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Something Old, Something New
"Something old, something new", a traditional rhyme about what a bride should wear at her wedding for good luck Something old, something new may also refer to: Media *"The Apprentice (U.S. season 4)#Week 3: Something Old, Something New, Something Old, Something New", an episode of the television series ''The Apprentice'' *"Something Old, Something New (The Hills), Something Old, Something New", an episode of the television series ''The Hills'' *"Project Runway Canada (season 2)#Episode 5: Something Old, Something New, Something Old, Something New", an episode of the television program ''Project Runway Canada'' *Something Old, Something New (album), ''Something Old, Something New'' (album), a 1963 studio album by Dizzy Gillespie *''Something Old, Something New'', an album by Don Cherry (singer), Don Cherry *''Something Old, Something New'', an album by Billy Parker (singer), Billy Parker *''Something Old, Something New'', an album by Stéphane Grappelli *''Something Old, Something N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Old, Something New
"Something old" is the first line of a traditional rhyme that details what a bride should wear at her wedding for good luck: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a ilversixpence in her shoe. The old item provides protection for the baby to come. The new item offers optimism for the future. The item borrowed from another happily married couple provides good luck. The colour blue is a sign of purity and fidelity. The sixpence — a British silver coin — is a symbol of prosperity or acts as a ward against evil done by frustrated suitors. Folklore An 1898 compilation of English folklore recounted that: The earliest recorded version of the first two lines is in 1871 in the short story, "Marriage Superstitions, and the Miseries of a Bride Elect" in ''St James' Magazine'', when the female narrator states, "On the wedding day I must 'wear something new, something borrowed, something blue.'" The first recorded version of the rhyme as we no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Old, Something New
"Something old, something new", a traditional rhyme about what a bride should wear at her wedding for good luck Something old, something new may also refer to: Media *"Something Old, Something New", an episode of the television series ''The Apprentice'' *"Something Old, Something New", an episode of the television series ''The Hills'' *"Something Old, Something New", an episode of the television program ''Project Runway Canada'' * ''Something Old, Something New'' (album), a 1963 studio album by Dizzy Gillespie *''Something Old, Something New'', an album by Don Cherry *''Something Old, Something New'', an album by Billy Parker *''Something Old, Something New'', an album by Stéphane Grappelli *''Something Old, Something New'', a 1966 album by The Olympics *''Something Old, Something New'', an album by Jerry Jerome *''Something Old, and Something New!'', a 1959 album by Sammy Herman, xylophonist *''Something Old, Something New, Something Blue, Something Else!'', an album by The Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Old, Something New (The Hills)
"Something Old, Something New" is the tenth episode of the fifth season of '' The Hills''. It originally aired on MTV on May 31, 2009. In the episode, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt prepare for their upcoming wedding, while Lauren Conrad and Lo Bosworth move out of their house. After much deliberation, Conrad decides to attend the nuptials, where she reconciles with Montag after being estranged with one another since the third season. It is the final episode in which Conrad appears, and also marks the entrance of her replacement Kristin Cavallari. "Something Old, Something New" was produced by Adam DiVello, Liz Gateley, Kristofer Lindquist, Sara Mast, and Sean Travis. After the season was retroactively divided into Part I and Part II, respectively separating installments featuring Conrad and Cavallari, the episode became the conclusion of Part I. Additionally, it is the second episode in the series' history with a one-hour running time, the first being "Paris Changes Everythin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Old, Something New (album)
''Something Old, Something New'' is a studio album by Dizzy Gillespie, recorded and released in 1963. Reception The AllMusic review states "this was one of Dizzy Gillespie's finest sessions of the 1960s".Yanow, Scot"Review".Allmusic. Accessed October 28, 2013. Track listing # "Bebop" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 6:17 # "Good Bait" (Count Basie, Tadd Dameron) – 3:03 # Medley: "I Can't Get Started"/" 'Round Midnight" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)/(Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams) – 6:23 # "Dizzy Atmosphere" (Gillespie) – 6:12 # "November Afternoon" (Tom McIntosh) – 4:19 # "This Lovely Feeling" (Margo Guryan, Arif Mardin) – 4:19 # "The Day After" (McIntosh) – 4:33 # "Cup Bearers" (McIntosh) – 6:11 # "Early Mornin' Blues" (Gillespie) – 2:55 Bonus track on CD reissue Personnel *Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet * James Moody – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone *Kenny Barron – piano *Chris White – double bass *Rudy Collins – drum The drum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Cherry (singer)
Donald Ross Cherry (January 11, 1924 – April 4, 2018) was an American traditional pop and big band singer and golfer. In music, he is best known for his 1955 hit " Band of Gold". Biography Cherry was born in Wichita Falls, Texas. He started in his early 20s as a big band singer in the orchestras of Jan Garber and Victor Young. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces. In 1951, he recorded his first solo hits, " Thinking of You" and "Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle". In 1955, came his biggest hit, "Band of Gold", which reached No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' chart. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The track peaked at No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart. He had three more hits in 1956: "Wild Cherry", "Ghost Town", and "Namely You", all backed by orchestra leader Ray Conniff. He was also the voice of the Mr. Clean commercials during the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1962, he also recorded the original version of "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Parker (singer)
Billy Parker (born July 19, 1937, in Okemah, Oklahoma Billy Parker Biography/ref>) is an American country music disc jockey and singer. Parker was named Disc Jockey of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1974 and by the Academy of Country Music in 1975, 1977, 1978 and 1984.Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Inductees He was inducted into the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame in 1992, the Western Swing Hall of Fame in 1993, and received the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters' Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. Between 1976 and 1989, Parker charted more than twenty singles on the '''' |
Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli (; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997) was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. He has been called "the grandfather of jazz violinists" and continued playing concerts around the world well into his eighties. For the first three decades of his career, he was billed using a gallicised spelling of his last name, ''Grappelly'', reverting to the Italian spelling ''Grappelli'' in 1969. The latter is used when referring to the violinist, including reissues of his early work. Biography Early years Grappelli was born at Hôpital Lariboisière in Paris, France. His father, Italian Ernesto Grappelli, was born in Alatri, Lazio, while his French mother, Anna Emilie Hanoque, was from St-Omer. Ernesto was a scholar who taught Italian, sold translations, and wrote articles for local journals. Grappelli's mother died when he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Olympics (band)
The Olympics are an American doo-wop group, formed in 1957 by lead singer Walter Ward (singer), Walter Ward (August 28, 1940 – December 11, 2006). The group also included Eddie Lewis (tenor, Ward's cousin), Charles Fizer (tenor), Walter Hammond (baritone), and Melvin King (bass (voice), bass). With the exception of Lewis, all were friends in a Los Angeles, California, high school. History and influence Their first gramophone record, record was credited to Walter Ward and the Challengers ("I Can Tell" on Melatone Records). After the name change, they recorded "Western Movies" (Demon Records) in the summer of 1958. Songwriter, Co-written by Fred Sledge Smith, Fred Smith and Cliff Goldsmith, "Western Movies" made it to No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 record chart, chart. The song reflected the nation's preoccupation with western (genre), western themed movies and television programs. It told the story of a man who lost his girl to TV westerns, and it includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Jerome (saxophonist)
Jerry "Buck" Jerome (June 19, 1912 – November 17, 2001) was an American jazz and big band musician, a tenor saxophonist.Los Angeles Time/ref> He played with Glenn Miller, Red Norvo, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. Early life Jerome was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, and began playing the saxophone in high school in Plainfield, New Jersey. Career Jerome was part of a national tour in 1936 with bandleader Harry Reser and his Clicquot Club Eskimos. He joined Glenn Miller's original orchestra in 1937 and was a member until it broke up in 1938. He played on the Glenn Miller recording "Doin' the Jive" in which he soloed. He then joined the Red Norvo band. He joined the Benny Goodman orchestra in 1938. When Goodman broke up his band in 1940, he joined the Artie Shaw orchestra. While with Shaw he appeared in the 1940 film, ''Second Chorus'', starring Fred Astaire and Burgess Meredith. By the end of the 1940s, Jerome became involved in broadcasting, variously working as a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Herman
Samuel Herbert Herman (7 May 1903, in Bronxwood Park, New York – 23 April 1995, in Fishkill, New York) was an American xylophonist at NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's ... radio and television. According to Randall Eyles: "Sammy Herman's radio debut was on WEAF in New York City in 1922. This was the beginning of a long career as a xylophone soloist on radio. He played on the " Lucky Strike Hit Parade" in the orchestras of Carl Hoff, Al Goodman, and Leo Reisman. In 1931 he played with Bing Crosby in Paul Whiteman's "Rhythm Boys" on the "Old Gold Hour". Perhaps most significant, Sammy performed every morning (with Frank Banta accompanying on piano) on N.B.C. radio." Herman was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 1994. Discography * ''Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crickets
The Crickets were an American rock and roll band from Lubbock, Texas, formed by singer-songwriter Buddy Holly in January 1957. Their first hit record, "That'll Be the Day", released in May 1957, peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Top 100 chart on September 16, 1957. The sleeve of their first album, '' The "Chirping" Crickets'', shows the band line-up at the time: Holly on lead vocals and lead guitar, Niki Sullivan on rhythm guitar, Jerry Allison on drums, and Joe B. Mauldin on bass. The Crickets helped set the template for subsequent rock bands, such as the Beatles, with their guitar-bass-drums line-up, performing their own material. After Holly's death in 1959, the band continued to tour and record into the 1960s and beyond with other band members through to the 21st century. History Formation Holly had been making demo recordings with local musician friends since 1954. Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison, and Larry Welborn participated in these sessions. In 1956, Holly' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Duarte (musician)
Chris Duarte (born February 16, 1963) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Duarte plays a style of Texas blues-rock that draws on elements of jazz, blues, and rock and roll. In his own words, his musical style is a combination of "rockin' blues" and "punk blues." He is signed to Shrapnel Records. Biography Duarte was born in San Antonio, Texas, and was first inspired by music at age eight after seeing ''Fiddler On The Roof'' on television. Duarte first began playing on his brother's guitar and then obtained his own electric guitar, a Supro, at the age of 14. In 1979, Duarte moved to Austin, Texas, and purchased a 1963 Fender Stratocaster guitar for $500 and began exploring various genres including the jazz music of John Coltrane and Miles Davis. This guitar he primarily used to learn to play, was stolen in 1993. Duarte was inspired by blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, and credits John Coltrane as his number-one musical idol. Duarte won a label recording contract wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
