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The album that allowed Split Enz to taste international success for the first time was 1980's True Colours, produced by David Tickle. Neil wrote and sang lead on the accessible single "I Got You." Assisted by a simple but effective video produced by ABC, "I Got You" took the Enz to the top of the Australian and Canadian charts, to #12 in Britain, and even got them onto the US charts, where the song reached #53. The band's subsequent LP, 1981's Waiata (which was called Corroboree in Australia) also sold well. Follo ...

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Split Enz, Split Enz - New Zealand 1971-74, Split Enz - Australia 1975-1976, Split Enz - Britain 1977-1980, Split Enz - The Eighties, Split Enz - After Split Enz, Split Enz - Discography

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Main article: Classical music era During the French Revolution and the subsequent Napoleonic wars, the Paris Conservatory was established and foreigners like Frederic Chopin flocked to France. One of the major French composers of the time, and one of the most innovative composers of the early Romantic era, was Hector Berlioz. In the late 1800s, pioneers like Georges Bizet, Jules Massenet, Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy revitalized French music. The late 1800s saw the dawn of the music hall when Yvette Guilbert was a ma ...

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Music of France, Music of France - Folk music, Music of France - Central France, Music of France - Bagpipe and hurdy gurdy, Music of France - Southern France, Music of France - Basque, Music of France - Corsica, Music of France - Brittany, Music of France - Music history, Music of France - Classical music, Music of France - Opera, Music of France - Classical music era and modern French classical music, Music of France - Popular music, Music of France - Rock, Music of France - Hip hop, Music of France - Raï

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Main article: French classical music Music of France - Opera. Main article: French opera The first French opera may be Akébar roi du Mogol, first performed in Carpentras in 1646. They were followed by the team of Pierre Perrin and Cambert, whose Pastoral in Music, performed in Issy, was a success, and the pair moved to Paris to produce Pomone (1671) and < ...

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Music of France, Music of France - Folk music, Music of France - Central France, Music of France - Bagpipe and hurdy gurdy, Music of France - Southern France, Music of France - Basque, Music of France - Corsica, Music of France - Brittany, Music of France - Music history, Music of France - Classical music, Music of France - Opera, Music of France - Classical music era and modern French classical music, Music of France - Popular music, Music of France - Rock, Music of France - Hip hop, Music of France - Raï

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Metropolitan Board of Works - Sewage. A major problem was sewage: most of London's waste was allowed to flow into the Thames resulting in a horrendous smell in the summer months. In 1855 and 1858 there were especially bad summers with the latter being known as "The Great Stink". A notable achievement of the Board was the creation of the core London sewerage system, including 75 miles (120 km) of main and 1000 miles (1650 km) of street sewers, which solved the problem. A large part of the work of the MBW was under the charge of the Chief Engineer, Joseph Bazalgette, previ ...

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Metropolitan Board of Works, Metropolitan Board of Works - Background, Metropolitan Board of Works - Creation, Metropolitan Board of Works - Activities, Metropolitan Board of Works - Sewage, Metropolitan Board of Works - Streets and bridges, Metropolitan Board of Works - Embankment, Metropolitan Board of Works - Organisation, Metropolitan Board of Works - Scandals, Metropolitan Board of Works - Subsidiary corruption, Metropolitan Board of Works - Royal Commission, Metropolitan Board of Works - Replacement, Metropolitan Board of Works - Abolition, Metropolitan Board of Works - Reputation, Metropolitan Board of Works - Chairmen of the Metropolitan Board of Works

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London's growth had rapidly accelerated with the increase in railway commuting from the 1830s onwards. However London's local government was chaotic, with hundreds of specialist authorities (few of them elected) representing parts of streets. All had to agree in order to provide services which crossed their boundaries. In 1835 elected municipal boroughs had been set up covering every major city except London. The City of London, only the very core of the sprawling metropolis, was untouched by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 and re ...

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Metropolitan Board of Works, Metropolitan Board of Works - Background, Metropolitan Board of Works - Creation, Metropolitan Board of Works - Activities, Metropolitan Board of Works - Sewage, Metropolitan Board of Works - Streets and bridges, Metropolitan Board of Works - Embankment, Metropolitan Board of Works - Organisation, Metropolitan Board of Works - Scandals, Metropolitan Board of Works - Subsidiary corruption, Metropolitan Board of Works - Royal Commission, Metropolitan Board of Works - Replacement, Metropolitan Board of Works - Abolition, Metropolitan Board of Works - Reputation, Metropolitan Board of Works - Chairmen of the Metropolitan Board of Works

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In January 1981, she was honored by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York with "An American Cabaret," the only musical event of its kind at that point in the museum's history. Mercer was the first guest on Eileen Farrell's new program featuring great popular singers, on National Public Radio. Mercer received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian medal, in 1983. When President Ronald Reagan presented it to her in a ceremony at the White House, he called her "a singer's singer" and "a living testament ...

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Mabel Mercer, Mabel Mercer - Early life and career, Mabel Mercer - Late career, Mabel Mercer - Honors, Mabel Mercer - The Mabel Mercer Foundation

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Eric and Ernie first joined forces in 1941 when booked separately to appear in Jack Hylton's revue, Youth Takes a Bow. War service broke up the act but they reunited by chance in 1946 when they joined forces again. Initially appearing in music hall, they made their name in radio, transferring to television in 1954. Their show, Running Wild, was not well received and led to a damning newspaper review: "Definition of the week: TV set - the box in which they buried Morecambe and Wise." Eric apparently carried this review around wi ...

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Morecambe and Wise, Morecambe and Wise - History, Morecambe and Wise - Collaborators, Morecambe and Wise - The show, Morecambe and Wise - Christmas specials, Morecambe and Wise - Catchphrases and visual gags

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In the later and most successful part of their career, which spanned the 1970s, they were joined behind the scenes by Eddie Braben, a script writer who generated almost all their material (Morecambe and Wise were also sometimes credited as supplying "additional material") and defined what is now thought of as typical Morecambe and Wise humour. Together Morecambe, Wise and Braben were known as "The Golden Triangle". Morecambe and Wise are considered by many t ...

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Morecambe and Wise, Morecambe and Wise - History, Morecambe and Wise - Collaborators, Morecambe and Wise - The show, Morecambe and Wise - Christmas specials, Morecambe and Wise - Catchphrases and visual gags

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Main article: Music history of France French music history dates back to organum in the 10th century, followed by the Notre Dame School, an organum composition style. By the end of the 12th century, a kind of music called the motet arose, accompanied by the spread of travelling musicians called troubadours. In the 14th century, France produced two notable styles of music, Ars Nova and Ars Subtilior. During the Renaissance, Burgundy became a major center for musicald development. This was followed ...

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Music of France, Music of France - Folk music, Music of France - Central France, Music of France - Bagpipe and hurdy gurdy, Music of France - Southern France, Music of France - Basque, Music of France - Corsica, Music of France - Brittany, Music of France - Music history, Music of France - Classical music, Music of France - Opera, Music of France - Classical music era and modern French classical music, Music of France - Popular music, Music of France - Rock, Music of France - Hip hop, Music of France - Raï

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Some of the duo's catchphrases include: "What do you think of it so far?" (said by Morecambe, who would use a prop—such as a statue or stuffed toy—to answer: "Rubbish!") "More tea, Ern?" (a pun on "tea urn", a vessel for serving hot drinks used in workplaces at the time) "[He's got] short fat hairy legs" (said by Morecambe of Wise) "You can't see the join!" (said by Morecambe of Wise's alleged wig) "The play what I wrote" (said by Wise of his literary works) "Arsenal!" (said as a ...

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Morecambe and Wise, Morecambe and Wise - History, Morecambe and Wise - Collaborators, Morecambe and Wise - The show, Morecambe and Wise - Christmas specials, Morecambe and Wise - Catchphrases and visual gags

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Mercer was absent from the performing scene for 41 years. When she returned, it was to be in England, on July 4, 1977. The BBC filmed three evenings' performances and later broadcast it in a week-long late-night television program, a BBC first for an entertainer. "Midnight at Mabel Mercer's," her 1978 album, was praised as "one of the best recordings of the past twenty years" by Stereo Review. That same year, Mercer played at San Francisco's Club Mocambo to sold-out aud ...

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Mabel Mercer, Mabel Mercer - Early life and career, Mabel Mercer - Late career, Mabel Mercer - Honors, Mabel Mercer - The Mabel Mercer Foundation

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Having failed to make the final 13 contestants and thereby the television stages of Fame Academy in 2002, Alistair re-applied the following year when the final 12 contestants were decided by the public (from 25 chosen by the judges and producers) and was voted through in the first week. Despite harsh criticism from ‘Headmaster’ Richard Park and the vocal coaches who criticised his voice and image, his dogged determination and cheerful clowning around behind the scenes with fellow student James Fox endeared him to many of the viewers of the live TV streaming programmes. As his popularity grew, he became ...

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Alistair Griffin, Alistair Griffin - Early Career, Alistair Griffin - Fame Academy, Alistair Griffin - A New Direction, Alistair Griffin - Public Perception, Alistair Griffin - Fans, Alistair Griffin - Quotes, Alistair Griffin - Discography, Alistair Griffin - Singles, Alistair Griffin - Albums, Alistair Griffin - Compilations, Alistair Griffin - Reviews, Alistair Griffin - Other Links and Information Sources

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In modern urban mass societies, popular culture has been crucially shaped by the development of industrial mass production, the introduction of new technologies of sound and image broadcasting and recording, and the growth of mass media industries -- the film, broadcast radio and television, and the book publishing industries, as well as the print and electronic news media. But popular culture cannot be described as just the aggregate product of those industries; instead, it is the result of a continuing interaction between those indu ...

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Popular culture, Popular culture - 18th and 19th Century Popular Culture, Popular culture - 20th century popular culture, Popular culture - Sources, Popular culture - Criticism, Popular culture - Word pun

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Callaghan resigned as leader of the Labour Party in September 1980, shortly after the 1980 party conference had voted for a new system of election by electoral college involving the individual members and trade unions. His resignation ensured that his successor would be elected by MPs only. In the second round of a campaign that laid bare the deep internal divisions of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Michael Foot be ...

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James Callaghan, James Callaghan - Early life and career, James Callaghan - Parliamentary career, James Callaghan - As Prime Minister, James Callaghan - Late career, James Callaghan - James Callaghan in popular culture, James Callaghan - Titles from birth to death

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Wilson announced his surprise resignation on March 16, 1976 and unofficially endorsed Callaghan as his successor. His popularity with all parts of the Labour movement saw him through the ballot of Labour MPs. Callaghan was the first Prime Minister to have held all three leading Cabinet positions — Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary — prior to becoming Prime Minister. Callaghan's support for and from the union movement should not be mistaken for a left wing position: unlike Wilson Callaghan had been a ...

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James Callaghan, James Callaghan - Early life and career, James Callaghan - Parliamentary career, James Callaghan - As Prime Minister, James Callaghan - Late career, James Callaghan - James Callaghan in popular culture, James Callaghan - Titles from birth to death

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Callaghan was the son of a Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer of Irish ancestry, who died when Callaghan was aged 9. He was educated at Portsmouth Northern Grammar School, and left at 16 to work as a clerk for the Inland Revenue. While working as a Tax Inspector, Callaghan was instrumental in establishing the Association of Officers of Taxes as a Trade Union for those in his profession and became a member of its National Executive. Following a merger, Callaghan was appointed as full-time As ...

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James Callaghan, James Callaghan - Early life and career, James Callaghan - Parliamentary career, James Callaghan - As Prime Minister, James Callaghan - Late career, James Callaghan - James Callaghan in popular culture, James Callaghan - Titles from birth to death

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Popular culture has multiple origins. A principal source is the set of industries that make profit by inventing and promulgating cultural material. These include the popular music, film, television, radio, video game, and book and comic book publishing industries. A second and very different source of popular culture is folklore. In preindustrial times, the only mass culture was folk culture. This earlier layer of culture still persists today, sometimes in the form of jokes or slang, which spread through the population by word of mouth and the Internet. This has, by providing a new channel for transmission, renewed the s ...

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Popular culture, Popular culture - 18th and 19th Century Popular Culture, Popular culture - 20th century popular culture, Popular culture - Sources, Popular culture - Criticism, Popular culture - Word pun

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Select episodes can be currently be found on VHS and DVD. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, a division of The Walt Disney Company, released the first season on DVD in August 2005. Bits of the show also pop up in movies sometimes (An American Werewolf in London and Rocky III). The rights to the episodes and characters used in The Muppet Show, and subsequent film outings, were bough ...

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The Muppet Show, The Muppet Show - History, The Muppet Show - List of Muppet Show characters, The Muppet Show - Recurring skits, The Muppet Show - List of guest stars, The Muppet Show - Home video, The Muppet Show - Spin-offs

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Built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly (the "circus" refers to "circular open space at a street junction"), it now links directly to the theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue as well as the Haymarket, Coventry Street (onwards to Leicester Square) and Glasshouse Street. Its proximity to major shopping and entertainment areas, its central location at the heart of the West End, and its status as a major traffic intersection have made Piccadilly Circus a busy meeting po ...

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Piccadilly Circus, Piccadilly Circus - Overview, Piccadilly Circus - History of Piccadilly Circus, Piccadilly Circus - Location and sights, Piccadilly Circus - Neon signs and the Coca-Cola display, Piccadilly Circus - Shaftesbury Memorial and Eros, Piccadilly Circus - Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly Circus - London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus - Major shops, Piccadilly Circus - Underground station and the Piccadilly Line, Piccadilly Circus - Piccadilly Circus in popular culture

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Ogopogo, contrary to popular belief, did not come from an Indian name for the creature. In Ogopogo: The Okanagan Mystery, author Mary Moon (1977) gives the story of a local man, Bill Brimblecomb, who sang a song about Ogopogo which was a parody of a then popular British music hall tune at a Rotary club in Vernon. I'm looking for the Ogopogo, His mother was a mutton, His father was a whale, I'm going to put a little ...

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Ogopogo, Ogopogo - Early myth, Ogopogo - Earliest modern sightings, Ogopogo - The name

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The Muppet Show characters went on to star in The Muppet Movie, which was the first film to feature puppets interacting with humans in real–world locations, and later films such as The Great Muppet Caper and The Muppets Take Manhattan. The Jim Henson Hour featured many of the same characters, plus new and boldly different content. The format was later revived as Muppets Tonight in 1996. The first 10 episodes aired on ABC while the rest aired on The Disney Channel. There is talk of a new revi ...

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The Muppet Show, The Muppet Show - History, The Muppet Show - List of Muppet Show characters, The Muppet Show - Recurring skits, The Muppet Show - List of guest stars, The Muppet Show - Home video, The Muppet Show - Spin-offs

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There was a core group of regulars throughout the series (listed here with the number of films they were in): Kenneth Williams (26) Joan Sims (24) Charles Hawtrey (23) Sid James (19) Kenneth Connor (17) Peter Butterworth (16) Bernard Bresslaw (14) Hattie Jacques (14) Jim Dale (11) Peter Gilmore (11) Barbara Windsor (10, including her presenting chores in That's Carry On) Patsy Rowlands (9) Jack Douglas (8) Julian Holloway (8)