Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia - 1950s
1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1950s - Events and trends. The 1950s in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Comedy: Encyclopedia - British Comedy
British Comedy, in film, radio and television, is known for its consistently quirky characters, plots and settings, and has produced some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alvin And The Chipmunks: Encyclopedia - Alvin And The Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks are a fictional musical group, created by Ross Bagdasarian. The group consists of three singing chipmunks—Alvin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - History
In March 1957, John Lennon formed a skiffle group, The Blackjacks, who later became The Quarrymen. On 6 July of that year, Lennon met Pau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1950s - Events And Trends
The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-ty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Hall: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Hall - Origins
Music Hall in London had its beginnings in the entertainments provided at summer fairs such as the Bartholomew Fair from the 17th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Revolver Album: Encyclopedia Ii - Revolver Album - Songs
Lennon contributed five songs on the album. "And Your Bird Can Sing" and "She Said, She Said" are two guitar-laden tracks with swirling ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Comedians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Comedians - Comedians English Language
List of comedians - A. Bud Abbott (1895-1974) Roger Abbott (1946-) Russ Abbott (1947-) Chris Addison (19??-) Joe Alaskey (1949-) Carlo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - George Harrison - Role In The Beatles
Harrison was a fluent, inventive and highly accomplished lead and rhythm guitarist, whose influences included Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1950s - Events And Trends
The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Comedy: Encyclopedia Ii - British Comedy - Film Comedy
British comedy films are legion, but among the most notable are the Ealing comedies, the 1950s satires of the Boulting Brothers, and innu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spike Jones: Encyclopedia Ii - Spike Jones - Influence
There is a clear line of influence from the Hoosier Hotshots and the Marx Brothers to Spike Jones and to Stan Freberg, Gerard Hoffnung, P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alvin And The Chipmunks: Encyclopedia Ii - Alvin And The Chipmunks - History
Alvin and the Chipmunks - The Witch Doctor. In early 1958, Ross Bagdasarian released a novelty song, under his stage name David Seville...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meta-reference: Encyclopedia Ii - Meta-reference - Other Examples
Meta-reference - Examples in television. The Simpsons features meta-references quite frequently, and the Usenet group alt.tv.simpsons ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Revolver Album: Encyclopedia Ii - Revolver Album - Drug Culture
The lightest track on the album is "Yellow Submarine," which was deliberately written as a psychedelic children's song by McCartney for R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meta-reference: Encyclopedia Ii - Meta-reference - Early Uses Of Meta-reference
Meta-reference can be traced back to traditional asides to the audience in theatrical productions, a feature of dramatic presentation whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Revolver Album: Encyclopedia Ii - Revolver Album - Track Listing
Revolver album - Side one. "Taxman" (Harrison) "Eleanor Rigby" "I'm Only Sleeping" "Love You To" (Harrison) "Here, There and Everywher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - Song Catalogue
In 1963 The Beatles gave their song publishing rights to Northern Songs, a company created by Brian Epstein and music publisher Dick Jame...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - In Film
The Beatles had a limited but largely successful film career, beginning with A Hard Day's Night (1964), a loosely scripted comic farce, s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - Studio Style Evolution
Many observers have noted that understanding the success of The Beatles and their music begins and ends with an appreciation for the dive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - Song Samples
1963 songs I Want to Hold Your Hand 1965 songs Help!, Yesterday, Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), Nowhere Man, In My L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - Influences And Music
As youths, the members of The Beatles were enthusiastic followers of Elvis Presley, first and foremost, and later, of British rock-and-ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Hall: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Hall - History Of The Songs
The musical forms most associated with Music Hall evolved from traditional folk song, becoming by the 1850s a distinct musical style. Sub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1950s - People
1950s - World leaders. Prime Minister Robert Menzies (Australia) Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent (Canada) Prime Minister John Diefenb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - George Harrison - Early Years
George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England in 1943. His sister has said that their mother wrote in her diary that he was born ten min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Comedy: Encyclopedia Ii - British Comedy - Television
Although many popular shows of recent years began life on BBC radio, there have been many successful and influential series which were de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Comedy: Encyclopedia Ii - British Comedy - Radio
Radio comedy in Britain has been almost exclusively the preserve of the BBC, and a number of British radio comedies achieved considerable...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alvin And The Chipmunks: Encyclopedia Ii - Alvin And The Chipmunks - Recording Technique
The Chipmunks' voices were recorded onto audiotape by voice talent talking or singing at half the normal speed. When the tape was played ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alvin And The Chipmunks: Encyclopedia Ii - Alvin And The Chipmunks - Discography
Alvin and the Chipmunks - Albums. 1959: Let's All Sing with the Chipmunks 1960: Sing Again with the Chipmunks 1961: Around the World w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - George Harrison - 1970s
After the Beatles split in 1970, Harrison released a number of albums that were critically and commercially successful, both as solo proj...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - George Harrison - 1980s
In 1980 Harrison became the only ex-Beatle to write an autobiography, I Me Mine. Former Beatles publicist Derek Taylor helped with the bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Hall: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Hall - The Two Eras
Music Hall entertainment is sometimes divided by era into Victorian Music Hall and Edwardian Music Hall. Toward the end of its heyday the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Hall: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Hall - Music Hall In Literature Drama And Screen
The Victorian era was celebrated by the 1944 film Champagne Charlie while J. B. Priestley's 1965 novel Lost Empires evokes the world of E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - George Harrison - Personal And Family Life
Harrison married model Pattie Boyd in 1966 and is reputed to have written the song "Something" for her in 1969, although he himself denie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - George Harrison - Death
George Harrison died at the home of a friend, Gavin de Becker, in Los Angeles, California on November 29, 2001, at the age of 58. His dea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - George Harrison - 1990s
The first year of the new decade saw a new Traveling Wilburys album, despite the untimely death of Roy Orbison. The band had allegedly ap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Hall: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Hall - Surviving Music Halls
Many of the above buildings can be seen as part of the annual London Open House event. Outside London, music halls include the following ...   » Read the article