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Michael Baldwin (designer)
Michael Baldwin (died October 2014) was a British artist, writer, director, designer, actor and filmmaker who had a long and varied career ranging across theatre, film, TV and music video. Career Baldwin was primarily known for his work in costume design for theatre, film and TV in the UK. His earliest known screen credit as a costume designer/consultant was for a 1963 TV adaptation of the play ''A Hole in the Head''. His subsequent screen credits include the costumes for ''The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus'' (1968), the 1973 Vincent Price black comedy '' Theatre of Blood'', the 1972 Bette Davis film '' Madame Sin'', and numerous British TV series including ''Special Branch'' (1973), ''Within These Walls'' (1974), ''Mind Your Language'' (1978), ''Dick Turpin'' (1979), the sci-fi miniseries ''Quatermass'' (1979), an episode of '' Tales of the Unexpected'' (1980), the children's fantasy series ''Worzel Gummidge'' (1981), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA award, and the mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Hole In The Head
''A Hole in the Head'' is a 1959 DeLuxe Color CinemaScope American comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Keenan Wynn, Carolyn Jones and Thelma Ritter and released by United Artists.''Harrison's Reports and Film Reviews, Harrison's Reports'' film review; May 23, 1959, page 83. It was based upon the play of the same name by Arnold Schulman. The film introduced the Academy Awards, Academy Award-winning song "High Hopes (1959 song), High Hopes" by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, a Sinatra standard used as a campaign song by John F. Kennedy during the presidential election the following year. Sinatra sings "All My Tomorrows," another Cahn/Van Heusen song, under the opening titles. Plot Tony Manetta moved from New York to Miami with two friends 20 years ago, searching for wealth and success. One friend, Jerry Marks, became a prosperous promoter while his younger friend drives a taxi. Tony manages a small hotel called the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanamera – Lion Of Singapore
''Tanamera – Lion of Singapore'' was a 1989 Australian drama serial which was a co-production between Central Independent television and Grundy in 1989.Australian Television and International Mediascapes By Stuart Cunningham P125 , 9780521469746 Plot The lives of two leading families of Singapore, the Dexters and the Soongs, become intertwined when John Dexter falls in love with Julie Soong.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p241 Action takes place between 1935 and 1948. The series is based on the novel ''Tanamera'' by Noel Barber. "Tanamera" is the name of the house built by Grandpa Jack, the patriarch of the Dexter family; it is derived from '' Tanah Merah'', Malay for "Red Earth". The grounds of the huge Tanamera bungalow consisted largely of red soil. Cast * Christopher Bowen as John Dexter * Khym Lam as Julie Soong * Anthony Calf as Tim Dexter * Gary Sweet as Tony * John Jarratt as Neil Forbes * Anne-Louise Lamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirror Mirror (Dollar Song)
"Mirror Mirror" (also titled as "Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)") is a song by British pop duo Dollar, released in 1981 as the second single from their third album, ''The Dollar Album''. The song was co-written by Trevor Horn and Bruce Woolley, and produced by Horn. The song was the follow-up single to "Hand Held in Black and White", which had revived the duo's career in the summer of 1981 when it became their first top 20 hit for a year and a half. "Mirror Mirror" charted over the Christmas period in 1981 and was the biggest hit of Dollar's career. It reached No. 4 in the UK and spent a total of 17 weeks on the chart. It also reached No. 5 in Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan .... A promotional video was made to accompany the song, featuring members David Van Day a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish Rock music, rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977, becoming best known internationally for their song "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), which topped the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100 in the United States. Other commercially successful singles include "Promised You a Miracle" (1982), "Glittering Prize" (1982), "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" (1982), "Waterfront (song), Waterfront" (1983), "Alive and Kicking (song), Alive and Kicking" (1985), "Sanctify Yourself" (1986), "Let There Be Love (Simple Minds song), Let There Be Love" (1991), "She's a River" (1995), and the List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s, UK number one single "Belfast Child" (1989). Simple Minds have achieved 24 top 40 singles on the UK Singles Chart, and 23 top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart, including five Lists of UK Albums Chart number ones, number one albums: ''Sparkle in the Rain'' (1984), ''Once Upon a Time (Simple Minds album), O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Song (Simple Minds Song)
"Love Song" is the seventh single released by Scottish band Simple Minds. It was issued by Virgin Records in August 1981, one month before the release of its parent album '' Sons and Fascination''. The B-side is an instrumental version of "This Earth That You Walk Upon", which later appeared on the album with newly recorded vocals. Despite a sticker appearing on the 12" single promising an 'extended version', all 12" releases around the world featured the 5:04 album version. The song is reportedly an ode to the close bond between Europe and America: "a relationship that's lasted across the centuries, through good and bad times, a "Love Song" between two continents." Its sound marked the beginning of a shift away from the band's early experimental phase towards a more accessible and commercial "pulsating electronic rock". The song was written and demoed in early 1981 and was tried out live on their Canada/US Tour in March 1981 before the recording sessions for the album had begun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ball And Chain (XTC Song)
"Ball and Chain" is a song written by Colin Moulding of XTC for their 1982 album ''English Settlement''. It was issued as the second single from the album on 26 February 1982, following the success of the band's biggest hit " Senses Working Overtime". The single reached No. 58 in the UK Singles Chart. Background Colin Moulding has described the song as "a little chant from the terraces" concerning redevelopment in Swindon Town Centre. Moulding felt that "the whole Swindon area seemed to be under the hammer", citing the 1978 demolition of the Baptist Tabernacle in favour of a car park as an example. Musically, Andy Partridge has said the song was based on The Beatles' "Getting Better". Allmusic's Ned Raggett considers the song to have a "jaunty music-hall style" that "shows the band's appreciation for older styles of English pop starting to come through". Moulding has dismissed "Ball and Chain" as "not much of a song", feeling that he went "off the boil" during this period until ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Look Of Love (ABC Song)
"The Look of Love" is a song by English pop band ABC, released in 1982 as the third single from their debut studio album, '' The Lexicon of Love'' (1982). It was the band's highest-charting hit in the UK, peaking at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. The single also went to No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Dance/Disco chart as well as the Canadian Singles Chart. On the American ''Cash Box'' Top 100, it got as high as No. 9, and on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 it peaked at No. 18. History Released as a single and as a 12" remix, it consists of four parts, referred to as "Parts One, Two, Three and Four". Part One is the standard album version, Part Two is an instrumental version, Part Three is a vocal version without the orchestral overdubs and Part Four is a short acoustic instrumental part of the song, containing strings and horns, as well as occasional harp plucks and xylophone. A different US remix dub version by producer Trevor Horn appeared as A-side on the 1982 US 12". The '82 US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC (band)
ABC are an English pop band which originated in Sheffield in 1980, evolving from the earlier ensemble Vice Versa. They are best known as pioneers of the new wave and sophisti-pop movements, blending synth-pop with orchestral and jazz influences. The band achieved mainstream success with their debut album, ''The Lexicon of Love'' (1982), which featured the hit singles "The Look of Love" and "Poison Arrow" and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. Fronted by Martin Fry, the band's only constant member, the band's classic formation featured Fry as the lead vocalist, Mark White on guitar and keyboards, Stephen Singleton on saxophone, and David Palmer on drums. ABC achieved ten UK and five US top 40 hit singles from 1981 to 1990. Their 1982 debut studio album, '' The Lexicon of Love'', was a UK number one. Their early-1980s success in the US saw them associated with the Second British Invasion. ABC continued to release music throughout the 1980s, with notable albums such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pressure (Billy Joel Song)
"Pressure" is a 1982 song by American musician Billy Joel from the album ''The Nylon Curtain'', released as the album's first single and reached at number 20 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The synthesizer-driven rock song tells about the pressure of creating and the pressure of being a provider. Themes and lyrics In ''Night School'', a show that aired on MTV in 1982 that ran roughly a half-hour long, in which he answered questions posed by audience members, Billy Joel revealed that the pressure he was talking about in the song was something along the lines of writing pressure and pressure to provide. The PBS children's TV series ''Sesame Street'' and New York PBS member station WNET ("channel 13") are also mentioned in the first bridge, and the magazine ''Time'' is mentioned in the second. Single and album edits The single version removes the third verse (starting with "Don't ask for help, you're all alone") and the second bridge. This version of the song was included in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Joel
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Piano Man" after his Signature song, signature 1973 song Piano Man (song), of the same name, Joel has had a successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s. From 1971 to 1993, he released 12 studio albums spanning the genres of pop and rock, and in 2001 released a one-off studio album of classical compositions. With over 160 million records sold worldwide, Joel is one of the world's List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists and is the fourth-best-selling solo artist in the United States. His 1985 compilation album, ''Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II'', is one of the List of best-selling albums in the United States, best-selling albums in the United States. Joel was born in the Bronx in New York City and grew up in Hicksville, New York, Hicksville on Long Island, where he began taking piano lessons at his mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Eclipse Of The Heart
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is the lead Single (music), single by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler from her fifth studio album, ''Faster Than the Speed of Night'' (1983) written and produced by Jim Steinman and recorded in 1982, released as a single by Sony Music, CBS/Columbia Records, Columbia in 1983. The song, a duet with Rory Dodd, became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the UK Singles Chart, and becoming the 1983 in British music#End of Year Charts, fifth-best-selling single in 1983 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the single spent four weeks at the top of the charts, keeping another Steinman penned song "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" by Air Supply from reaching the top spot (a song Tyler would later cover in 1995), and it was ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' number-six Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1983, song of the year for 1983. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Its accompanying music video was dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Tyler
Gaynor Sullivan (née Hopkins; born 8 June 1951), known professionally as Bonnie Tyler, is a Welsh singer. Known for her distinctive husky voice, Tyler came to prominence with the release of her 1977 album '' The World Starts Tonight'' and its singles " Lost in France" and " More Than a Lover". Her 1977 single " It's a Heartache" reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, and number three on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In the 1980s, Tyler ventured into rock music with songwriter and producer Jim Steinman. He wrote Tyler's biggest hit " Total Eclipse of the Heart", the lead single from her 1983 UK chart-topping album '' Faster Than the Speed of Night''. Steinman also wrote Tyler's other major 1980s hit " Holding Out for a Hero". She had success in mainland Europe during the 1990s with Dieter Bohlen, who wrote and produced her hit " Bitterblue". In 2003, Tyler re-recorded "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with singer Kareen Antonn. Their bilingual duet, titled " Si demain... (Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
