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Fabulous Five (other)
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The Fabulous Five may refer to: * Fabulous Five Inc., a Jamaican reggae band * ''The Fabulous Five'' (book series), by Betsy Haynes * Fabulous 5, a 1970s New York City graffiti crew including Fab Five Freddy and Lee Quiñones * Fabulous Five, nickname of the 1947–48 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team * Fabulous Five, nickname of the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team in the 1950s * Fabulous Five, the name of pulp magazine hero Doc Savage's aides See also *Fab Five (other) Fab Five may refer to: Arts and entertainment * '' FAB 5'', Greek reality TV show * ''The Fab Five'' (film), a 2011 documentary about the 1990s Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players * '' Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal'', a 2008 Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabulous Five Inc
Fabulous may refer to: *Fabulous (band), a 1990s British rock band *Fabulous (album), ''Fabulous'' (album), by Sheena Easton, 2000 *''Fabulous'', an album by the Tamperer featuring Maya, 1999 *Fabulous (Charlie Gracie song), "Fabulous" (Charlie Gracie song), 1957 *Fabulous (Jaheim song), "Fabulous" (Jaheim song), 2002 *Fabulous (High School Musical song), "Fabulous" (''High School Musical'' song), from the film ''High School Musical 2'', 2007 *"Fabulous (Lover, Love Me)", a song by Amanda Lear, 1979 *Fabulous (film), ''Fabulous'' (film), a 2019 Canadian comedy-drama film See also *Fabolous (born 1977), hip hop artist *Fable {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fabulous Five (book Series)
''The Fabulous Five'' is an American book series by Betsy Haynes in the late 1980s. Written mainly for preteen girls, it is a spin-off of Haynes' other series about Taffy Sinclair. It centers on five best friends; Jana Morgan, Melanie Edwards, Beth Barry, Christie Winchell, and Katie Shannon, along with their other classmates at Wakeman Junior High (fondly nicknamed 'Wacko Jr. High' by the students). It is published by Bantam/Skylark (publisher)">Skylark ''Alauda'' is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. Further, at least two additional species are ... books and enjoyed moderate success. In the ''Taffy Sinclair'' series, the five girls, then in sixth grade, started the 'Against Taffy Sinclair Club', which served as a forum for venting about the appearance, antics, and general attitude of Taffy Sinclair, the snobbiest and most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fab Five Freddy
Fred Brathwaite (born August 31, 1959), more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American visual artist, filmmaker, and hip hop pioneer. He is considered one of the architects of the street art movement. Freddy emerged in New York's downtown underground creative scene in the late 1970s as a graffiti artist. He was the bridge between the burgeoning uptown rap scene and the downtown No Wave art scene. He was immortalized in 1981 when Debbie Harry rapped on the Blondie song "Rapture" that "Fab 5 Freddy told me everybody's fly." In the late 1980s, Freddy became the first host of the groundbreaking hip-hop music video show '' Yo! MTV Raps''. Career In the late 1970s, Freddy became a member of the Brooklyn-based graffiti group the Fabulous 5, known for painting the entire side of New York City Subway cars. Along with other Fabulous 5 member Lee Quiñones, under his direction they began to shift from street graffiti to transition into the art world and in 1979 they both exhibite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Quiñones
George Lee Quiñones (born 1960) is a Puerto Rican artist and actor. Quiñones rose to prominence by creating massive New York City subway car graffiti that carried his moniker "LEE". His style is rooted in popular culture and often with political messages. Life and career Quiñones was born at Ponce, Puerto Rico, and raised in the Lower East Side section of Manhattan. Also started drawing at the age of five, and started doing subway graffiti in 1974. By 1976, Lee was creating huge murals of graffiti art across the subway system. As a subway graffiti artist, Lee almost exclusively painted whole cars, all together about 125 cars. He was the major contributor to one of the first-ever whole-trains, along with DOC, MONO and SLAVE, the core members of The Fabulous Five crew, which also included DIRTY SLUG. It was the first ever whole-train to run in traffic. In November 1976, ten subway cars were painted with a range of colorful murals and set a new benchmark for the scale of graffit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947–48 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Basketball Team
The 1947–48 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, also known as the Fabulous Five, represented University of Kentucky. The head coach was Adolph Rupp. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Alumni Gymnasium. They won 36 of 39 games in their conference, earning them the 1948 NCAA basketball tournament championship. NCAA tournament *East ** Kentucky 76, Columbia 53 *Final Four **Kentucky 60, Holy Cross 52 *Championship ** Kentucky 58, Baylor 42 Awards and honors Team players drafted into the NBA Fabulous Five Though the Fabulous Five referred to the whole team during the 1947-1948 season, five players stood out in particular: Ralph Beard ( guard), Alex Groza ( center), Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones ( forward), Cliff Barker (forward), and Kenny Rollins (guard). Following the successful 1947-1948 season at UK, all five competed as a unit and won gold at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Rollins graduated but the other four ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa Hawkeyes Men's Basketball
The Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team is part of the University of Iowa athletics department. The Hawkeyes have played in 28 NCAA Tournaments, eight NIT Tournaments, won eight Big Ten regular-season conference championships and won the Big Ten tournament three times. Iowa has played in the Final Four on three occasions, reaching the semifinals in 1955 and 1980 and playing in the championship game against the University of San Francisco in 1956. Iowa basketball was widely successful in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s with a program resurgence under Lute Olson and the tenures of George Raveling and Tom Davis. Under Olson, the Hawkeyes won their last Big Ten regular season championship and went to the 1980 Final Four. They currently play in 15,400-seat Carver-Hawkeye Arena, along with Iowa women's basketball, wrestling, and volleyball teams. Prior to playing in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, which opened in 1983, the Hawkeyes played in the Iowa Armory and the Iowa Field House, which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc Savage
Doc Savage is a fictional character of the competent man hero type, who first appeared in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. Real name Clark Savage Jr., he is a doctor, scientist, adventurer, detective, and polymath who "rights wrongs and punishes evildoers." He was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street & Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent. Doc Savage stories were published under the Kenneth Robeson name. The illustrations were by Walter Baumhofer, Paul Orban, Emery Clarke, Modest Stein, and Robert G. Harris. The heroic-adventure character would go on to appear in other media, including radio, film, and comic books, with his adventures reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of paperback books, which had sold over 20 million copies by 1979. Into the 21st century, Doc Savage has remained a nostalgic icon in the U.S., referenced in novels and popular cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
