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Sir David Frederick Attenborough ( /ˈætənbərə/) OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FZS, FSA (born 8 May 1926) is a British broadcaster and naturalist.
His career as the face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s.
Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in Britain, although he himself does not care for the term. He is a younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.
Attenborough was born in Isleworth, west London, but grew up in College House on the campus of the University College, Leicester, where his father, Frederick, was principal. He is the middle of three sons (his elder brother, Richard, became an actor and his younger brother, John, an executive at Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo). During World War II his parents also adopted two Jewish refugee girls from Europe.
Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 13, 2009)—known as Les Paul—was an American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter and inventor. He was the inventor of the solid-body electric guitar which made the sound of rock and roll possible. He is credited with many recording innovations. Although he was not the first to use the technique, his early experiments with overdubbing (also known as sound on sound),delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording were among the first to attract widespread attention.
His innovative talents extended into his playing style, including licks, trills, chording sequences, fretting techniques and timing, which set him apart from his contemporaries and inspired many guitarists of the present day. He recorded with his wife Mary Ford in the 1950s, and they sold millions of records.
Among his many honors, Paul is one of a handful of artists with a permanent, stand-alone exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is prominently named by the music museum on its website as an "architect" and a "key inductee" along with Sam Phillips and Alan Freed.
The Sun was shining across the field
Burning bright with all his might
In the shadows lingering
The Moon was looking so sadly
Why should he shine so bright?
The day is is old, and it's the night
No rain or storm could keep them from love, no
No rain or storm could keep them from love, hey
So the Moon across the field
She told the Sun "you'd better run, run, run
You'd better run, you'd better run
It's my turn Sun"
The day is through, it's time to start anew
The day is through
Then the night became as bright
Because the Moon gave her light
When the stars go join their friend
Then the day came to an end
It's all over, it's all over, it's all over
Another day, another night
The day is through, it's time to start anew
And when the cycle ends another starts again
Someone's looking at the sunlight
Thinking that the moonbeams
Are better than sunshine
Someone's looking at the sunlight
Dreaming that their nightmares
Are better in the daytime
Wish it would start, wish it would start