* The annual Fraskettando SkaBluesJazz Festival ( official web site ), which takes place on the first weekend of July, has showcased the Blues Brothers, Eddie Floyd, Al Di Meola, Taj Mahal, Soft Machine, Mario Biondi, Mick Abrahams & Clive Bunker and many others.

* Eddie Bunker as Captain Holmes

His films include Logan's Run, Les Misérables, Raise the Titanic, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, The Yakuza, The Bunker, Dune, The Secret of My Success, The Hunt for Red October, Posse and Gettysburg.

The genre became a specific draw in North America in the eighties when comedians such as Eddie Murphy started taking more action oriented roles such as in 48 Hrs.

Coronation Street's stalwart cast slotted back into the programme alongside the newcomers, examining new relationships between characters of different ages and backgrounds: Eddie Yeats became the Ogdens ' lodger, Gail Potter and Suzie Birchall moved in with Elsie, Mike Baldwin ( Johnny Briggs ) arrived in 1976 as the tough factory boss, and Annie Walker reigned at the Rovers with her trio of staff Bet Lynch, Betty Turpin and Fred Gee.

Later with Eddie Brock, it became the being known as Venom, who is now one of Spider-Man's greatest foes and has spawned Carnage.

The international program on Sundays commenced in 1928, with host Eddie Startz hosting the Happy Station show, which became the world's longest-running shortwave program.

During WWII, British subject Eddie Chapman, trained by the Germans in sabotage, became a double agent for the British.

The sub-genre became a popular trend in the 1980s when actors who were known for their background in comedy such as Eddie Murphy, began to take roles in action films.

According to TVS president Eddie Einhorn, the games actually got decent ratings at first, but affiliates started bailing out after the Philadelphia and Jacksonville free-ticket scandals, a trickle that became a flood after two teams moved in the middle of the season and two more folded altogether.

A photo by Eddie Adams showing the summary execution of a Viet Cong in Saigon on February 1 became a symbol of the brutality of the war.

Politically and socially activist composers have long been an important part of salsa, and some of their works, like Eddie Palmieri's " La libertad-lógico ," became Latin, and especially Purto Rican anthems.

In 1951 the duo became one of the rotating hosts of The Colgate Comedy Hour ( Eddie Cantor and Bob Hope were among the others ) and the following year they inaugurated their own situation comedy, The Abbott and Costello Show.

After a solo appearance by Gracie on Eddie Cantor's radio show, they were heard together on Rudy Vallee's The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour and on February 15, 1932 they became regulars on The Guy Lombardo Show on CBS.

Thanks to the example of her music producer brother Eddie, music became teenage Sylvie's main interest.

He wasn't keen on doing soundtrack work since it would make the music hard to obtain for fans, ' abusing ' them, so the second track the band were due to record became an Eddie / Alex instrumental, " Respect the Wind ".

" James " Eddie " Draper became the mayor and owner of Corral City.

The song from the film's opening, “ Blues ' Theme ” ( sometimes listed as “ Blue's Theme ”), an aggressive, repetitive and very catchy instrumental showcasing Allan's new fuzzed-out ( heavily distorted ) guitar sound became their biggest hit ( it was also one of the first songs Eddie Van Halen learned to play on brother Alex's guitar ).

Once again, Forbes and Gaynor found themselves out of the band: Mark Kerr became the new drummer and Eddie Duffy joined on bass guitar.

In 1992, Eddie Hopson became Duva's 13th world champion.

After spending time playing Eddie's drum kit, Alex became more skillful at the drums than Eddie.

In 1974, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth and Anthony became known as Van Halen, dropping the name Mammoth because they discovered that another local band was using that moniker.

Rickenbacker became well known as a race car driver, competing in the Indianapolis 500 four times before World War I, and earning the nickname " Fast Eddie ".

This became Eddie Stobart Ltd in 1970, expanded to a haulage company during the 1970s with the help of his late son Edward Stobart who gradually took over the running of the company during the 1970s and 1980s, and then became a multi-modal logistics public company the Stobart Group in 2007 under the control of another son William Stobart.

A contract with ICI for storage of basic slag in 1963 enabled expansion of the business, and it became a limited company: Eddie Stobart Ltd in November 1970 with a share value of ten thousand pounds.

A sacrifice by Eddie Mathews and an intentional walk to Hank Aaron followed ; the next batter, Joe Adcock, hit a home run that became a double when he passed Aaron on the bases.

Over time he became a favorite of American TV networks, scoring sensational knockouts of contenders such as Curtis Ramsey, Gary Guiden, former world champion Eddie Gazo, Curtis Parker, Frank The Animal Fletcher, Nino Gonzalez and Earl Hargrove.

The success of men's basketball, in addition to men's golf and baseball, continued into to the 1960s with players Eddie Miles, Clint Richardson, and Tom Workman, all of whom went on to successful careers in the NBA.

Eddie was then introduced by way of a mutual auto mechanic to Sammy Hagar, formerly of 1970s band Montrose, and at that time a solo artist coming off a very successful year.

On June 3, Michael Anthony began a successful tour with Hagar billed as " The Other Half " ( a reference to them being half of Van Halen with the other half being Eddie / Alex ), with Anthony singing lead vocals sometimes.

The robbery in question may have been committed by the less famous but more successful Eddie Bentz.

Lucille Ball had come to Hollywood in 1933, when, after a successful stint as a New York model, she was chosen by Sam Goldwyn to be one of sixteen Goldwyn Girls to co-star in the picture Roman Scandals with film star Eddie Cantor.

Paul had hosted a fifteen-minute radio program, The Les Paul Show, on NBC radio in 1950, featuring his trio ( himself, Ford and rhythm player Eddie Stapleton ) and his electronics, recorded from their home and with gentle humor between Paul and Ford bridging musical selections, some of which had already been successful on records, some of which anticipated the couple's recordings, and many of which presented re-interpretations of such jazz and pop selections as " In the Mood ", " Little Rock Getaway ", " Brazil " and " Tiger Rag ".

Nevertheless, they found instant appeal with teenagers and young adults who were engrossed in the swing and jazz idioms, especially when they performed with nearly all of the major big bands, including those led by Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Joe Venuti, Freddie Slack, Eddie Heywood, Bob Crosby ( Bing's brother ), Desi Arnaz, Guy Lombardo, Les Brown, Bunny Berigan, Xavier Cugat, Paul Whiteman, Ted Lewis, Nelson Riddle and mood-master Gordon Jenkins, whose orchestra and chorus accompanied them on such successful soft and melancholy renditions as " I Can Dream, Can't I?

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.

Players such as Jaime Moreno, Marco Etcheverry, and Eddie Pope are among the team's most successful stars.

Wood, now a major star as the Move became a successful chart act, helped arrange a partnership with pop producers Eddie Offord and Gerald Chevin for his old bandmates.

James became noted not only as a hit maker on his own recordings but also produced successful recordings for the likes of Teena Marie, The Mary Jane Girls, The Temptations, Eddie Murphy and Smokey Robinson.

Among older artists having big hits, Conway Twitty was one of the most successful, scoring two Top 3 hits with " Crazy in Love " and " I Couldn't See You Leaving ", while Eddie Rabbitt had a No. 1 hit with " On Second Thought.

They held the championship for three months, including a successful title defense at WrestleMania XIX against Los Guerreros and the team of Chris Benoit and Rhyno, before losing the championship to Eddie Guerrero and his new partner Tajiri in a ladder match on May 18 at Judgment Day.

Some of the called-up D-League players that went on to have successful NBA careers include Rafer Alston, Louis Amundson, Chris Andersen, Kelenna Azubuike, Matt Barnes, Devin Brown, Will Bynum, Matt Carroll, Eddie Gill, Stephen Graham, Jason Hart, Chuck Hayes, Anthony Johnson, Dahntay Jones, Jamario Moon, Mikki Moore, Smush Parker, Bobby Simmons, Ime Udoka, Von Wafer, C. J. Watson, and Mike Wilks.

Others, like John Denver, Olivia Newton-John, The Eagles, Faron Young, Willie Nelson, Dottie West, Alabama, Eddie Rabbitt, Ronnie Milsap and Anne Murray began successful in Country but made the crossover to pop music.

" and goes on to say that with him, the original founder of Mambo Open Source, and Andrew Eddie both being on the Board of the Mambo Foundation, Mambo would continue as a successful, open source project.

That same year he collaborated with Kern and others on the musicals Nobody Home and the even more successful Very Good Eddie, the first two " Princess Theatre musicals ".

Les Paul had hosted a 15-minute radio program, The Les Paul Show, on NBC in 1950, featuring his trio ( himself, Ford, and rhythm player Eddie Stapleton ) and his electronics, recorded from their home and with gentle humour between Paul and Ford bridging musical selections, some of which had already been successful on records, some of which anticipated the couple's recordings, and many of which presented dazzling re-interpretations of such jazz and pop selections as " In the Mood ," " Little Rock Getaway ," " Brazil ," and " Tiger Rag.

Beverly becoming a fashion designer, Richie becoming a late night tv comedian while Eddie owns a successful limousine service and Stan becoming a real estate broker.

These were: Bryan ( 1896 – 1977 ), who became a producer at Warner Bros ; Charley ( 1898 – 1984 ), an actor ; Mary ( 1901 – 1987 ); Madeline ( 1903 – 1988 ), an actress ; Eddie Jr. ( 1905 – 1983 ), who carved out a successful career as an actor and entertainer on stage and screen, including a role in The Pajama Game and Bells Are Ringing ; Richard ( 1905 – 1947 ); and Irving ( 1908 – 2003 ), a writer.

Eddie Foy Jr. had a successful independent career as an actor, beginning with an appearance on Broadway as a single act in 1929.

The genre was later popularized by the 1982 film 48 Hrs., starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte, one of the most successful buddy cop films.

Although it failed to chart, they continued releasing albums, including the more successful Flo & Eddie, Illegal, Immoral and Fattening, Moving Targets, and Rock Steady with Flo & Eddie.

* Eddie Campbell's Alec stories ( collected in The King Canute Crowd, Three Piece Suit, and other books ) started with the Scottish / Australian artist as a young man drifting through life with his friends, and followed him through marriage, parenthood, and a successful artistic career.