John Ervine wrote of the piece, "When Mr Coward has learned that tea-table chitter-chatter had better remain the prerogative of women he will write more interesting plays than he now seems likely to write."[32] The play was thought to be lost until a typescript was found in 2007 in the archive of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, the official censor of stage plays in the UK until 1968.[33]
In 1921, Coward made his first trip to America, hoping to interest producers there in his plays. Although he had little luck, he found the Broadway theatre stimulating.[4] He absorbed its smartness and pace into his own work, which brought him his first real success as a playwright with The Young Idea. The play opened in London in 1923, after a provincial tour, with Coward in one of the leading roles.[34] The reviews were good: "Mr Noël Coward calls his brilliant little farce a 'comedy of youth', and so it is. And youth pervaded the Savoy last night, applauding everything so boisterously that you felt, not without exhilaration, that you were in the midst of a 'rag'."[35] One critic, who noted the influence of George Bernard Shaw on Coward's writing, thought more highly of the play than of Coward's newly found fans: "I was unfortunately wedged in the centre of a group of his more exuberant friends who greeted each of his sallies with 'That's a Noëlism!'"[36] The play ran in London from 1 February to 24 March 1923, after which Coward turned to revue, co-writing and performing in André Charlot's London Calling![37]
In 1924, Coward achieved his first great critical and financial success as a playwright with The Vortex. The story is about a nymphomaniac socialite and her cocaine-addicted son (played by Coward). Some saw the drugs as a mask for homosexuality,[38] while Kenneth Tynan later described it as "a jeremiad against narcotics with dialogue that sounds today not so much stilted as high-heeled".[39] The Vortex was considered shocking in its day for its depiction of sexual vanity and drug abuse among the upper classes. Its notoriety and fiery performances attracted large audiences, justifying a move from a small suburban theatre to a larger one in the West End.[40] Coward, still having trouble finding producers, raised the money to produce the play himself. During the run of The Vortex, Coward met Jack Wilson, an American stockbroker (later a director and producer), who became his business manager and lover. Wilson used his position to steal from Coward, but the playwright was in love and accepted both the larceny and Wilson's heavy drinking.[41]
The success of The Vortex in both London and America caused a great demand for new Coward plays. In 1925 he premiered Fallen Angels, a three-act comedy that amused and shocked audiences with the spectacle of two middle-aged women slowly getting drunk while awaiting the arrival of their mutual lover.[42] Hay Fever, the first of Coward's plays to gain an enduring place in the mainstream theatrical repertoire, also appeared in 1925. It is a comedy about four egocentric members of an artistic family who casually invite acquaintances to their country house for the weekend and bemuse and enrage each other's guests. Some writers have seen elements of Coward's old mentor, Mrs Astley Cooper, and her set in the characters of the family.[43] By the 1970s the play was recognised as a classic, described in The Times as a "dazzling achievement; like The Importance of Being Earnest, it is pure comedy with no mission but to delight, and it depends purely on the interplay of characters, not on elaborate comic machinery."[44] By June 1925 Coward had four shows running in the West End: The Vortex, Fallen Angels, Hay Fever and On With the Dance.[45] Coward was turning out numerous plays and acting in his own works and others'. Soon, his frantic pace caught up with him, and he collapsed on stage in 1926 while starring in a stage adaptation of The Constant Nymph and had to take an extended rest in Hawaii.[41]
Other Coward works produced in the mid-to-late 1920s included the plays Easy Virtue (1926), a drama about a divorcée's clash with her snobbish in-laws; The Queen Was in the Parlour, a Ruritanian romance; This Was a Man (1926), a comedy about adulterous aristocrats; The Marquise (1927), an eighteenth-century costume drama; Home Chat (1927), a comedy about a married woman's fidelity; and the revues On With the Dance (1925) and This Year of Grace (1928). None of these shows has entered the regular repertoire, but the last introduced one of Coward's best-known songs, "A Room with a View".[46] His biggest failure in this period was the play Sirocco (1927), which concerns free love among the wealthy. It starred Ivor Novello, of whom Coward said, "the two most beautiful things in the world are Ivor's profile and my mind".[47] Theatregoers hated the play, showing violent disapproval at the curtain calls and spitting at Coward as he left the theatre.[41] Coward later said of this flop, "My first instinct was to leave England immediately, but this seemed too craven a move, and also too gratifying to my enemies, whose numbers had by then swollen in our minds to practically the entire population of the British Isles."[48]
By then one of the world's highest-earning writers, with an annual income in 1929 of £50,000,[49] Coward thrived during the Great Depression, writing a succession of popular hits.[50] These ranged from large-scale spectaculars to intimate comedies. Examples of the former were the operetta Bitter Sweet (1929), about a woman who elopes with her music teacher, and the historical extravaganza Cavalcade (1931) at Drury Lane, about thirty years in the lives of two families, which required a huge cast, gargantuan sets and a complex hydraulic stage. Its 1933 film adaptation won the Academy Award for best picture. Coward's intimate-scale hits of the period included Private Lives (1930) and Design for Living (1932). In Private Lives, Coward starred alongside his most famous stage partner, Gertrude Lawrence, together with the young Laurence Olivier. It was a highlight of both Coward's and Lawrence's career, selling out in both London and New York. Coward disliked long runs, and after this he made a rule of starring in a play for no more than three months at any venue.[41] Design for Living, written for Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, was so risqué, with its theme of bisexuality and a ménage à trois, that Coward premiered it in New York, knowing that it would not survive the censor in London.[51]
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Ivor Novello, top l.; Alfred Lunt, top r.; Lynn Fontanne, lower l.; and Judy Campbell – stars of Coward premières of the 1920s–1940s
In 1933, Coward wrote, directed and co-starred with French singer Yvonne Printemps in both London and New York productions of an operetta, Conversation Piece (1933).[41] Coward next wrote, directed and co-starred with Lawrence in Tonight at 8:30 (1936), a cycle of ten short plays that were shuffled to make a different playbill of three plays each night. One of these plays, Still Life, was expanded into the 1945 David Lean film Brief Encounter.[52] Tonight at 8:30 was followed by a musical, Operette (1937), from which the most famous number is "The Stately Homes of England", and a revue entitled Set to Music (1938, a Broadway version of his 1932 London revue, Words and Music).[53] Coward's last pre-war plays were This Happy Breed, a drama about a working-class family, and Present Laughter, a comic self-caricature with an egomaniac actor as the central character. These were first performed in 1942, although they were both written in 1939.[54]
Between 1929 and 1936, Coward recorded many of his best-known songs for His Master's Voice (HMV), now reissued on CD, including the romantic "I'll See You Again" from Bitter Sweet, the comic "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" from Words and Music, and "Mrs Worthington".[55]
World War II[link]
With the outbreak of World War II, Coward abandoned the theatre and sought official war work. After running the British propaganda office in Paris, where he concluded that "if the policy of His Majesty's Government is to bore the Germans to death I don't think we have time",[56] he worked on behalf of British intelligence.[57] His task was to use his celebrity to influence American public and political opinion in favour of helping Britain.[58] He was frustrated by British press criticism of his foreign travel while his countrymen suffered at home, but he was unable to reveal that he was acting on behalf of the Secret Service.[59] In 1942, George VI wished to award Coward a knighthood for his efforts, but was dissuaded by Winston Churchill. Mindful of the public view of Coward's flamboyant lifestyle, Churchill used as his reason Coward's ₤200 fine for contravening currency regulations in 1941.[59]
Had the Germans invaded Britain, Coward was scheduled to be arrested and killed, as he was in The Black Book along with other figures such as Virginia Woolf, Paul Robeson, Bertrand Russell, C. P. Snow and H. G. Wells. When this came to light after the war, Coward wrote: "If anyone had told me at that time I was high up on the Nazi blacklist, I should have laughed ... I remember Rebecca West, who was one of the many who shared the honour with me, sent me a telegram which read: 'My dear – the people we should have been seen dead with'."[60]
Churchill's view was that Coward would do more for the war effort by entertaining the troops and the home front than by intelligence work: "Go and sing to them when the guns are firing – that's your job!"[61] Coward, though disappointed, followed this advice. He toured, acted and sang indefatigably in Europe, Africa, Asia and America.[62] He wrote and recorded war-themed popular songs, including "London Pride" and "Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans". His London home was wrecked by German bombs in 1941, and he took up temporary residence at the Savoy Hotel.[63] During one air raid on the area around the Savoy he joined Carroll Gibbons and Judy Campbell in impromptu cabaret to divert the captive guests from their fears.[64] Another of Coward's wartime projects, as writer, star, composer and co-director (alongside David Lean), was the naval film drama In Which We Serve. The film was popular on both sides of the Atlantic, and he was awarded an honorary certificate of merit at the 1943 Academy Awards ceremony.[65] Coward played a naval captain, basing the character on his friend Lord Louis Mountbatten. Lean went on to direct and adapt film versions of several Coward plays.[41]
Coward's most enduring work from the war years was the hugely successful black comedy Blithe Spirit (1941), about a novelist who researches the occult and hires a medium. A séance brings back the ghost of his first wife, causing havoc for the novelist and his second wife.[41] With 1,997 consecutive performances, it broke box-office records for the run of a West End comedy, and was also produced on Broadway, where its original run was 650 performances.[66] The play was later filmed by David Lean. Coward toured during the war years in Blithe Spirit, alternating the piece with his comedy Present Laughter and his working-class drama This Happy Breed.
In Coward's Middle East Diary, he made several statements that offended many Americans. In particular, he commented that he was "less impressed by some of the mournful little Brooklyn boys lying there in tears amid the alien corn with nothing worse than a bullet wound in the leg or a fractured arm".[67] After protests from both The New York Times and the Washington Post, the Foreign Office urged Coward not to visit the United States in January 1945. He did not return to America again during the war. In the aftermath of the war, Coward wrote an alternate history, Peace In Our Time, a play depicting an England occupied by Nazi Germany.[50]
Post-war career[link]
Coward's new plays after the war were moderately successful but failed to match the popularity of his pre-war hits.[68] Relative Values (1951) addresses the culture clash between an English aristocratic family and a Hollywood actress with matrimonial ambitions; South Sea Bubble (1951) is a political comedy set in a British colony; Quadrille (1952) is a drama about Victorian love and elopement; and Nude with Violin (1956, starring John Gielgud in London and Coward in New York) is a satire on modern art.[69] A revue, Sigh No More (1945), was a moderate success,[70] but two musicals, Pacific 1860 (1946), a lavish South Seas romance, and Ace of Clubs (1949), set in a night club, were financial failures.[71] In addition, his friends Charles Cochran and Gertrude Lawrence died in 1951 and 1952, respectively. Despite his disappointments during this period, Coward maintained a high public profile; his performance as King Magnus in Shaw's The Apple Cart for the Coronation season of 1953, co-starring Margaret Leighton, received much coverage in the press,[72] and his cabaret act, honed during his wartime tours entertaining the troops, was a supreme success, first in London at the Café de Paris, and later in Las Vegas.[73] The theatre critic Kenneth Tynan wrote:
To see him whole, public and private personalities conjoined, you must see him in cabaret ... he padded down the celebrated stairs ... halted before the microphone on black-suede-clad feet, and, upraising both hands in a gesture of benediction, set about demonstrating how these things should be done. Baring his teeth as if unveiling some grotesque monument, and cooing like a baritone dove, he gave us "I'll See You Again" and the other bat's-wing melodies of his youth. Nothing he does on these occasions sounds strained or arid; his tanned, leathery face is still an enthusiast's.... If it is possible to romp fastidiously, that is what Coward does. He owes little to earlier wits, such as Wilde or Labouchere. Their best things need to be delivered slowly, even lazily. Coward's emerge with the staccato, blind impulsiveness of a machine-gun.[39]
In 1955, Coward's cabaret act at Las Vegas, recorded live for the gramophone, and released as Noël Coward at Las Vegas[74] was so successful that CBS engaged him to write and direct a series of three 90-minute television specials for the 1955–1956 season. The first of these, Together With Music, paired Coward with Mary Martin, featuring him in many of the numbers from his Las Vegas act.[75] It was followed by productions of Blithe Spirit in which he starred with Claudette Colbert, Lauren Bacall and Mildred Natwick and This Happy Breed with Edna Best and Roger Moore. Despite excellent reviews, the audience viewing figures were moderate.[76]
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"Dad's Renaissance": Coward's popularity surged in the 1960s; this poster features Al Hirschfeld's drawing of Coward rather than the stars of this 1968 revival.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Coward continued to write musicals and plays. After the Ball, his 1953 adaptation of Lady Windermere's Fan, was the last musical he debuted in the West End; his last two musicals premiered on Broadway. Sail Away (1961), set on a luxury cruise liner, was Coward's most successful post-war musical, with productions in America, Britain and Australia.[77] The Girl Who Came to Supper, a musical adaptation of The Sleeping Prince (1963), ran for only three months.[78] He directed the successful 1964 Broadway musical adaptation of Blithe Spirit, called High Spirits. Coward's late plays include a farce, Look After Lulu! (1959), and a tragi-comic study of old age, Waiting in the Wings (1960), both of which were successful despite "critical disdain".[79] Coward argued that the primary purpose of a play was to entertain, and he made no attempt at modernism, which he felt was boring to the audience although fascinating to the critics. His comic novel, Pomp and Circumstance (1960), about life in a tropical British colony, met with more critical success.[80] Coward's final stage success came with Suite in Three Keys (1966), a trilogy set in a hotel penthouse suite. He wrote it as his swan song as a stage actor: "I would like to act once more before I fold my bedraggled wings."[81] The trilogy gained glowing reviews and did good box office business in the UK.[82] In one of the three plays, A Song at Twilight, Coward abandoned his customary reticence on the subject and played an explicitly homosexual character. The daring piece earned Coward new critical praise.[83] He intended to star in the trilogy on Broadway but was too ill to travel. Only two of the Suite in Three Keys plays were performed in New York, with the title changed to Noël Coward in Two Keys, starring Hume Cronyn.[84]
Coward won new popularity in several notable films later in his career, such as Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Our Man in Havana (1959), Bunny Lake is Missing (1965), Boom! (1968) and The Italian Job (1969).[85] Stage and film opportunities he turned down in the 1950s included an invitation to compose a musical version of Pygmalion (two years before My Fair Lady was written), and offers of the roles of the king in the original stage production of The King and I, and Colonel Nicholson in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai.[86] Invited to play the title role in the 1962 film Dr. No, he replied, "No, no, no, a thousand times, no."[87] In the same year, he turned down the role of Humbert Humbert in Lolita, saying, "At my time of life the film story would be logical if the 12-year-old heroine was a sweet little old lady."[88]
In the mid-1960s and early 1970s successful productions of his 1920s and 1930s plays, and new revues celebrating his music, including Oh, Coward! on Broadway and Cowardy Custard in London, revived Coward's popularity and critical reputation. He dubbed this comeback "Dad's Renaissance".[89] This began with a hit 1963 revival of Private Lives in London and then New York.[90] Invited to direct Hay Fever with Edith Evans at the National Theatre, he wrote in 1964, "I am thrilled and flattered and frankly a little flabbergasted that the National Theatre should have had the curious perceptiveness to choose a very early play of mine and to give it a cast that could play the Albanian telephone directory."[91]
Other examples of "Dad's Renaissance" included a 1968 Off Broadway production of Private Lives at the Theatre de Lys starring Elaine Stritch, Lee Bowman and Betsy von Furstenberg, and directed by Charles Nelson Reilly. Despite this impressive cast, Coward's popularity had risen so high that the theatre poster for the production used an Al Hirschfeld caricature of Coward (pictured)[92] instead of an image of the production or its stars. The illustration captures how Coward's image had changed by the 1960s: he was no longer seen as the smooth 1930s sophisticate, but as the doyen of the theatre. As The New Statesman wrote in 1964: "Who would have thought the landmarks of the Sixties would include the emergence of Noël Coward as the grand old man of British drama? There he was one morning, flipping verbal tiddlywinks with reporters about "Dad's Renaissance"; the next he was... beside Forster, T. S. Eliot and the OMs, demonstrably the greatest living English playwright."[93] Time magazine wrote that "in the '60s... his best work, with its inspired inconsequentiality, seemed to exert not only a period charm but charm, period."[1]
Death and honours[link]
By the end of the 1960s, Coward suffered from arteriosclerosis and, during the run of Suite in Three Keys, he struggled with bouts of memory loss.[94] This also affected his work in The Italian Job, and he retired from acting immediately afterwards.[95] He died at his home, Firefly Estate, in Jamaica on 26 March 1973 of heart failure[44] and was buried three days later on the brow of Firefly Hill, overlooking the north coast of the island. A memorial service was held in St Martin-in-the-Fields in London on 29 May 1973, for which the Poet Laureate, John Betjeman, wrote and delivered a poem in Coward's honour,[96] John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier read verse and Yehudi Menuhin played Bach. On 28 March 1984 a memorial stone was unveiled by the Queen Mother in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. Thanked by Coward's partner, Graham Payn, for attending, the Queen Mother replied, "I came because he was my friend."[97]
Coward was knighted in 1969 and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[98] He received a Tony Award for lifetime achievement.[99]
The Noël Coward Theatre in St Martin's Lane, originally opened in 1903 as the New Theatre and later called the Albery, was renamed in his honour after extensive refurbishment, re-opening on 1 June 2006. A statue of Coward was unveiled by the Queen Mother in the foyer of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1998.[100] There are also sculptures of Coward displayed in New York and Jamaica.[101] In 2008 an exhibition devoted to Coward was mounted at the National Theatre in London.[102] The exhibition was later hosted by the Museum of Performance & Design in San Francisco and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California.[103]
Personal life[link]
Coward was homosexual but, following the convention of his times, this was never publicly mentioned. The critic Kenneth Tynan's description in 1953 was close to an acknowledgment of Coward's sexuality: "Forty years ago he was Slightly in Peter Pan, and you might say that he has been wholly in Peter Pan ever since. No private considerations have been allowed to deflect the drive of his career; like Gielgud and Rattigan, like the late Ivor Novello, he is a congenital bachelor."[39]
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Coward as Slightly in Peter Pan, 1913
Coward firmly believed his private business was not for public discussion, considering "any sexual activities when over-advertised" to be tasteless.[104] Even in the 1960s, Coward refused to acknowledge his sexual orientation publicly, wryly observing, "There are still a few old ladies in Worthing who don't know."[105] Despite this reticence, he encouraged his secretary Cole Lesley to write a frank biography once Coward was safely dead.[106] Details of his sexual life emerged; for instance, from his youth Coward had a distaste for penetrative sex.[107][108]
Coward's most important relationship, which began in the mid-1940s and lasted until his death, was with the South African stage and film actor Graham Payn.[109] Coward featured Payn in several of his London productions. Payn later co-edited with Sheridan Morley the collection of Coward's diaries, published in 1982. Coward's other relationships included the playwright Keith Winter, actors Louis Hayward and Alan Webb, his manager John (Jack) C. Wilson (1899–1961) and the composer Ned Rorem, who published details of their relationship in his diaries.[110] Coward had a 19-year friendship with Prince George, Duke of Kent, but biographers differ on whether it was platonic.[111] According to Payn, Coward maintained that it was simply a friendship.[112] Coward said, on the duke's death, "I suddenly find that I loved him more than I knew."[113]
Coward maintained close friendships with many women, including the actress and author Esmé Wynne-Tyson, his first collaborator and constant correspondent; Gladys Calthrop, who designed sets and costumes for many of his works; his secretary and close confidante Lorn Loraine; the actresses Gertrude Lawrence, Joyce Carey and Judy Campbell; and "his loyal and lifelong amitié amoureuse", Marlene Dietrich[114]
In his profession, Coward was widely admired and loved for his generosity and kindness to those who fell on hard times. Stories are told of the unobtrusive way in which he relieved the needs or paid the debts of old theatrical acquaintances who had no claim on him.[44] Coward was the president of The Actors' Orphanage, which was supported by the theatrical industry. In that capacity, he befriended the young Peter Collinson, who was in the care of the orphanage. He became Collinson's godfather and helped him to get started in show business. When Collinson was a successful director, he invited Coward to play a role in The Italian Job. Graham Payn also played a small role in the film.[115]
In the 1950s, Coward left the UK for tax reasons, receiving harsh criticism in the press.[116] He first settled in Bermuda but later bought houses in Jamaica and Switzerland (in the village of Les Avants, near Montreux), which remained his homes for the rest of his life.[117] His expatriate neighbours and friends included Joan Sutherland, David Niven, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, and Julie Andrews and Blake Edwards in Switzerland[118] and Ian Fleming and his wife Ann in Jamaica. Coward was a witness at the Flemings' wedding, but his diaries record his exasperation with their constant bickering.[119]
Coward's political views were Conservative, but not unswervingly so: he despised the government of Neville Chamberlain for its policy of appeasing Nazi Germany, and he differed sharply with Winston Churchill over the abdication crisis of 1936. Whereas Churchill supported Edward VIII's wish to marry "his cutie", Wallis Simpson, Coward thought the king irresponsible, telling Churchill, "England doesn't wish for a Queen Cutie."[120] Coward disliked propaganda in plays: "The theatre is a wonderful place, a house of strange enchantment, a temple of illusion. What it most emphatically is not and never will be is a scruffy, ill-lit, fumed-oak drill hall serving as a temporary soap box for political propaganda."[121] Nevertheless, his own views sometimes surfaced in his plays: both Cavalcade and This Happy Breed are "overtly Conservative political plays written in the Brechtian epic manner."[122] In religion, Coward was agnostic. He wrote of his views, "Do I believe in God? I can't say No and I can't say Yes, To me it's anybody's guess."[123]
Coward spelled his first name with the diæresis ("I didn't put the dots over the 'e' in Noël. The language did. Otherwise it's not Noël but Nool!").[124] The press and many book publishers failed to follow suit, and his name was printed as 'Noel' in The Times, The Observer and other contemporary newspapers and books.[125]
The papers of Noël Coward are held in the University of Birmingham Special Collections.[126]
The Coward image[link]
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The Coward image: with cigarette holder, 1930
"Why", asked Coward, "am I always expected to wear a dressing-gown, smoke cigarettes in a long holder and say 'Darling, how wonderful'?"[127] The answer lay in Coward's assiduous cultivation of a carefully crafted image. As a suburban boy who had been taken up by the upper classes he rapidly acquired the taste for high life: "I am determined to travel through life first class."[128] He first wore a dressing gown onstage in The Vortex and used the fashion in several of his other famous plays, including Private Lives and Present Laughter.[129][130] In connection with the National Theatre's 2008 exhibition, The Independent commented, "His famous silk, polka-dot dressing gown and elegant cigarette holder both seem to belong to another era. But 2008 is proving to be the year that Britain falls in love with Noël Coward all over again."[102]
As soon as he achieved success he began polishing the Coward image: an early press photograph showed him sitting up in bed holding a cigarette holder: "I looked like an advanced Chinese decadent in the last phases of dope."[131] Soon after that, Coward wrote, "I took to wearing coloured turtle-necked jerseys, actually more for comfort than for effect, and soon I was informed by my evening paper that I had started a fashion. I believe that to a certain extent this was true; at any rate, during the ensuing months I noticed more and more of our seedier West-End chorus boys parading about London in them."[132] He soon became more cautious about overdoing the flamboyance, advising Cecil Beaton to tone down his outfits: "It is important not to let the public have a loophole to lampoon you."[133] However, Coward was happy to generate publicity from his lifestyle.[41] In 1969, he told Time magazine, "I acted up like crazy. I did everything that was expected of me. Part of the job." Time concluded, "Coward's greatest single gift has not been writing or composing, not acting or directing, but projecting a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise."[1]
Coward's distinctive clipped diction arose from his childhood: his mother was deaf and Coward developed his staccato style of speaking to make it easier for her to hear what he was saying; it also helped him eradicate a slight lisp.[134] His nickname, "The Master", "started as a joke and became true", according to Coward. It was used of him from the 1920s onwards.[135] Coward himself made light of it: when asked by a journalist why he was known as "The Master", he replied, "Oh, you know – Jack of all trades, master of none."[136] He could, however, joke about his own immodesty: "My sense of my importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my sense of my own importance to myself is tremendous."[137] When a Time interviewer apologised, "I hope you haven't been bored having to go through all these interviews for your [70th] birthday, having to answer the same old questions about yourself", Coward rejoined, "Not at all. I'm fascinated by the subject."[1]
Critical reputation and legacy[link]
Main article: Cultural impact of Noël Coward
The playwright John Osborne said, "Mr Coward is his own invention and contribution to this century. Anyone who cannot see that should keep well away from the theatre."[138] Kenneth Tynan wrote in 1964, "Even the youngest of us will know, in fifty years' time, exactly what we mean by 'a very Noel Coward sort of person'."[39] In praise of Coward's versatility, Lord Mountbatten said, in a tribute on Coward's seventieth birthday, "There are probably greater painters than Noël, greater novelists than Noël, greater librettists, greater composers of music, greater singers, greater dancers, greater comedians, greater tragedians, greater stage producers, greater film directors, greater cabaret artists, greater TV stars. If there are, they are fourteen different people. Only one man combined all fourteen different labels – The Master."[139]
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Tynan's was the first generation of critics to realise that Coward's plays might enjoy more than ephemeral success. In the 1930s, Cyril Connolly wrote that they were "written in the most topical and perishable way imaginable, the cream in them turns sour overnight".[140] What seemed daring in the 1920s and 1930s came to seem old-fashioned in the 1950s, and Coward never replicated the success of his pre-war plays.[39] By the 1960s, however, it was becoming clear that underneath the witty dialogue and the Art Deco glamour of the inter-war years, Coward's best plays also dealt with recognisable people and familiar relationships.[141] By the time of his death, The Times was writing of him, "None of the great figures of the English theatre has been more versatile than he", and the paper ranked his plays in "the classical tradition of Congreve, Sheridan, Wilde and Shaw".[44]
A symposium published in 1999 to mark the centenary of Coward's birth listed some of his major productions scheduled for the year in Britain and North America, including Ace of Clubs, After the Ball, Blithe Spirit, Cavalcade, Easy Virtue, Hay Fever, Present Laughter, Private Lives, Sail Away, A Song at Twilight, The Young Idea and Waiting in the Wings, with stars including Lauren Bacall, Rosemary Harris, Ian McKellen, Corin Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave and Elaine Stritch.[142] In another tribute, Tim Rice said of Coward's songs: "The wit and wisdom of Noël Coward's lyrics will be as lively and contemporary in 100 years' time as they are today",[121] and many have been recorded by Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton John, Robbie Williams, Pet Shop Boys, The Divine Comedy, Vic Reeves, Joan Sutherland, Ian Bostridge, Damon Albarn, Michael Nyman, and others.[143][144][145]
Coward's music and writings and his characteristic voice and style have been widely parodied and imitated, for instance by Jonathan Meese and in Monty Python, Round the Horne and Privates on Parade.[146][147] Coward has frequently been depicted as a character in plays,[148][149] films, television and radio shows, for example, in the 1969 Julie Andrews film Star! (in which Coward was portrayed by his godson, Daniel Massey),[150] the award-winning BBC sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart[151] and a BBC Radio 4 series.[152][153] On stage, characters based on Coward have included Beverly Carlton in the 1939 Broadway play The Man Who Came to Dinner.[154] A play about the friendship between Coward and Marlene Dietrich, called Lunch with Marlene, by Chris Burgess, ran at the New End Theatre in 2008. The second act presents a musical revue, including Coward songs such as "Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans".[155]
Coward was an early admirer of the plays of Harold Pinter, and backed Pinter's film version of The Caretaker with a £1,000 investment.[156] Some critics have detected Coward's influence in Pinter's plays.[157] Tynan compared Pinter's "elliptical patter" to Coward's "stylised dialogue".[156] Pinter returned the compliment by directing the National Theatre's revival of Blithe Spirit in 1976.[158]
Plays[link]
- For plays that were written more than two years before the original production, a date of composition is given and the second date given is the year when first produced (fp).
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Revues, musicals, operetta and songs[link]
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Songs[link]
Coward wrote more than three hundred songs. The Noël Coward Society's website, drawing on performing statistics from the publishers and the Performing Rights Society, names "Mad About the Boy" (from Words and Music) as Coward's most popular song, followed, in order, by:
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In the society's second tier of favourites are:
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As a songwriter, Coward was deeply influenced by Gilbert and Sullivan, although he shared a dislike of their works common in his generation.[159][160] He recalled: "I was born into a generation that still took light music seriously. The lyrics and melodies of Gilbert and Sullivan were hummed and strummed into my consciousness at an early age. My father sang them, my mother played them... my aunts and uncles, who were legion, sang them singly and in unison at the slightest provocation."[161] His colleague Terence Rattigan wrote that as a lyricist Coward was "the best of his kind since W. S. Gilbert."[162]
Films[link]
Coward's plays adapted for film include:
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Notes[link]
- ^ a b c d "Noel Coward at 70", Time, 26 December 1969, accessed 2 May 2011
- ^ Morley, p. 2
- ^ Morley, p. 3
- ^ a b c d e Kenrick, John. "Noel Coward – Biographical Sketch", Coward 101 at Musicals 101: The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film, 2000, accessed 9 March 2009
- ^ Hoare, p. 19
- ^ "The Little Theatre", The Times, 28 January 1911, p. 12
- ^ Coward (Present Indicative), pp. 21–22
- ^ Hoare, pp. 23–26
- ^ a b "Garrick Theatre", The Times, 12 December 1912, p. 8
- ^ "The Savoy Theatre", The Times, 26 June 1912, p. 10; "The Coliseum", 29 October 1912, p. 8; and "Varieties etc", 18 November 1912, p. 1
- ^ "The Cult of Peter Pan", The Times, 24 December 1913, p. 8
- ^ "Fairies at the Garrick", The Times, 28 December 1915, p. 10
- ^ Castle, p. 12
- ^ Hoare, pp. 27, 30 and 51
- ^ a b "The Happy Family", The Times, 19 December 1916, p. 11
- ^ Hoare, pp. 33–34
- ^ Evangeline Julia Marshall, eccentric society hostess (1854–1944), married Clement Paston Astley Cooper, grandson of Sir Astley Paston Cooper, on 10 July 1877. She inherited Hambleton Hall from her brother Walter Marshall (d. 1899), and there she entertained rising talents in the artistic world, including the painter Philip Streatfeild, the conductor Malcolm Sargent and the writer Charles Scott Moncrieff, as well as the young Coward. See Callow, Simon. "Englishman abroad", Guardian, 19 April 2006, accessed 8 February 2009; "Evangeline Julia Marshall", The Peerage, accessed 8 February 2009; and "History", Hambleton Hall website, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ Hoare, pp. 39–43
- ^ Coward (Present Indicative), p. 66
- ^ Lesley, pp. 41–42
- ^ Plays and Musicals, The Noel Coward Society, noelcoward.net, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ Thaxter, John. "The Rat Trap", British Theatre Guide, 2006, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ later known by her married name, Lorn Loraine
- ^ a b Thaxter, John. I'll Leave It To You, British Theatre Guide, 2009
- ^ Cardus, Neville. "Gaiety Theatre", The Manchester Guardian, 4 May 1920, p. 13
- ^ Ervine, St John. "At the Play", The Observer, 25 July 1920, p. 9
- ^ "I'll Leave It to You", The Times, 22 July 1920, p. 10
- ^ Coward (Present Indicative), pp. 104–05 and 112
- ^ Castle, p. 38
- ^ "The Knight of the Burning Pestle", The Manchester Guardian, 25 November 1920, p. 14
- ^ "A Jacobean Romp", The Times, 25 November 1920, p. 10
- ^ Ervine, St John. "New Grand Guignol Series", The Observer, 4 June 1922, p. 9
- ^ Thorpe, Vanessa. "Coward's long-lost satire was almost too 'daring' about women", The Observer, 16 September 2007, accessed 16 September 2007
- ^ Hoare, pp. 89–91
- ^ "New Play at the Savoy", The Times, 2 February 1923, p. 8
- ^ "The Young Idea", The Observer, 4 February 1923, p. 11. Coward himself acknowledged that Shaw's You Never Can Tell was the primary inspiration for The Young Idea: see Coward (Present Indicative), p. 114
- ^ Coward (Present Indicative), pp. 112 and 150
- ^ Hoare, p. 129
- ^ a b c d e Tynan, pp. 286–88
- ^ Coward (Present Indicative), pp. 182–85
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kenrick, John. "Noel Coward – Biographical Sketch – Part II", Coward 101 at Musicals 101: The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film, 2000, accessed 9 March 2009
- ^ "Fallen Angels", The Manchester Guardian, 23 April 1925, p. 12
- ^ Hoare, pp. 42–43
- ^ a b c d "Obituary: Sir Noel Coward", The Times, 27 March 1973, p. 18
- ^ Morley, p. 107
- ^ a b "Appendix 3 (The Relative Popularity of Coward's Works)", Noël Coward Music Index, accessed 9 March 2009
- ^ Richards, p. 56
- ^ Richards, p. 26
- ^ More than £2,000,000 in terms of 2007 values: see "Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1264 to 2007", Measuring Worth website, accessed 10 March 2009
- ^ a b Lahr, p. 93
- ^ Hoare, p. 249
- ^ Morley, pp. 226–28 and 230
- ^ Morley, pp. 237 and 239
- ^ Lahr, pp. 32 and 93
- ^ Naxos CDs 8.120559 and 8.120623
- ^ Richards, p. 105
- ^ Koch, Stephen. "The Playboy was a Spy", The New York Times, 13 April 2008, accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ Harold Nicolson, speaking for the Ministry of Information, stated that Coward "possesses contacts with certain sections of opinion which are very difficult to reach through ordinary sources" – see Lesley, p. 215
- ^ a b Hastings, Chris. "Winston Churchill vetoed Coward knighthood", Telegraph.co.uk, 3 November 2007, accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ Coward, Future Indefinite, p. 121
- ^ Morley, p. 246
- ^ "Light Entertainment", Time magazine, 19 July 1954, accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ Hoare, p. 317
- ^ Hoare, p. 318
- ^ Search for Noel Coward at AMPAS Academy Awards database.
- ^ Blithe Spirit's West End record was overtaken by Boeing Boeing in the 1970s: Blithe Spirit, 2005/2006 Study Guide, Globe Theatre Guide, accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ Calder, Robert. Beware the British serpent, p. 103
- ^ Lahr, p. 136
- ^ Lesley, pp. 314, 370 and 361
- ^ Morley, p. 308
- ^ Lesley, pp. 248 and 289
- ^ "Haymarket Theatre", The Times, 8 May 1953, p. 12; and Brown, Ivor. "Royal and Ancient", The Manchester Guardian, 8 May 1953, p. 5
- ^ Morley, pp. 339–40
- ^ Reissued in 2003 on CD by CBS – DRG 19037
- ^ Kenrick, John. "Noel Coward – Biography, Part III", Coward 101 at Musicals 101: The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film, accessed 16 February 2009
- ^ Payne and Morley, pp. 287–88, 304 and 314
- ^ Lesley, pp. 410–14, and 428–29
- ^ Lesley, p. 430
- ^ Simon, John. "Waiting in the Wings", The NY Magazine, 3 January 2000, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ Payne and Morley, pp. 451 and 453
- ^ Coward, Plays, Five, introduction, unnumbered page
- ^ Morley, p. 375
- ^ "Noel Coward's Skeleton Feast", The Times, 15 April 1966, p. 16
- ^ Hoare, p. 502
- ^ Hoare, pp. 380, 414, 491, 507 and 508
- ^ Hoare, pp. 387, 386, and 473
- ^ Day (2007), p. 310
- ^ Richards, p. 83
- ^ Hoare p. 479 et seq.
- ^ Morley, pp. 370–72
- ^ Morley, p. 369
- ^ The caricature was also used in connection with other Coward works, for example on his album of his ballet suite, "London Morning" (1959; reissued in 1978 on LP on DRG SL 5180 with the Hirschfeld drawing on the cover)
- ^ Ronald Bryden in The New Statesman, August 1964, quoted in Hoare, p. 479
- ^ Hoare, p. 501
- ^ Lesley, p. 454
- ^ "We are all here today to thank the Lord for the life of Noel Coward.
Noel with two dots over the 'e'
And the firm decided downward stroke of the 'l'.
We can all see him in our mind's eye
And in our mind's ear
We can hear the clipped decided voice". (Lesley, p. 481) - ^ Day (2007), p. 725
- ^ "Coward, Sir Noël", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 12 March 2009. Also available in print as Who Was Who Vol. VII (1971–1980), A & C Black, 1990. ISBN 978-0-7136-3227-9
- ^ Chronology The Noël Coward Society, Noelcoward.net, May 2001, accessed 27 August 2008
- ^ "Coward statue unveiled", BBC news, 8 December 1998, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ "Centenary Year – 1999", The Noël Coward Society, accessed 10 March 2009 and "Jamaica Gallery B", GlobalGayz.com, accessed 10 March 2009
- ^ a b Byrne, Ciar. "What's inspiring the Noël Coward renaissance?" The Independent, 21 January 2008, accessed on 17 March 2009
- ^ "Star Quality". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences site, accessed 14 March 2010
- ^ Payn, p. 248
- ^ Hoare, p. 509
- ^ Lesley, p. xvii
- ^ Hoare, p. 34
- ^ Kaplan, p. 34
- ^ Payn, passim
- ^ Hoare, pp. 162–63, 258, 261–62, 275, 273–74, and 469–70
- ^ Hoare, p. 122
- ^ Brandreth, Gyles (2004). Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage, London: Century. ISBN 0-7126-6103-4
- ^ Lesley, p. 231
- ^ Lesley, p. 176
- ^ Payn and Morley, p. 668
- ^ Lesley, p. 355
- ^ Lesley, p. 395
- ^ Lesley, p. 437
- ^ Lesley, p. 310; and Payn and Morley, p. 463
- ^ Lesley, pp. 187 and 197
- ^ a b Kenrick, John. "Noel Coward 101: Cowardy Quotations", Musicals101.com, The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ Kaplan, p. 4, quoting David Edgar
- ^ Coward: Not Yet the Dodo, Heinemann 1967, p. 54. He also said, "I keep an open mind, but I will be somewhat surprised if St Peter taps me on the shoulder and says: 'This way, Noël Coward, come up and try your hand on the harp.' I am no harpist." See Richards, pp. 64–65
- ^ Richards, p. 58
- ^ Even Cole Lesley's 1976 biography refers to Coward as "Noel": "...I have also forgone the use of his beloved diaeresis over the 'e' in his name, having no wish to dizzy the eye of the reader." (Lesley, p. xx)
- ^ Preliminary Listing of the Noël Coward Papers at University of Birmingham website, February 2008, accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ Richards, p. 59
- ^ Richards, p. 28
- ^ Sacheli, Robert. "Joyeux Noel", Dandyism.net, 16 December 2006, accessed 17 March 2009
- ^ Private Lives, Act II, passim
- ^ Castle, p. 66
- ^ Coward (Present Indicative), p. 183
- ^ Hoare, p. 201
- ^ Hoare, p. 16
- ^ Lesley, p. xx
- ^ Richards, p. 65
- ^ Richards, p. 67
- ^ "Noel Coward", Introduction page to NoelCoward.com, accessed 8 February 2009
- ^ "Quotations from Coward's own words", NoelCoward.com, accessed 3 February 2009
- ^ Lahr, p. 2
- ^ Kaplan, pp. 7–13
- ^ Kaplan, pp. 217–21
- ^ Hoare, Philip. "Coward, Sir Noël Peirce (1899–1973)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008, accessed 30 December 2008
- ^ "Noel Coward", Music Listing of works at Amazon UK, accessed 10 March 2009
- ^ For example, in the 1998 album Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noel Coward, Coward's songs are performed by Sting, Elton John, Pet Shop Boys, Paul McCartney and others.
- ^ "Sir Noel (Pierce) Coward", Cambridge Encyclopedia, Vol. 69
- ^ Nichols, Peter: Privates on Parade, Act 2, Scene 1 ("Noël, Noël")
- ^ Newley, Patrick. "Coward's confidante – Esme Wynne", The Stage, 4 March 2005, accessed 15 February 2009
- ^ Martin, Dominic. Making Dickie Happy, TheStage.co.uk., 27 September 2004, accessed 4 January 2009
- ^ "Star! (1968)" Time Out Film Guide, accessed 16 February 2009
- ^ Grove, Valerie, "Carrying on Kenneth's pain", The Times, 27 December 1997, p. 19 and "Book Now" The Independent, 20 August 2008, p. 16
- ^ Garner, Ken, "Radio", The Express On Sunday, 23 June 2002; Hoyle, Martin. "Again the mother of all media", The Financial Times, 28 June 2002, p. 16; The Guardian: "Radio" 8 November 2003; and Deacon, Nigel. "Marcy Kahan Radio Plays", UK Diversity Website, accessed 16 February 2009, where Coward was dramatised as a detective in Design For Murder (2000), A Bullet at Balmain's (2003) and Death at the Desert Inn (2005), and as a spy in Blithe Spy (2002) and Our Man In Jamaica (2007), with Malcolm Sinclair playing Coward in each
- ^ "Audio and Broadcasts", The Noël Coward Society, 2007, accessed 11 March 2009
- ^ Isherwood, Charles. "The Man Who Came to Dinner", Variety, 28 July 2000, accessed 16 February 2009
- ^ Vale, Paul (9 April 2008). "Lunch with Marlene". Reviews (The Stage). http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/20351/lunch-with-marlene. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ a b Hoare, p. 458
- ^ Hoare, p. 269
- ^ "Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, The National Theatre, June 1976 (and tour)" at haroldpinter.org, 2003, accessed 7 March 2009
- ^ Day (2007), p. 125, quoting Coward: "I went to Iolanthe... beautifully done and the music lovely but dated. It's no use, I hate Gilbert and Sullivan".
- ^ Hart-Davis, Rupert (ed). Lyttelton/Hart-Davis Letters vol. 3, John Murray, 1981 ISBN 978-0-7195-3770-7. Lyttelton to Hart-Davis, 5 November 1958: "[Y]ou were of the generation which began to turn up its nose at the operettas".
- ^ Programme note for Cowardy Custard (1972) quoting The Noël Coward Song Book
- ^ Day (2007), p. 257
- ^ a b Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2004, accessed 30 December 2008: requires subscription; and Noel Coward at the IMDB database, accessed 12 March 2009
References[link]
- Castle, Charles. Noël, W. H. Allen, London, 1972. ISBN 0-491-00534-2.
- Coward, Noël. Plays, Five. Introduction by Sheridan Morley. Methuen, 1994. ISBN 0-413-51740-3
- Coward, Noël. Present Indicative. Autobiography to 1931. Heinemann, 1937. Methuen reissue, 2004 ISBN 978-0-413-77413-2
- Day, Barry (ed). The Letters of Noël Coward. Methuen, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7136-8578-7.
- Hoare, Philip. Noël Coward, A Biography. Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995. ISBN 1-85619-265-2.
- Kaplan, Joel and Sheila Stowel. Look Back in Pleasure: Noël Coward Reconsidered. Methuen, 2000. ISBN 0-413-75500-2.
- Lahr, John. Coward the Playwright, Methuen, London, 1982. ISBN 0-413-48050-X.
- Lesley, Cole. The Life of Noël Coward. Cape, 1976. ISBN 0-224-01288-6.
- Mander, Raymond and Joe Mitchenson. Theatrical Companion to Coward. Updated by Barry Day and Sheridan Morley. Oberon, 2000. ISBN 1-84002-054-7.
- Morley, Sheridan. A Talent to Amuse. Heinemann 1969/Penguin Books, London, 1974. ISBN 0-14-003863-9.
- Payn, Graham and Sheridan Morley (eds.) The Noël Coward Diaries (1941–1969); Methuen, 1982. ISBN 0-297-78142-1.
- Payn, Graham. My Life with Noël Coward, Applause Books, 1994. ISBN 1-55783-190-4.
- Richards, Dick. The Wit of Noël Coward, Sphere Books, 1970. ISBN 0-7221-3676-5
- Tynan, Kenneth. Tynan on Theatre, Penguin Books, London, 1964. OCLC 949598
Further reading[link]
- Braybrooke, Patrick. The Amazing Mr Noel Coward. Denis Archer, 1933.
- Coward, Noël. Future Indefinite. Second volume of autobiography, World War II. Heinemann, 1954.
- Coward, Noël. Middle East Diary. A diary of a wartime tour to entertain the troops "from Gib to Baghdad". Heinemann, 1944.
- Coward, Noël. Past Conditional. Third volume (unfinished) of autobiography. Heinemann, 1986. ISBN 0-413-60660-0
- Coward, Noël. The Complete Stories. Methuen Paperback Original, 1985. ISBN 0-413-59970-1.
- Day, Barry (ed). Noël Coward: The Complete Lyrics. Methuen, 1998. ISBN 0-413-73230-4.
- Fisher, Clive. Noël Coward. Weidenfeld, 1992. ISBN 0-297-81180-0.
- Payn, Graham and Martin Tickner (eds.) Noël Coward: Collected Verse. Methuen, 1984, corrected edition 1987. ISBN 0-413-55150-4.
- Wynne-Tyson, Jon. Finding the Words: A Publishing Life, Michael Russell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-85955-287-X.
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Works
- Works by Noël Coward at Project Gutenberg (plain text and HTML)
- Works by Noël Coward at Internet Archive (audio, video, text)
- Rare videos of Noël Coward performing in 1955
- Noël Coward Collection in the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin
- Audio (.ram files) of a 1969 interview by Patrick Garland for the BBC
Portals
- The Noël Coward Society
- Noël Coward 101 at the Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, Television and Film
- Coward timeline and photos of Coward
- Noel Coward plays on radio
- Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward Exhibition at the Museum of Performance & Design, 17 April – 29 August 2009
Misc
- Noël Coward at the Internet Broadway Database
- Noël Coward at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Noël Coward at the Internet Movie Database
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| Name | Coward, Noël Peirce Coward |
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| Short description | English playwright and composer |
| Date of birth | 16 December 1899 |
| Place of birth | Teddington, Richmond upon Thames, England |
| Date of death | 26 March 1973 |
| Place of death | Blue Harbour, Port Maria, Jamaica |
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| Born | (1960-12-06) December 6, 1960 (age 51) Seattle, WA, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, photographer |
Gary Fong (b. December 6, 1960 in Seattle, WA, USA) is an American entrepreneur and former wedding photographer. [1]After twenty years, Fong ended his photography career in 2002 to pursue business interests such as marketing photography products, luxury vacation rentals, yacht chartering, plastics manufacturing, a distribution and fulfillment center, and authoring a successful inspirational memoir.
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Wedding photography career[link]
Originally a musician, while pursuing a degree in Pharmacology to appease his parent's demands to become a doctor, Fong accidentally stumbled upon a Life Magazine article featuring wedding photographer Rocky Gunn in a multi-page spread. Feeling that this was more fate than coincidence, Fong pursued Gunn for a chance to assist and learn. It was during this time that Gunn died at age 42 of a sudden heart-attack.
Fong, left with no mentor or proper training, started a wedding photography business in a bedroom of his parent's apartment, and offered his services for $150/no time limit. While this entry price severely undermined the pricing standards, he was able to present comprehensive designs that were far more costly than the standard photography package. He would go on to photograph such people as, Sylvester Stallone, Ronald Reagan, Sidney Sheldon, Lee Remick, Paul McCartney, Peter Criss, Bruce Lee, Todd Rundgren, Priscilla Presley, Pia Zadora, Michael Landon, Florence Henderson, Shelly Fabares, among others.[2]
While watching an on-location filming of "Charlie's Angels", Fong saw for the first time an on-set Storyboard and reasoned that wedding photography albums should use a similar format to depict a wedding story. So, using sequential photo layouts rather than static, posed images, Fong introduced the "Storybook Concept". This style of wedding albums remains popular to this day.[3]
Here Comes the Guide, a respected "bible" of wedding planning has said, "Every once in a while someone comes along to revolutionize an art form; for wedding photography, that someone Is Gary Fong."
Fong was selected in the telecast, Weddings 2000 as one of the top ten wedding photographers in the world.[2] This live simulcast was broadcast to movie theaters internationally, and was a first of its kind.
Lightsphere[link]
Discouraged by the look of flash photography because of the flashlight-shaped light source, Fong found the answer in the soft lighting of a lampshade in a hotel room. This led to the invention and patenting of the Lightsphere,[4] a dome-shaped light diffuser, which was introduced in late 2004 and has sold more than 400,000 units worldwide.
Pictage, Inc.[link]
With the advent of digital, Fong knew that online presentation of images would be best matched to an instant print delivery service. So, joining up with Pictage's online presence, Fong brought his own personal print lab into Pictage's headquarters, and installed it in the kitchen. Joining the Board of Directors and Senior Management team, Pictage started with seven employees in a small office, and within years the employee count would top 150, making Pictage the largest dedicated online digital/web solution anywhere in the United States. Apax Partners invested $29 million dollars to acquire Pictage in 2006.[5][6]
Vertical Integration[link]
In 2009, Fong began focusing on a style of management called vertical integration. Because the scale of his photographic accessories company had reached a sufficient scale, Fong's Canadian Holding Company began acquiring companies in the Midwestern United States to produce and distribute his products, including a fulfillment facility in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, and a rapid prototyping and plastics injection molding company adopting use of polylactic acid.[7]
Memoirs[link]
In 2009, Fong published his memoirs, The Accidental Millionaire - How To Succeed In Life Without Really Trying with BenBella Books. "Accidental Millionaire" has been described as "a humorous, poignant memoir of the man said to have revolutionized wedding photography".[8]
In the book, Fong claims that his entire life changed when, during an emotional meltdown, he nearly rear-ended a car that had a bumper sticker that said, "Since I Gave Up Hope, I feel Much Better".[9] From that point, Fong gave up trying to meet or achieve goals, and dropped out of society. It was during this period when we went to Club Med in the Bahamas to vanish, that his greatest inspiration came in the form of maintaining emptiness in not only his schedule but in his aspirations.
This began an awareness of a mindset which Fong calls, "The Law Of Repulsion". In the book and interviews, he theorizes that much of what sabotages a person from success is trying "too hard" to achieve a narrowly focused goal. He lists among the examples of the "Power Of Repulsion", couples who want badly to have children that have better luck becoming pregnant after adopting, or how a salesman with a quota in mind can become more repulsive to closing a sale than if the goal was not so heavily focused upon.[10]
One review described that Fong's approach caused his wealth "to grow only after he stopped focusing on a set goal for success". Fong's seemingly random path to a diversified portfolio of business interests came as he "cast his fate to the wind to free himself and let life lead his path".[11]
Another reviewer described Fong as "very unlike the Jack Welch type of millionaire that professes the full control of cognitive evaluation of risk approach, or the scores of books offering money making formulas investing in real estate."[12]
External links[link]
- Official Gary Fong Website
- Seattle Post Intelligencer Interview
- Interview "The Hot Author Report"
- Interview with Zoom Magazine
- Interview with Leigh Caraccioli
References[link]
- ^ http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/weddingphotousa-announces-industry-leader-gary-fong-as-contributing-writer-for-blog-203621.php
- ^ a b http://www.swpp.co.uk/convention/speakers/Gary_Fong.htm
- ^ http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/160403
- ^ http://www.google.com/patents?id=cSicAAAAEBAJ&printsec=drawing&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ http://www.pictage.com/static/about/pr.html#030206
- ^ http://www.techcoastangels.com/portfolio/pictage-acquired-apax-partners
- ^ http://chicagopug.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/november-pug-with-gary-fong/
- ^ http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/login.php/lunch/archives/week_2009_01_25.php (Subscription required)
- ^ http://www.digitalweddingforum.com/blog/the-accidental-millionaire-by-mr-fong-dong
- ^ http://literarilyspeaking.net/2010/07/11/interview-with-gary-fong-my-life-has-not-gone-according-to-the-plan/comment-page-1/
- ^ http://www.pacificbookreview.com/The-Accidental-Millionaire%3A--How-to-Succeed-in-Life-Without-Really-Trying.php
- ^ http://bookmarketingbuzz.com/2010/06/18/millionaire-entrepreneur-gary-fong-on-virtual-book-tour-july-10/
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