In 1949, Larry Doby also recommended Greenberg scout three players Doby used to play with in the Negro leagues: Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Willie Mays.

Prior to the use of Fender Basses, Hoppus heavily used Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray basses in various colors during the early days of Blink-182 up until the early Enema of the State period.

This recreation featured Ernie exactly copying Gene Kelly's dance routine, on a set which exactly copied the set used in the movie, and Eric performed the role of the policeman.

2004 was the start of the " Big Five Era ", which is used in describing the era in golf where Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and Phil Mickelson dominated the game of golf.

The nursery rhyme has also been used in Sesame Street, using the fiddlers as a way to show math, with Ernie taking the role of Old King Cole.

Canadian guitar virtuoso Frank Marino used the 270 model amplifier as did Frank Zappa and Ernie Isley.

Since then, The Corner has been used periodically to videotape special segments, such as the appearance of Denny McLain on Fox Sports Net's Beyond the Glory and a pregame piece for the 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game featuring Ernie Harwell.

Anti-Treaty republicans like Ernie O ' Malley, who fought during the civil war against the Treaty, saw the IRB as being used to undermine the Irish Republic.

Norman Lear hired artist Ernie Barnes to paint the pictures which J. J. used in the show.

The building used for Kuni's Karate School belongs to the Tulsa Pump Company and is located at 114 West Archer in Tulsa, while " Crazy Eddie's Used Car Emporium " was filmed on the lot of Ernie Miller Pontiac at 4700 South Memorial.

Cesana's show was subjected to many parodies, including Mad magazine's " The Countynental " ( which was also the name used in a parody by Ernie Kovacs ), Red Skelton's " The Transcontinental ", and Floyd Vivino's " Ricardo Romantico.

Members of the band Token Entry arranged a gig for the still unnamed band ( Gorilla Biscuits used Token Entry's drummer, Ernie Parada for that first show ), but needed a name to give it to the promoter.

A later Ace, Ernie Clay, was recruited by King and used a strength-enhancing exoskeleton provided by the Gambler.

Producer Ernie Carroll, an experienced comedy writer who had worked for Graham Kennedy's In Melbourne Tonight, resurrected a puppet used for an earlier GTV-9 children's program " packed away in a dusty suitcase in the GTV props bay.

Following a court settlement, the BSA used Ernie Ball / Music Man as an example in advertisements and industry publications ; Sterling Ball was so offended at this treatment that he had all Microsoft software removed from Ernie Ball / Music Man (" I don't care if we have to buy 10, 000 abacuses ,") and imposed an open-source software policy across the company.

He used these basses exclusively through the Cowboys From Hell and Vulgar Display of Power albums, before he briefly used a 4 and 5 string model Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray bass during the Vulgar Display of Power tour as well as a Fernandes Telecaster shaped bass for the " Walk " music video.

WJRT-TV broadcaster Paul Carey, who at that time was alternating with Hall of Famer Ernie Harwell, used to refer to Rodriguez ' arm as a howitzer.

Born in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Williams was informally acquainted with many of the people who developed and influenced the original Dungeons & Dragons game, going to school with Gary Gygax's son Ernie and participating in a gaming group that Gary used to playtest some of the AD & D rules.

Bigsby also built a pedal steel guitar for Speedy West that West used on many of Tennessee Ernie Ford's early recordings as well as records by Travis, Red Ingle, Jean Shepard, Johnny Horton, Ferlin Husky and Merrill Moore.

As previously mentioned, Ernie Hudson reprised his role as Winston Zeddemore for 2009's Ghostbusters: The Video Game, with both Hudson's appearance and voice being used for Zeddemore in the game.

It is mostly used by writers as a parody of Marvel's Captain America with exaggerated " patriotic values " and a sidekick called Ernie ( aka Ernie The Battling Boy ), who was similar to Bucky.

It's a solid show but, except for some interim keyboarding by Ernie, it's Al's all the way.

The musical was also revived with great success in 1996, starring Nathan Lane as Pseudolus ( replaced later in the run by Whoopi Goldberg and also by David Alan Grier ), Mark Linn-Baker as Hysterium, Ernie Sabella as Lycus, Jim Stanek as Hero, Lewis J. Stadlen as Senex, and Cris Groenendaal as Miles Gloriosus.

The first world title was won by the Canadian team from Regina, Saskatchewan, skipped by Ernie Richardson.

Earnhardt was very consistent, scoring four wins, and after Ernie Irvan was sidelined due to a near-deadly crash at Michigan ( the two were neck-and-neck at the top of the points up until the crash ), won title by over 400 points over Mark Martin.

On November 20, 1955, Bo Diddley was asked by Sullivan to sing Tennessee Ernie Ford's hit " Sixteen Tons ".

On 16 January, the first IRA division – the 2nd Southern Division led by Ernie O ' Malley – repudiated the authority of the GHQ.

According to Berry's biographer Mark A. Moore, " The song ( with backing vocals, plus additional instruments added by the Ernie Freeman combo ) had a raucous R & B flavor, with a bouncing bomp-bomp vocal hook that would become a signature from Jan on future recordings.

On August 24, 1958, Jan & Arnie played in a live show hosted by Dick Clark that featured Bobby Darin, the Champs, Sheb Wooley, The Blossoms, The Six Teens, Jerry Wallace, Jack Jones, Rod McKuen, and the Ernie Freeman Orchestra in front of nearly 12, 000 fans at the first rock-n-roll show ever held at the Hollywood Bowl.

Its approach was described by Dave Kehr in The New York Times: " Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding on the radio, Ernie Kovacs on television, Stan Freberg on records, Harvey Kurtzman in the early issues of Mad: all of those pioneering humorists and many others realized that the real world mattered less to people than the sea of sounds and images that the ever more powerful mass media were pumping into American lives.

The 26 founding members came from the group of 32 members who had paid dues by March 13, including strip cartoonists Wally Bishop ( Muggs and Skeeter ), Martin Branner ( Winnie Winkle ), Ernie Bushmiller ( Nancy ), Milton Caniff, Gus Edson ( The Gumps ), Ham Fisher ( Joe Palooka ), Harry Haenigsen ( Penny ), Fred Harman ( Red Ryder ), Bill Holman ( Smokey Stover ), Jay Irving ( Willie Doodle ), Stan MacGovern ( Silly Milly ), Al Posen ( Sweeney and Son ), Clarence Russell ( Pete the Tramp ), Otto Soglow ( The Little King ), Jack Sparling ( Claire Voyant ), Raeburn Van Buren ( Abbie an ' Slats ), Dow Walling ( Skeets ) and Frank Willard ( Moon Mullins ).

About 100 men and women received the award, the most famous being newspaperman Ernie Pyle, who was awarded a posthumous Army Purple Heart after being killed by Japanese machine gun fire in 1945.

The Chargers were the originators of the term " Fearsome Foursome " to describe their all-star defensive line, anchored by Faison and Ernie Ladd ( the latter also excelled in professional wrestling ).

In 1971, linebacker Jack Ham, defensive tackle Ernie Holmes, defensive tackle Dwight White, and defensive back Mike Wagner were selected by the team.

The Steelers drove 67 yards on their final drive ( keyed by a 4th and 3 conversion and a 37 yard pass play from O ' Donnell to Ernie Mills ) to score the go-ahead touchdown on a 1-yard run by Morris with 1: 34 left.

In early 1971 Anderson and Felice departed ; they were replaced by Harvard students bassist Ernie Brooks, and keyboardist Jerry Harrison, completing the classic lineup of the Modern Lovers.

* April 18 – American war correspondent Ernie Pyle is killed by Japanese machine gun fire on the island of Ie Shima off Okinawa.

Wrigley Field is nicknamed The Friendly Confines, a phrase popularized by " Mr. Cub ", Hall of Famer Ernie Banks.

Announcer Ernie Anderson, the narrator of the pilot episodes, died of cancer in 1997 before the show premiered, and he was replaced by Tom Kenny for the remainder of the series.

* Photos of Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery, with text by Ernie Pyle and President Clinton

Volume 2 features the last four hours ( hosted by Eddy Arnold, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Crystal Gayle and Charley Pride ), including live performances by Asleep At The Wheel, Freddy Fender, Anne Murray and more.

Albano was soon joined by fellow managers Ernie Roth and Freddie Blassie, forming the " Triumverate of Terror ," managing heel opponents for Sammartino and later champions Pedro Morales and Bob Backlund.