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Rockin' Robin (song) "Rockin' Robin" (originally released as "Rock-In Robin" on the Class Records 45 single) is a song written by Leon René under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas, and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958. It was Day's biggest hit single, becoming a number two hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and spent one week at the top of the charts (number one hit) in R&B sales. In 1972, Michael Jackson recorded his own version of "Rockin' Robin", which was released as a single from his gold-certified solo album titled "Got to Be There". It was the biggest hit from
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Rockin' Robin (song) "Rockin' Robin" (originally released as "Rock-In Robin" on the Class Records 45 single) is a song written by Leon René under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas, and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958. It was Day's biggest hit single, becoming a number two hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and spent one week at the top of the charts (number one hit) in R&B sales. In 1972, Michael Jackson recorded his own version of "Rockin' Robin", which was released as a single from his gold-certified solo album titled "Got to Be There". It was the biggest hit from
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the album, hitting number 1 on the "Cash Box" singles chart and peaking at number 2 on both the "Billboard" Hot 100, behind "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack. On the Billboard soul singles chart, "Rockin' Robin" went to number 2. Rockin' Robin (song) "Rockin' Robin" (originally released as "Rock-In Robin" on the Class Records 45 single) is a song written by Leon René under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas, and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958. It was Day's biggest hit single, becoming a number two hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and spent one
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Along)", written by Harry M. Woods and a hit for Al Jolson and others, and "Rockin' Robin", written by Roger Thomas and a hit for Bobby Day and others. Although the comic-book superhero Robin was inspired by an N. C. Wyeth illustration of Robin Hood, a later version had his mother nicknaming him Robin because he was born on the first day of spring. His red shirt suggests the bird's red breast. American robin The American robin ("Turdus migratorius") is a migratory songbird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European
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28). The DC5 also had the hits "Do You Love Me" (No. 11), "Because" (No. 3), "Reelin’ and Rockin'" (No. 23), "Catch Us If You Can" (No. 4, by Clark & Lenny Davidson), "I Like It Like That" (No. 7), "You Got What It Takes" (No. 7) and "Any Way You Want It" (No. 14). ("Over and Over," previously listed herein as composed by Smith and Clark, was actually written and recorded by Bobby Day. Day's version entered the Billboard Top 100 in 1958 – the B-side to "Rockin' Robin"). Mike Smith and Clark also co-wrote and performed "Having A
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Over and Over (Bobby Day song) "Over and Over" is a song written by Robert James Byrd and recorded by him using the stage name Bobby Day. Day's version entered the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1958, the same week a version of the same song by Thurston Harris entered the chart. Day's version reached #41, and was the B-side to "Rockin' Robin". Thurston Harris' version peaked at #96. In the song, the singer describes going to a party with misgivings of having a good time, until he sees a pretty girl. The singer attempts to ask her out, but she
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an occasional guest singer with a local band, the Bluenotes, in 1958 were "Louie Louie", which he had heard on Berry's obscure original single, and Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin", which gave him his stage name. In 1959, Roberts left the Bluenotes and began singing with another local band, the Wailers (often known as the Fabulous Wailers, who had had a hit record with the instrumental "Tall Cool One"). Known for his dynamic onstage performances, Roberts added "Louie Louie" to the band's set and, in 1960 recorded the track with the Wailers as his backing band. The arrangement, devised by Roberts
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in early 1972). In the UK the song was released as the third (and final) single from the album (after the two singles "Got to Be There" and "Rockin' Robin", a cover of Bobby Day's 1958 song). (The song "I Wanna Be Where You Are", which was released as the third single in the US, was on the B-side.) It was a hit, peaking in the UK Singles Chart at number 8 for 3 weeks in September 1972. "The Boris Gardiner Happening" recorded a version of "Ain't No Sunshine" in 1973 with Paul Douglas singing lead, and Boris Gardiner playing
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Robin" by Bobby Day, which gave him his new stage name. In 1959, the Bluenotes - without Roberts, who was a full-time student at the time - recorded a ballad, "I Love An Angel", sung by Englehart. Credited to Little Bill and the Bluenotes, the single was issued by Dolton Records and rose to no. 66 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Sidelined by the Bluenotes, Roberts left and, a few months later, joined rival local band The Wailers, whose instrumental "Tall Cool One" had also made the national charts. In 1960 he recorded "Louie Louie" with the Wailers, although for
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marker was replaced with a more elaborate memorial highlighting his "Louie Louie" connection. Rockin' Robin Roberts Lawrence Fewell Roberts II (November 23, 1940 – December 22, 1967), known as Robin Roberts and in his music career as "Rockin' Robin" Roberts, was an American singer best known for his performances in the early 1960s with The Wailers, a rock and roll band based in Tacoma, Washington. His best known record was the earliest cover version of Richard Berry's "Louie Louie", recorded in 1960 and released the following year. Born in New York City, Roberts moved to the Pacific Northwest as a
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Rockin' Robin Roberts Lawrence Fewell Roberts II (November 23, 1940 – December 22, 1967), known as Robin Roberts and in his music career as "Rockin' Robin" Roberts, was an American singer best known for his performances in the early 1960s with The Wailers, a rock and roll band based in Tacoma, Washington. His best known record was the earliest cover version of Richard Berry's "Louie Louie", recorded in 1960 and released the following year. Born in New York City, Roberts moved to the Pacific Northwest as a child after his father died, settling with his mother in Tacoma. While at
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something different, conceptually, and so I had this amazing idea and now I'm debating whether I should reshoot it or go straight to "Show Me a Good Time"". Drake and Swizz Beatz performed the song at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, on September 12, 2010. Mary J. Blige performed alongside them in place of T.I., who was unable to attend; she sang a verse from the original leaked version, in addition to the chorus. On New Year’s Eve 2011 on ABC, Drake performed a new version of his "Fancy" track on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’
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Washington, who came to specialize in a surf rock sound, and the Frantics from Seattle. The Blue Notes from Tacoma, Washington, fronted by "Rockin' Robin" Roberts, were one of the city's first teenage rock & roll bands. The Wailers (often referred to as the Fabulous Wailers) had national chart hit in 1959, the instrumental "Tall Cool One". After the demise of Blue Notes, "Rockin' Robin" did a brief stint with the Wailers, and with him on vocals in 1962, they recorded a version of Richard Berry's 1957 song "Louie Louie"—their arrangement became the much-replicated blueprint for practically every band in
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Jolson recorded it again on December 5, 1947 for Decca Records. Also in the 1950s, a version was released by Peter Pan Records, with "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" on the reverse side of the single. The song helped inspire the name of the American casual dining restaurant chain Red Robin: the owner of the original restaurant, in the University District of Seattle, sang in a barbershop quartet which frequently sang the song, and in the 1940s he renamed his restaurant "Sam's Red Robin". The English football club Charlton Athletic play Billy Cotton's version of the song as
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He wrote and recorded the original version of "Little Bitty Pretty One", and had a hit of his own with "Rockin' Robin" (1958). In 1960, Day/Byrd and Nelson began recording together as Bob & Earl, on the Class record label. However, these releases had relatively little success, and Day/Byrd restarted his solo career. In 1962, Nelson then recruited a second "Bob", Bobby Relf (January 10, 1937 – November 20, 2007), who also used the stage names of Bobby Garrett and Bobby Valentino. Relf had already led several Los Angeles based acts in his career, including the Laurels, the Upfronts, and
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fact that the Deltas were fans of at least one black R&B musician, and 1962 was five years "after" Richard Berry released his original version of the song, plus the song had been popular with local bands in the Northwest following Rockin' Robin Roberts' 1961 single). Aside from the "Animal House" appearance, the song appeared in many other films, typically in raucous and humorous contexts. An instrumental version played by the Rice University Marching Owl Band (MOB) is heard in the final scene of "" (1988). (In the film, the University of Southern California Marching Band is seen trampling Ricardo
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version on the recording by Rockin' Robin Roberts with the Fabulous Wailers, unintentionally introducing a change in the rhythm as he did. "I showed the others how to play it with a 1–2–3, 1–2, 1–2–3 beat instead of the 1–2–3–4, 1–2, 1–2–3–4 beat that is on the (Wailers) record", recalled Ely. The night before their recording session, the band played a 90-minute version of the song during a gig at a local teen club. The Kingsmen's studio version was recorded in one take. They also recorded the "B" side of the release, an original instrumental by the group called "Haunted
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does the voice for Ozzie the Opossum, who encourages his daughter (voice by Avril Lavigne) to play dead in threatening situations. While the new version features none of the swearing and parodies of the original, Folds makes some very pointed barbs at the concept of suburbia in the song, including jabs at homeowner associations and driving long distances to work. This version of the song was also featured in the film "Marley & Me". Rockin' the Suburbs (song) "Rockin' the Suburbs" is a song by Ben Folds on the album of the same name. Folds stated of the inspiration for
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Clyde McPhatter in 1962, and the Jackson Five in 1972. However, Day is most remembered for his 1958 solo recording of the "Billboard" Hot 100 No. 2 hit, Rockin' Robin, written by Leon Rene under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold record. "Rockin' Robin" was a song covered by Bob Luman at Town Hall Party on October 28, 1958, The Hollies in 1964, Gene Vincent in 1969, Michael Jackson in 1972, and by McFly in 2006. Harris' version of "Little Bitty Pretty One" appears in the 1996 motion picture "Matilda" as
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Happy Tiger Records. However, R&B radio stations were worried that the song would offend sponsors, such as those on gospel shows. The record was consequently slow to take off. Around the same time, Annette Snell, recording as Annetta, released "Since There Is No More of You," a single written by Kelly, who sang background on the release. "Stealing" received a push from Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams Jr., who was about to undertake a promotional visit to Baltimore Along with Kelly, he visited a WWIN radio DJ, Rockin' Robin. Although Kelly was now trying to push the b-side, "The Day After
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of The Fabulous Moolah's team. Throughout 1988, she feuded with Sensational Sherri for the WWF Women's Championship. On October 7, 1988, she defeated Sensational Sherri, who had held the title for fifteen months prior, for the Women's Championship in Paris. At the Royal Rumble in 1989, she defended the title against Judy Martin. Smith defended the belt against Martin for the first six months of 1989. In the meantime, at WrestleMania V, she sang "America the Beautiful" to open the show. Smith continued to defend the Women's title against Martin throughout the summer of 1989. She held the championship until
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appear on the 2006 Big Idea release "Veggie Tales: Worship Songs". The band was featured as part of 2005's "VeggieTales Rockin' Tour LIVE", the second traveling stage show featuring VeggieTales music and characters. Boyz in the Sink Boyz in the Sink is a fictional band of "VeggieTales" characters who first appeared in the 2003 Silly Songs with Larry segment of "The Ballad of Little Joe." The band has subsequently appeared in 2007's Moe and the Big Exit and 2012's "If I Sang A Silly Song" and "Robin Good and The Not-So-Merry Men." Like other recurring themes such as , the
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the attraction to "Rockin' Space Mountain", in which the calmer soundtrack of the attraction in daytime hours was to be replaced at night by a driving rock soundtrack, and different special effects. The original version of Rockin' Space Mountain, called "RockIt Mountain", premiered for Grad Nite 2006 as part of the Happiest Homecoming on Earth. Rockin' Space Mountain premiered during the "Year of a Million Dreams" Celebration, and was promoted alongside Rockin' California Screamin, a similar modification to Disney California Adventure Park's California Screamin' roller coaster began January 3, 2007 and ended April 26, 2007. Contrary to the original plans
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problem but eventually was able to quit altogether. In 2005, Smith's home and all of her belongings were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. During the aftermath of the hurricane, she stayed with family in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She now runs a real estate appraisal business in Hammond, Louisiana. Rockin' Robin (wrestler) Robin Denise Smith (born October 9, 1964), better known by her ring name Rockin' Robin, is an American former professional wrestler. As the daughter of Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith, she is a second-generation wrestler. Her brother Sam Houston and half-brother Jake "The Snake" Roberts are also wrestlers. Smith worked for the
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Rockin' Robin (wrestler) Robin Denise Smith (born October 9, 1964), better known by her ring name Rockin' Robin, is an American former professional wrestler. As the daughter of Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith, she is a second-generation wrestler. Her brother Sam Houston and half-brother Jake "The Snake" Roberts are also wrestlers. Smith worked for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the 1980s. She held the WWF Women's Championship from October 1988 until it was retired in 1990. She then worked on the independent circuit. Smith grew up in a wrestling family and enjoyed going to wrestling shows, where she claims she and
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the second season, the theme song was performed by the band Cheap Trick. Unlike previous versions of the song, Cheap Trick ended the song with the repeated phrase "We're all alright!" quoting the ending of their 1978 hit song "Surrender". Both versions of the song (Todd Griffin and Cheap Trick) used on the show end with somebody yelling "Hello, Wisconsin!" In Griffin's version, Danny Masterson is the one yelling "Hello, Wisconsin!" while it is unknown who yells it in Cheap Trick's version during the opening. On the soundtrack, "That '70s Album (Rockin')", Cheap Trick's lead singer Robin Zander yells "Hello,
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was renamed "Rockin' California Screamin"'. This was promoted alongside Rockin' Space Mountain, a similar change made to Space Mountain in Disneyland, though that ride's audio was changed to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' cover version of "Higher Ground". These changes were part of the "Rockin' Both Parks" campaign. The standard audio track was restored when the campaign ended. The original safety spiels were recorded by Dee Bradley Baker. On November 5, 2010, the attraction's original recorded safety spiels were updated with the voice of actor Neil Patrick Harris. Harris also recorded audio for the launch, counting down for guests. There
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her siblings were treated like celebrities. Smith later decided to become a professional wrestler and trained, along with her sister-in-law Nickla Roberts (known by her ring name Baby Doll), under Nelson Royal. During 1987, Smith competed as Rockin' Robin in Wild West Wrestling, where she feuded with Debbie Combs and Sue Green. When the WWF decided to restart their women's division in the late 1980s, both women tried out for the company, but the role ultimately went to Smith. Smith, as Rockin' Robin, debuted in the WWF in late 1987. She competed at the first Survivor Series as a member
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Band", to complete the tracks. Eight of the twelve unreleased songs were written by Jennings, with the addition of Tony Joe White's original "Goin' Down Rockin" and Willie Nelson's "Sad Songs and Waltzes". A version of "She's No Good for Me" was originally recorded for "Waymore's Blues (Part II)" (as "No Good for Me") and a version of "Wasting Time" was recorded on "Right for the Time" (written as "Wastin' Time"). "I Do Believe" was performed solo by Waylon for The Highwaymen's 1995 album "The Road Goes On Forever", while "Never Say Die" and "Goin' Down Rockin'" were both featured
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and reached #8 on the national charts. To avoid confusion with Duane Eddy and his Rebels, the Rebels became the Rockin' Rebels. Swan pressings can be found with either name; the British Stateside pressings had "Rockin'". The band's 1963 LP uses the name "The Rockin' Rebels". While the instrumental is the best-known version, the original lyrics were, as mentioned above, a promo for the Shannon radio show. Shannon would tweak the lyrics when he moved to WHTT many years later. In 1989, NRBQ recorded a cover version with Shannon-Todaro approved lyrics under the title "It's a Wild Weekend". It was
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Robin Guitars Robin Guitars is a boutique guitar manufacturer located in Houston, Texas. The company was formed in 1982 by Dave Wintz who owned the Rockin' Robin Guitar Shop at the time. Robin guitars were made in Japan by Tokai and Chushin until 1986, when their production moved to the United States. Notable endorsers include Stevie Ray Vaughan and his brother Jimmie, who were frequently seen onstage with the "RDN" 6-string standard neck/6 string octave neck double-neck guitar in the 1980s. Eric Johnson has played them, and Stevie Blaze of Lillian Axe also played Robin guitars during the early part
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of his career. Robin guitars and basses have featured pickups from their sister company, Rio Grande Pickups since 1994. Robin Guitars Robin Guitars is a boutique guitar manufacturer located in Houston, Texas. The company was formed in 1982 by Dave Wintz who owned the Rockin' Robin Guitar Shop at the time. Robin guitars were made in Japan by Tokai and Chushin until 1986, when their production moved to the United States. Notable endorsers include Stevie Ray Vaughan and his brother Jimmie, who were frequently seen onstage with the "RDN" 6-string standard neck/6 string octave neck double-neck guitar in the 1980s.
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label, Mercury Records. The group was moved to Island Def Jam Music Group, which they eventually left after a conflict with the label. Hanson has sold over 16 million records worldwide and have had 8 top 40 albums and 6 top 40 singles in the US, as well as 8 top 40 singles in the UK. The band now records under its own independent record label, 3CG Records. In the early to mid-1990s, Isaac, Taylor and Zac sang a cappella and recorded such classic songs as "Rockin' Robin", "Splish Splash" and "Johnny B. Goode", as well as their own material.
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kidnapped and killed Roberts' sister. In the DVD documentary, "Old School with Rockin' Robin", Robin details how she was sexually abused by her father, beginning at age 6 or 7. Grizzly Smith Aurelian Smith (August 1, 1932 – June 12, 2010) was an American professional wrestler better known as Grizzly Smith. He was the father of professional wrestlers Aurelian, Jr. (Jake "The Snake" Roberts), Michael (Sam Houston), and Robin (Rockin' Robin). After his wrestling career ended, he served for a time as a backstage official in the World Wrestling Federation and a road agent in World Championship Wrestling, as recounted
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created a whole new duplicate realm, known as the Wish Realm, which consists of alternate versions of the Enchanted Forest characters that come with different backstories for the 28 years after the point in which Regina never got to cast her curse. This includes an alternate version of Robin, who never married Marian and never became an honorable thief. This wish version of Robin is officially known as Robin of Locksley, which was also the original Robin's title before he made himself known as "Robin Hood." In the Wish Realm, Regina and Emma encounter an alternate version of Robin. This
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offer, but, he said, "he'd still like to work with them somewhere down the road." Daughtry's March 21 performance caused controversy when he sang a minor-key rendition of Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line", based on a cover of the song by the band Live originally recorded for the 2001 tribute album "Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records". Neither Daughtry nor the judges (who uniformly praised the performance) noted the Live version, making it appear to some viewers and critics that Daughtry was trying to pass off the arrangement as his own. In an interview with "Entertainment Weekly",
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the second match. (Matsuda later recommended Smith's daughter Rockin' Robin to work for All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling in the 1990s). Smith's feud with The Assassins also took him to Western Canada, where he teamed with Don Leo Jonathan to defeat The Assassins for the Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship. Smith, who was wrestling under the ring name Ski Hi Jones, and Jonathan held the title from March 25, 1968 until the following month, when The Assassins regained the championship in a rematch. Smith then returned to Texas, where he was involved in a rivalry with
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Hart Vocal Institute. At a young age, Mosley performed in Sugar Beats, a children's rock group created by Sherry Goffin Kondor, daughter of singer/writer, Carole King. Mosley sang such hits as "Rockin' Robin". In 2003, while still in college, Mosley joined the American counterpart of the Australian children's TV show "Hi-5", where she became the youngest member of the group. Her segment was called "Body Move", where she led viewers in stretching, exercising, and silly dances. She was usually the transitional member of the group, performing her skits in between other cast members' acts. She also provided the voice of
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"This Is Me" is the first song that Lovato's character, Mitchie Torres, sang in "Camp Rock" with Jonas's character, Shane Gray. Mitchie wrote the song in the beginning of the film, and was later heard (in an acoustic version on piano), but not seen, by Shane, who set out to search for the girl behind the amazing voice. After most people performed already in the "Final Jam" session, Mitchie sang the song (original version) and Shane saw her and sang part of the song he wrote, "Gotta Find You". The two songs are combined to make the original version, as
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He temporarily began wearing a kiddie version of his first Nightwing costume, but later went back to being Robin. Later issues eventually introduced Jason Todd and Tim Drake into the series as toddlers who Barbara Gordon babysits. Both Jason and Dick wear the original Robin costumes, while Tim wears the 2006 "One Year Later" Robin costume. Talon also appears as a frequent enemy of Robin, but in the conclusion of issue 46 he gets his hair cut like Robin by Batman's butler. An alternative version of Robin appears in Paul Pope's "" limited series. This Robin is a dark-skinned teenager
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"Washington, My Home" as the state song with "Louie, Louie", on the basis that the latter song was popularized by Tacoma, Washington resident Rockin' Robin Roberts two years prior to it achieving national acclaim as a rock standard. After several county governments enacted resolutions supporting the campaign, a rally was held on the steps of the Washington State Capitol featuring The Fabulous Wailers, The Kingsmen, and Paul Revere and the Raiders, who performed a 30-minute version of the tune. The growing seriousness of the campaign, however, prompted a backlash from members of the legislature; the "Washington Post" reported, at the
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Girls" and "Stand by Me" as their bottom two performance on the fifth series of the UK TV show "The X Factor". A year later on "series six" of the show, Lloyd Daniels sang the chorus and last verse of the song in his November 30, 2008 performance, also singing King's original "Stand by Me". Bayside covers the song on "Punk Goes Pop Volume Two". BAMF! recorded a version entitled "Bootyfull Girl". Russell Crowe, Kevin Durand, Scott Grimes, and Alan Doyle performed a cover version during the press tour for "Robin Hood" and at several benefit shows afterwards. "Beautiful Girls"
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Emotion (Samantha Sang song) "Emotion" is a song written by Barry and Robin Gibb. It was first recorded by Australian singer Samantha Sang, whose version reached number three on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in 1978. The Bee Gees recorded their own version of the song in 1994 as part of an album called "Love Songs" which was never released but it was eventually included on their 2001 collection titled "". In 2001, "Emotion" was covered by the American R&B girl group Destiny's Child. Their version of the song was an international hit, reaching the top ten on the US
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original samples. There are also official live recordings on the later releases "And All that Could Have Been" and "Beside You in Time". Each version features distinct instrumentation by the varying members of the band in the respective eras. During the "Dissonance" tour in 1995, when Nine Inch Nails opened for David Bowie, Bowie sang "Hurt" in a duet with Reznor, backed by an original melody and beat. This served as the conclusion to the dual act that began each Bowie set. During the "Fragility" tours, the progression was performed by Robin Finck on acoustic guitar rather than on piano.
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Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958; it has since been recorded by numerous other music artists. By the song's 50th anniversary in 2008, Lee's original version had sold over 25 million copies with the 4th most digital downloads sold of any Christmas single. Because of her mature-sounding voice, Lee recorded this song when she was only thirteen years old. The song's declaration of a rock and roll sound notwithstanding, its instrumentation also fits the country music genre, which Lee more fully
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most distinctive 50 percent of the original band (songwriters Noddy Holder and Jim Lea) absent, it really isn't much to write home about." Keep On Rockin' (Slade II album) Keep on Rockin' is the debut and only studio album by Slade II. The album was released in 1994 and has seen various re-issues and guises under alternative names such as "Wild Nites" (1999), "Cum on Let's Party!" (2002) and "Superyob" (2003). In March 1992, Slade disbanded with the departure of lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea. That year, guitarist Dave Hill decided to form his own version of
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hits. In 1949, he released "Rockin' at Midnight", a sequel to "Good Rockin' Tonight." It reached #2 on the R&B chart, where it remained for a month. In 1954, "Good Rockin' Tonight" was the second Sun Records release by Elvis Presley, along with "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine" on the flip side. Presley and his bandmates hewed closer to the original Roy Brown version, but omitted the lyrics' by-then-dated roster of names in favor of a simpler, more energetic "We're gonna rock, rock, rock!" Described as "a flat-out rocker" country radio programmers blanched, and older audiences were
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new singles "Take Me Home" and "Some Exercise", the album re-used four tracks from "Keep on Rockin"', alongside "Merry Xmas Now!" and "Wild Nites". "Hold On To Love" was also included, alongside the band's 1993 recording "Run Run Rudolph" and a different version of "Red Hot". In 2003, the album was again re-issued as "Superyob", released on Hill's own Yob Records. Aside from the original album, it included "Hold on to Love", "Wild Nites" and "Merry Xmas Now". Many of the songs on "Keep on Rockin"' was written by Hill and ex-Wizzard keyboardist Bill Hunt. According to Hill in a
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Keep On Rockin' (Slade II album) Keep on Rockin' is the debut and only studio album by Slade II. The album was released in 1994 and has seen various re-issues and guises under alternative names such as "Wild Nites" (1999), "Cum on Let's Party!" (2002) and "Superyob" (2003). In March 1992, Slade disbanded with the departure of lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea. That year, guitarist Dave Hill decided to form his own version of the group as Slade II, which included original drummer Don Powell. Steve Whalley was recruited as lead vocalist, Craig Fenney on bass and
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the "Billboard" 200 and #5 on the R&B albums chart. The title track was a successful single, reaching #14 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, #3 on the R&B singles chart, and #6 on the UK Singles Chart. The album also includes the original full version of the song, "You Make Me Feel Brand New". Rockin' Roll Baby Rockin' Roll Baby is the third studio album recorded by American R&B group The Stylistics, released in November 1973 on the Avco label. It was produced by Thom Bell and recorded at Sigma Sound Studio North in Philadelphia. This would be the group's
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"Little Darlin's Rock and Roll Palace", a rock and roll show on The Nashville Network, with two seasons recorded in Kissimee, Florida at little Darlin's Rock and Roll Palace. The third season was recorded in Nashville and Baltimore. The shows featured house band Rockin Robin backing the greatest artists of the '50s and '60s including The Coasters, Shirelles, Lou Christie, Tommy Roe, Del Shannon, and Roger McGuinn. In 1989, he provided the narration for the US version of the arcade game "DJ Boy". His voice was not used in the home version of the game due to memory limitations. In
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he returned to make his last recordings with the band on the single "You Don't Love Me". In July 1967, he moved to San Francisco and began work as a chemist for the Crown Cork and Seal Company. Early in the morning of December 22, 1967, aged 27, Robin Roberts was killed in a head-on automobile accident after leaving a party. He was the passenger in a car traveling the wrong way on a divided freeway south of San Francisco and was killed on impact. Roberts is buried in Tacoma Cemetery located in Tacoma, Washington. In 1998, his original grave
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Clive Lea left in 1970, and was replaced by Terry Webster. The Rockin' Berries continued to perform as a music and comedy act in cabaret, with numerous later personnel changes. Turton returned to the group in the 1970s, and, with Botfield, has remained with the group to the present day. The Rockin' Berries The Rockin' Berries are a Beat group from Birmingham, England, who had several hit records in the UK in the 1960s. A version of the group, emphasising comedy routines as well as music, continues to perform to the present day. The Rockin' Berries were originally formed as
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Meat Loaf recorded a version on his 2003 album "Couldn't Have Said It Better", and Marcia Hines covered the song for her 2004 album "Hinesight". Ray Wilson included a version, on his 2001 live album "Live and Acoustic", which was mostly sung by backing vocalist Amanda Lyon. Stoney LaRue recorded a studio version on his 2005 album "The Red Dirt Album", and a live version on "Live at Billy Bob's Texas". Robin Wright sang to composer Max Richter's take on the song for the soundtrack of the 2013 film "The Congress" Norah Jones sang a version at the Steve Jobs
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forming a tag team with Wendi Richter. She competed at LPWA's only pay-per-view, LPWA Super Ladies Showdown. Smith and her brother Sam Houston are the children of Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith and were born after his first marriage dissolved. Her half-brother is Jake "The Snake" Roberts, who was born during their father's first marriage. Robin and her brothers all wrestled in the WWF at the same time in the 1980s, but their relationship was never mentioned on-screen at the request of Robin. Author and former National Wrestling Alliance president Howard Brody alleges in his book "Swimming with Piranhas" that Robin was
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sleep." "Rockin at Midnight" is a remake of the 1949 recording by Roy Brown, the song's author, who wrote it as an answer record to his 1947 composition and recording, "Good Rockin' Tonight". The album was re-released in a remastered edition in 2007 as part of a Robert Plant remaster series, with the live version of "Rockin' at Midnight" (previously released on the 12-inch single version of the studio recording) included as a bonus track. Plant and Ertegün discussed the possibility of doing another Honeydrippers album, but with the latter's death in December 2006, the plan was shelved permanently. 1984
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Music" was the 11th most popular show in the country. Crocker made his acting debut on a 1969 episode of "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo". He was previously in a relationship with English actress Katy Manning for 20 years. In May 1973, he released the album "Music Makes My Day", featuring an updated version of American Rockabilly singer Robin Luke's "Susie Darlin'" on the Festival Records label. The recording featured Olivia Newton-John and Pat Carroll on backup vocals and enjoyed chart success, reaching Number 25 in Sydney, Number 7 in Melbourne, Number 3 in Brisbane and Adelaide. He sang the original
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The Rockin' Berries The Rockin' Berries are a Beat group from Birmingham, England, who had several hit records in the UK in the 1960s. A version of the group, emphasising comedy routines as well as music, continues to perform to the present day. The Rockin' Berries were originally formed as a beat group at Turves Green School in Birmingham in the late 1950s by guitarist Brian "Chuck" Botfield, and were so named because they played several Chuck Berry songs in their set. An early keyboard player with the group was Christine Perfect, later Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac. When another
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early bath offence). This seen him regularly getting him into trouble with then manager Brian Flynn. Rockin Robin was also sent off by the referee in the Wrexham vs. Wycombe Wanderers game. Rockin' Robin returned for the 150th Anniversary Match vs Grimsby Town on 11 October. Between 1988 and 1995 the reserve team of Wrexham played in the Welsh football leagues. In the 1994–95 season they won the Cyrmu Alliance League Cup. "Wrexham related books" The Wrexham football team plays a significant role in the 1994 Peter Davies book "Twenty Two Foreigners in Funny Shorts" which was written for the
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there, he went to Mississippi to work with promoter George Culkin. Smith was born in Grayson County, Texas and grew up with a brother, who died at age nine, and two sisters. He had two children from his first marriage, Aurelian, Jr. and a daughter. He later had two more children, Michael and Robin, with his second wife Marsha. Three of his children went on to become professional wrestlers: Aurelian, Jr. as Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, Michael as Sam Houston, and Robin as Rockin' Robin. Smith briefly married again on June 22, 1992 this time to a woman named Michelle
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annual all-day concert organized by KIIS-FM, in California. On July 4, 2001, it was performed at the "Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular", for the celebration of Independence Day. In December 2001, Simpson joined the cast of KBKS-FM's Jingle Bell Bash in Seattle. In late 2001, Simpson sang the song as part of MTV's "Spring Break" program, held in Cancún, Mexico. She later performed the song at The Monkey Club in Paris, France. "Irresistible" was sung during the 2001 "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve", along with "A Little Bit". In 2002, Simpson sang "Irresistible" at Rockin' for the USA,
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returned for her second year corresponding from Times Square. Musical guests in Times Square included Lady Gaga (who also joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg in activating the ball drop), Justin Bieber, Pitbull and Hot Chelle Rae. Performers in the Hollywood segments included Taio Cruz, Nicki Minaj, Blink-182, Florence + the Machine, LMFAO, Gym Class Heroes, OneRepublic (at Disneyland), The Band Perry, will.i.am, Christina Perri, and Robin Thicke. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first edition of "New Year's Rockin' Eve", the primetime portion of the show was preceded by a two-hour retrospective special focusing on memorable music performances from the
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Mason Junior High School he started listening to rhythm and blues music and buying records in Tacoma's black district. At the Puyallup Fair in 1957 he stood up and began singing Little Richard songs unaccompanied, and was heard there by members of a local band, the Bluenotes. He joined the band, who already had a regular lead singer in "Little Bill" Engelhart, and performed with them as an occasional guest singer at weekend dances. One of the R&B songs he started performing with the group was "Louie Louie", the B-side of a 1957 single by Richard Berry; another was "Rockin'
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in France. The influences displayed on the album range from The Beatles to baroque pop. Around July 1967, the Gibb brothers sang backup vocals on Johnny Young's cover version of "Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy of Arts" from Bee Gees' 1st, released as a single the following month. Also in July 1967, the Gibb brothers sang backup vocals on Oscar's cover version of "Holiday", with an orchestral arrangement by Bill Shepherd. Around July or August, Barry and Robin wrote "Cowman, Milk Your Cow", which was recorded by Adam Faith, with the Gibb brothers on background vocals, Russ Ballard and Pete
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1965 and by Only Men Aloud! in 2008. Japan in 1978 on their "Adolescent Sex" album. The Bobby Darin version was used in the film "American Beauty" and the trailer for "Catch Me If You Can". The song was covered by Diana Ross and The Supremes on their 1968 album "Sing and Perform Funny Girl". Robin Williams also sang this song while dressed as Streisand during a scene from "Mrs. Doubtfire". LaToya London sang the song on the third season of "American Idol". Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Diana Ross and Donna Summer also sang this song live. Lois Griffin sang
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a good performance of "Karma Police" by Radiohead, as well as getting the audience excited with his catchy original, "Throw It Away". Supernova applauded his performance. Next up was Lukas, who sang "Fix You" by Coldplay and a stripped down version of his original, "Headspin". Dilana went next with the song "Roxanne" by The Police. Like all the rest, she then sang her original, "Supersoul", which Supernova enjoyed. Magni finished the show with the Deep Purple song "Hush" followed by his original, "When the Time Comes". However, unlike the other rockers, Tommy Lee and Jason Newsted had criticisms for Magni's
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the Sun Shine In" and brings audience members up on stage to dance. The original Broadway production also included Melba Moore as Dionne, Ronnie Dyson, who sang "Aquarius" and "What a Piece of Work is Man", Paul Jabara and Diane Keaton. "Hair" opened on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre on April 29, 1968. The production was directed by Tom O'Horgan and choreographed by Julie Arenal, with set design by Robin Wagner, costume design by Nancy Potts, and lighting design by Jules Fisher. The original Broadway "tribe" (i.e., cast) included authors Rado and Ragni, who played the lead roles of Claude
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resembled that of Jay & the Techniques. The band released its first single, a cover version of "Rockin' Robin" around 1964, under the name of Little David & the Giants. In 1969, Keith Thibodeaux (best known as "Little Ricky" from "I Love Lucy") joined the band. His arrival marked the beginning of the band's most commercially successful era. Although band members often described their sound as having its roots in Southern rock, the band's most successful recordings became popular in England in the 1970s and 80s as Northern soul – songs that featured a mixture of a Top 40 sound
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Ke Khiladi", the Indian version of "Fear Factor". In 2008, Neeraj had all of his songs superhits. He sang the following songs for their respective films: 'Race Saanson Ki', 'Race Is On My Mind' and 'Sexy Lady' ("Race"), 'Chandni Chowk To China' ("Chandni Chowk To China"), 'Love Mera Hit', and 'Rockin' And Reelin' ("Billu"), 'Vacancy' and 'Tha Karke' ("Golmaal Returns"), 'Aai Paapi' ("Kismat Konnection"), 'O Re Lakad' ("Krazzy 4"), 'Nobody Like You' ("Mission Istanbul"), 'Bas Ek King' and 'Talli Hua' ("Singh Is Kinng"), 'Sooni Sooni Raahein' and 'Main Ro Na Padoon' ("Hum Phir Mile Na Mile"), 'Pom Pom Pom' ("Horn
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Mitchell on guitar and Bob Nordby on bass to round out the band. They called themselves the Kingsmen, taking the name from a recently disbanded group. The Kingsmen began their collective career playing at fashion shows, Red Cross events, and supermarket promotions, generally avoiding rock songs on their setlist. In 1962, while playing a gig at the Pypo Club in Seaside, Oregon, then managed by Al Dardis, the band noticed Rockin' Robin Roberts's version of "Louie Louie" being played on the jukebox for hours on end. The entire club would get up and dance. Ely convinced the Kingsmen to learn
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guitar and Bob Nordby on bass to round out a band. They called themselves The Kingsmen, taking the name from a recently disbanded group. The Kingsmen began their collective career playing at fashion shows, Red Cross events, and supermarket promotions, generally avoiding rock songs on their setlist. Ely played with the Kingsmen as he attended Portland State University. In 1962, while playing a gig at the Pypo Club in Seaside, Oregon, the band noticed Rockin' Robin Roberts's version of "Louie Louie" being played on the jukebox for hours on end. The entire club would get up and dance. Ely convinced
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Bill and Boyd, Allison Durbin, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Bronwyn Gordon appeared as well. Chase performed the "Rockin' Robin medley". The next time was on 22 August. Other guests included Yvonne Barrett, David Belcher, and Mary Ann Leyden. On that occasion he performed "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife". In August 1976, Chase was regularly appearing in a prestigious Sydney hotel bar as its resident artist, and his first Australian LP was ready for release the following month. In 1998, his version of "Today I Killed A Man I Didn't Know" was included on the "Vietnam Remembered" various artists compilation. Today
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the studio tracks, the remastered version released in 1997 confirmed what had been speculated by Kiss fans for years: Bob Kulick actually played lead guitar on three tracks ("All American Man", "Rockin' in the U.S.A." and "Larger Than Life"), not Frehley. Frehley's sole involvement for the studio songs was "Rocket Ride" (originally written for a solo album), on which he sang lead vocals and played both guitar and bass guitar. Paul Stanley played all guitars on "Any Way You Want It", which was originally recorded by the Dave Clark Five in 1964. Several early copies of the album's cover featured
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Peter Auty Peter Robert Auty (born 1969) is an English operatic tenor who has worked with most of the major opera companies in Britain and a number of companies in continental Europe. Auty is a former choirboy who sang at St Paul's Cathedral. At the age of 13, he sang "Walking in the Air", the theme song to the 1982 animated film "The Snowman". Some people thought Aled Jones was the original singer, but his version was a cover of the song released as a single in 1985. Auty's version, which was recorded especially for "The Snowman", had been released
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Space Mountain's counterpart at Disney's California Adventure, Rockin' California Screamin', uses a remixed version of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Around the World". The main differences between the regular and Rockin' Space Mountain include: a different soundtrack, new projections within the mountain, and many lights alongside the track. Riders begin their journey with "Uncle" Joe Benson, a radio disc jockey from the Disney-owned 95.5 KLOS, introducing the riders to the "Space Stage" where the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be "broadblasting live." Just like the original, the Star Tunnel was there. The "rocket rockers" continue the flight with a "sound
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Block Rockin' Beats "Block Rockin' Beats" is a song by British big beat duo The Chemical Brothers. It was released as the second single from their second album, "Dig Your Own Hole", in March 1997. The single topped the UK Singles Chart, and peaked at number 40 on the "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States. It also received a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. There are two different edits of "Block Rockin' Beats" available; one is the version found on "Dig Your Own Hole", which has an intro, and the other version begins with the
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form Puff who recorded one album, but the Rockin' Ramords subsequently reformed as the Ramrods, but with a different lineup, and released an album in 1971. The group was founded in 1962 as the Ramrods Four by Boston residents Bill Linnane and Vin Campisi. They began as a surf rock unit who played primarily instrumentals, eventually modifying their name to the Rockin' Ramrods. Their original lineup consisted of Bill Linnane guitar and keyboards, Vin Campisi on guitar, Bob Blake on bass, and Butch Holmes on drums, but in 1963 Vin Campisi's brother Ronn replaced Blake on bass and Bob Henderson
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sang backing vocals on Eric Clapton's first solo record, which was produced by Delaney Bramlett. Bramlett would produce the first two songs on Rockin' 50s Rock'n'Roll with Clapton playing lead guitar. The album proceeds like a concept album with all of songs the fading into one another, like the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The opening song "Rockin' 50s Rock'n'Roll" serves as an overture stating the album's theme of celebrating 1950s rock'n'roll music. It is reprised at the album's closing. Aside from the opening song, the album consists of new versions of songs made famous by former
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"Rockin' Over Manchester" (where Sumner is from), with the album version included as the first track in France and Britain. A European CD maxi-single collected the edited and full LP versions together with the "7" Remix" and "Dub Version" mixes by Sumner. At least two videos were made for the song. One featured the LP edit over black-and-white footage of people dancing, with brightly coloured words superimposed. The other was a more contemporary film with dancers in front of a white background and Ya Kid K miming in a large room. Rockin' Over the Beat "Rockin' Over the Beat" is
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Records in conjunction with estate of Michael Jackson, "Immortal" features an alternative version of The Jackson 5 song "ABC", as well as a series of mashups and remixes such as a choir-assisted rendition of "They Don't Care About Us". Although more than 60 songs were used for the stage show, the album release made available is a 20-track album or a deluxe 27-track album only. More than 2 million copies of the "Immortal" album have been sold worldwide. These are the songs performed in the tour. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Also includes: "Goin' Back to Indiana" / "Rockin' Robin" / "I Got the Feelin'"
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choreography was reproduced by Mary MacLeod. Given the substantial changes in the 1994 revival, this is considered by some the first authentic revival of the original production. (The original Broadway version also had a children's chorus who sang the reprise of "Heart") The 1955 Original Broadway Cast recording is on RCA Victor, recorded May 8, 1955. The LP was originally issued in mono but in 1965 RCA Victor offered an electronic stereo version. The current CD edition was released in 1988. RCA Victor also released the film soundtrack in 1958. Although recorded in stereo, only the mono version was released.
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their problems. Remembering Rockin' Louie as a frontman from the Backbeat days, Dave Edmunds insisted Louie sang lead vocals on several of the tracks, much to Shaky's annoyance. One of Louie's vocals was for the Smiley Lewis song "I Hear You Knocking". Although it was, at the time, an unfamiliar song to Edmunds, he was inspired to record his own version later that same year. As promised, Dave Edmunds got the band signed to Parlophone and the album "A Legend" was issued in October 1970. The album received some positive reviews, particularly for the authenticity of Edmunds' production which was
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one on the R&B charts. The girl group performed the hit record on NBC's "The Andy Williams Show" on Sunday, January 22, 1967, going to number one seven weeks later. Lyricist Eddie Holland names "Love is Here" as his favorite Supremes song. Michael Jackson later covered "Love Is Here, and Now You're Gone" for his solo debut album, "Got to Be There". On the 45 versions, it was the B-side of his number two smash, "Rockin' Robin". It also featured on the 'Jackson And The Beanstalk' episode on the Jackson 5 cartoon series in 1972. Tami Lynn covered a version
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Marriage and other commitments eventually caused the group to disband during the mid-1950s. Van also sang with a group called the Marylanders. During 1961, McCoy met Kendra Spotswood (also known as Sandi Sheldon) who lived near his family. For the next five years, they sang and recorded music together professionally. Their relationship ended when McCoy delayed their wedding plans because of a work contract he had signed with Columbia Records. In September 1958, McCoy entered Howard University to study psychology but dropped out after two years to relocate to Philadelphia, where he formed his own recording company, Rockin' Records, releasing
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Dance Floor. It also included an electric guitar version of Ignition Starts instead of the original hardcore version, a version of Hate sung by Pp (the same girl who sang Pumping Up) and a completely new song, a ballad entitled Warm Shadow in a Stranger's Eyes (rough translation, as it's very hard to translate this title from Korean). All the songs that existed in a version longer than the one appearing in the arcade were included in their original versions, except The Final Audition. BanYa BanYa (반야), sometimes spelled BANYA or Banya, is South Korean Andamiro's musical group responsible for
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1991, "Little Darlin's Rock and Roll Palace" in Kissimmee, Florida renamed the club as "Wolfman Jack's Rock and Roll Palace". The New Year's Eve grand opening featured, Joe Walsh, Melaine, Lester Chambers, The Impressions and Rockin Robin. Wolfman Jack played himself in an episode of "Married... with Children" ("Ship Happens: Part 1") that first aired in February 1995. "Have Mercy: Confessions of the Original Rock 'n' Roll Animal," Wolfman's autobiography, was published in 1995 to stellar reviews in "The New York Times", the "Los Angeles Times", and "Kirkus Reviews", which said it "Reads like a collaboration between Mark Twain and
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Jean" on their album "Pleasure + Pain". The cover was also successful although intricacies of the original were not included in the cover. The music video parodies Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". Maxi-CD English musician Ian Brown took "Billie Jean" to number 5 on the UK charts in 2000. It was the B-side of "Dolphins Were Monkeys". Brown said, "I love Jackson. I want to do a Jackson EP with 'Thriller', 'Beat It', 'Billie Jean' and 'Rockin' Robin' or 'ABC' on it. Hopefully I'll get it done". Brown later covered "Thriller" on "Golden Gaze", from his second solo album, "Golden Greats". Canadian
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date: "Tombstone", "Cowpo", "Rockin' the Ark", and "Ol' Man River", the first three songs written by Arcesi. He was also voted third most promising 'new singer' by Billboard Magazine that year, following Al Martino and Steve Lawrence. His last public broadcasts with voice and guitar were on KABC-LA in 1959. These shows, broadcast on Saturday and Sunday nights were also heard over the AFRTS. On the Saturday shows, Arcesi called the broadcast 'For Adults Only', singing the standards of the day. On Sunday nights, he sang 'World of Philosophy' singing original material. His renown eventually spread as far as the
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Stan Beaver Stan Beaver (born in Ducktown, Tennessee) is an American singer. He had a hit with "I Got a Rocket in My Pocket" in 1963 (Petal 1012). Beaver's musical career began when he appeared on his father's television show in Atlanta, Georgia, when he was five years old and he sang "River of Memory". His only hit "I Got a Rocket in My Pocket" is now a collector's item. It is listed in several record collector's price guides, including Jerry Osborne's "Rockin' Records" and L.R. Docks "Record Collectors Price Guide". An original copy of the gramophone record is now
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fans to help increase sponsorship and promote the club's Welsh image whilst also providing a more original nickname as Bristol City, Swindon Town and Cheltenham Town also use the nickname of 'The Robins'. 'Wrex' wears a red face and Wrexham F.C. shirt wearing the number "1864" on his back; at the time this was thought to have been the year Wrexham F.C. was officially founded, although more recently uncovered evidence suggests the club was actually founded nine years earlier in 1864. Previous mascot Rockin' Robin was also famous for having a wife called Tina Turfit (plus a son, Robinson). A
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19, 2016. They made a guest appearance on "The Voice" on November 24, 2016 where they sang their rendition of "Jolene" alongside Miley Cyrus and the song's writer and original performer, Dolly Parton. On December 14, 2016, the group hosted their first Christmas special, titled around their current album, "A Pentatonix Christmas Special". The hour-long special aired on NBC and featured guest appearances by Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson. In December 2018, the group will make a guest appearance on "Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas". On December 11, 2018, they performed "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" on "The
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intense." "Hand on Your Heart" was also a highlight, but was generally compared to Jose Gonzales's version, which he covered back in 2006. "The Loco-Motion" was compared to the original version by Little Eva, which was recorded back in the '60s and was described as "playful essence retained on a cute and rockin' [...]" For the album, Minogue requested Australian musician Nick Cave to re-record their duet single, "Where the Wild Roses Grow". It was noted as a highlight on the album for being more "stripped" than its "haunting, spare original." "Can't Get You Out of My Head" was cited
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son) and Kjetil Granli. Streaplers Streaplers is a Swedish musical group, founded 1959 in Kungälv as a pop group and later developed into a dansband. Original members were Gert Lengstrand (vocals), Bjarne Lundquist, Göran Liljeblad, Håkan Liljeblad och Lars Larsson. The group made a breakthrough with "Säkkinjärven Polka" in 1963. Hit songs such as "Diggety Doggety", "Mule Skinner Blues" and "Rockin' Robin" followed. Singer Gert Lengstrand left the group in 1966, and was replaced by Curt Borkman. Since then the band began development towards playing dansband music. Robert Löfvendahl became the new singer in 1969. The same year, the band
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Streaplers Streaplers is a Swedish musical group, founded 1959 in Kungälv as a pop group and later developed into a dansband. Original members were Gert Lengstrand (vocals), Bjarne Lundquist, Göran Liljeblad, Håkan Liljeblad och Lars Larsson. The group made a breakthrough with "Säkkinjärven Polka" in 1963. Hit songs such as "Diggety Doggety", "Mule Skinner Blues" and "Rockin' Robin" followed. Singer Gert Lengstrand left the group in 1966, and was replaced by Curt Borkman. Since then the band began development towards playing dansband music. Robert Löfvendahl became the new singer in 1969. The same year, the band had a Svensktoppen number
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with John Byrne, is an embittered teen who works for the major villain of Lee's Just Imagine universe, the Reverend Darrk (who has appeared in all the "Just Imagine "books). Darrk sends Robin out on various assignments, all the while promising Robin something in return. The book opens with Robin attempting his current assignment: to kill Lee's version of Batman. Lee re-imagines the original Captain Marvel/Shazam premise by having the hero be a mild mannered Interpol agent, Robert Rogers. Teamed with the beautiful, and much tougher, fellow agent, Carla Noral, the two of them are in India searching for the
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Bing Bang (Time to Dance) "Bing Bang (Time to Dance)" is the single version of the "LazyTown" song "Bing Bang". The original version is sung at the end of every episode of the children's television series by Stephanie and is danced to by Stephanie, Sportacus and the puppets of LazyTown. In the episodes "Rockin' Robbie", "The LazyTown Circus" & "LazyTown's Surprise Santa", a rock-style, circus-style and Christmas version of the song is performed. An extended version of the song is performed in the episodes, "Defeeted" & "LazyTown's New Superhero". The single was released in the United Kingdom on 27 November
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Bono and Paul McCartney were the only artists from the original Band Aid to lend their voices to Band Aid 20. There was a reported dispute over the line 'Well tonight thank God it's them, instead of you', which Bono sang on the original version. Justin Hawkins, of The Darkness, laid down a version of the line, as did Robbie Williams, but Bono insisted on re-recording his version, which was eventually used on the record. Travis lead singer Fran Healy, who played guitar on the recording, said, "It's dead exciting. When [the 1984 version] was first recorded, I was 11
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segments featured performances by Fall Out Boy, Jesse McCartney, Natasha Bedingfield, Ne-Yo, The Pussycat Dolls, Solange, Robin Thicke and will.i.am. For its 2010 edition, headlining performances in Times Square included Daughtry, and Jennifer Lopez (who infamously wore a dark-colored catsuit for her performance to mixed reviews), while Melissa Rycroft served as a correspondent. Fergie hosted concert segments on-location from Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring performances by her group The Black Eyed Peas, Colbie Caillat, Robin Thicke, Keri Hilson, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, David Guetta, and Orianthi. "American Idol" season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert stated that he was also reportedly scheduled to
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39.9978 N, and 128.20019 E. Other footage of the nearby docks of Sinp'o appear to depict the Sang-O II / K-300 as early as 2004 (at 40 01'31.20"N 128 09'55.80"E). Subsequent satellite imagery shows the Sang-O II / K-300 deployed to the Ch’aho-rodongjagu submarine Navy Base at 40.205441 N 128.649524 E on North Korea's east coast. According to the KPA Journal, the decision to develop a larger, improved version of the Sang-O came in the late 1990s or early 2000. The Sang-O II / K-300 is a stretched version of the original Sang-O class with an approximate length of 39
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recorded four singles before splitting in 1967. The other Rockin' Vickers guitarist, Nick Gribbon, continues to perform in pubs in and around Blackpool as "Nick Unlimited", with an open door policy that has given many talented younger Blackpool musicians their first opportunity to play live. The Executives were a Blackpool band who recorded a handful of singles in the 1960s including the original 1964 version of March of the Mods, which became a top 40 hit for Joe Loss and His Orchestra in the same year. The tune was written by Tony Carr, the father of Executives' frontman Roy Carr,
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WWF, Moolah donned a mask as "The Spider Lady" and regained the belt on November 25, 1985, in a controversial decision. Richter was never told she would be losing the title and fell victim to a real-life "screwjob" finish known as "The Original Screwjob". Richter promptly quit the WWF afterward, while Moolah continued to be champion for another two years—excluding a six-day reign by Velvet McIntyre during a tour of Australia in 1986—before losing the belt to Sherri Martel on July 24, 1987. She later captained a team at the inaugural Survivor Series. Her team (Moolah, Velvet McIntyre, Rockin' Robin,
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