The countdown show, ranking the top songs of the previous week, has been a staple of weekend radio programming since 1970 ; current hosts of countdown shows in various formats include Rick Dees, Ryan Seacrest, Jeff Foxworthy, Kix Brooks, Bob Kingsley, Crook & Chase, Randy Jackson, Walt Love, Al Gross, Dick Bartley, and ( via reruns ) Casey Kasem.

* 1961 – Randy Jackson, American musician

Abdul, along with fellow judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson ( joined by Kara DioGuardi in 2009 ) evaluated thousands of amateur contestants in their ability to sing.

The backbone of the Broncos was their defense, a unit known as the " Orange Crush ," which used a 3-4 formation anchored by four superb linebackers, including Randy Gradishar ( 3 interceptions, 4 fumble recoveries ) and Tom Jackson ( 4 interceptions, 93 return yards, 1 touchdown ).

* October 29 – Randy Jackson, American musician

* June 23 – Randy Jackson, African American musician and talent judge

* With Apologies to Jesse Jackson, an episode of an animated comedy series, South Park, in which Stan's dad, Randy becomes a social pariah after saying " niggers " on Wheel of Fortune

The more notable artists include Sonny Stitt, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, Claude Bolling, Oscar Peterson, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Dick Hyman, Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, Earl Hines, André Previn, World Saxophone Quartet, Ben Webster, Zoot Sims, Kenny Burrell, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Martial Solal, Clark Terry and Randy Weston.

The CD includes other artists such as HiFi Superstar, Doogie White, Eric Martin, Troy Luccketta, Jeff Pilson, Randy Jackson, Rachel Barton, Rex Carroll, Derek St. Holmes, and Kimberley Dahme.

Another album recorded in 1974 that was rejected by Word Records was Streams of White Light Into Darkened Corners, a documentary album that took " a satirical look at the early 1970s ' religious pop music ' trend from 1970 to 1974 ", written by celebrities who had " jumped on the ` 70s spiritual bandwagon ", and featured Norman singing covers of religious songs by Norman Greenbaum, Paul Simon, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, Randy Newman, Leon Russell, Jackson Browne, and the Rolling Stones, and was not released until 1977 by AB Records.

Artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, John Ferren, and Randy Rosenthal worked there.

The two were replaced by various studio musicians for the recording of Raised on Radio, including Randy Jackson ( bass guitar ) and Larrie Londin ( drums ).

In March 2010, Randy Jackson mentioned on a new episode of the same show that he is back in the studio with Gladys Knight working on a new album.

On December 11, 2004, Earth, Wind & Fire were honored at the first annual Grammy Jam held at Los Angeles's Wiltern Theater, where several artists such as Stevie Wonder, Yolanda Adams, Sheila E., Miri Ben-Ari, George Duke, Kanye West, and Randy Jackson paid tribute to the band in the form of performances.

Hughley, Jesse Palmer, Carson Kressley, Carrie Ann Inaba, Mark Feuerstein, Jim Parsons, Nick Lachey, Jonah Hill, Michael Strahan, Apolo Anton Ohno, Joel McHale, Cat Deeley, Tyler Perry, Andy Cohen, Alec Baldwin, Josh Groban, Jerry O ' Connell, Seth Meyers, Mike Greenberg, Kristin Chenoweth, Andy Samberg, Mark Consuelos, Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs, Randy Jackson, Mario Lopez, Matthew Broderick, Mary J. Blige, Bobby Bones, Ed Robertson, Michael Bublé, Matthew Morrison, Kevin Jonas, Tony Potts, Dana Carvey, Jimmy Kimmel, Kim Kardashian, L. A. Reid, Bryant Gumbel, Daniel Dae Kim, and Sam Champion.

Jackson also co-wrote several songs on Randy Travis ' 1992 album High Lonesome.

Jackson became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1991 ; he was inducted by Roy Acuff and Randy Travis.

These singer-songwriters included Bob Dylan, Jackie DeShannon, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Wilson, Tom Waits, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Tom Rush, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Arlo Guthrie, John Denver, Jackson Browne, John Prine, Grace Slick, Dave Mason, Jim Croce, Fred Neil, Roger McGuinn, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, David Crosby, Donovan, Stephen Stills, Randy Newman, Steve Goodman, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Brady, Jesse Winchester, Johnny Tillotson, Sylvia Tyson, Ian Tyson, Nick Drake, Tim Hardin, Laura Nyro, Carly Simon, John Fogerty, Eric Andersen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joan Armatrading, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Cat Stevens, Bruce Cockburn, Harry Chapin, James Taylor, Jerry Jeff Walker, Lou Reed, Gram Parsons, Nick Gravenites, Rick Nelson, Richard Fariña, Tuli Kupferberg Mark Spoelstra, Don Mclean, Patrick Sky, Jimmy Buffett, Mickey Newbury, Janis Ian, Dan Fogelberg, Dave Van Ronk, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, and Frank Zappa.

On March 3, 2006, judge Randy Jackson stated in an interview that Daughtry had been offered the opportunity to become Fuel's new lead singer.

The original three judges were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, pop singer and choreographer Paula Abdul and music executive and manager Simon Cowell.

Just before his death Jackson Guitars created a signature model, the Jackson Randy Rhoads ( though Randy had originally called his white pinstriped V " the Concorde ").

Randy received one prototype — a black offset V hardtail which is the base for today's RR line of Jackson guitars — but died before the guitar went into production.

With a spectacular offense led by quarterback Randall Cunningham ( who replaced an injured Brad Johnson ), running back Robert Smith, veteran wide receiver Cris Carter, and explosive rookie Randy Moss, the Vikings set a then-NFL record by scoring a total of 556 points, never scoring fewer than 24 in a game.

After the snap, tight end Randy Grossman faked a block to the inside as if it were a running play, but then ran a pass route into the endzone, and Bradshaw threw the ball to him for a touchdown, tying the game, 7 – 7.

* Randy McMillan -- Former NFL running back with the Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts.

In the 2011 General Election, Democrat Eric Steeber was elected to a four-year term as mayor, while his running mates Randy Farkas and Joseph Pietanza won three-year terms on the Borough Council.

Playing with a dramatically overhauled receiver corps — in the 2007 offseason, the Patriots acquired wide receivers Donté Stallworth, Wes Welker, Kelley Washington and Randy Moss ; tight end Kyle Brady ; and running back Sammy Morris — Brady enjoyed what some sports writers have described as the best season ever by a quarterback.

The 100 Club has been the home to the world longest running Northern Soul all-nighters for the last 31 years, the 6t's Rhythm ' n ' Soul Club, started by the late Randy Cozens and Ady Croasdell of Kent Records UK.

Vaserius was brought onboard in October 1994 as a helper and a world guide but as there was no community to manage Randy Farmer instead taught him everything he knew about running a virtual world.

Sheamus performing his Brogue Kick ( running bicycle kick ) on Randy Orton.

While the show continued on Broadway, the Los Angeles company opened in June, 1991 at the Shubert Theater in Century City, running 6 months, with Stephen Bogardus as Stine, Lauren Mitchell as the villainess, and Randy Graff and James Naughton recreating their original roles.

He won the pole and led forty-four laps and was running fifth when Randy Lajoie crashed in front of him and led to a 33rd place finish.

The reports said he had considered New York Secretary of State Randy Daniels and Erie County Executive Joel Giambra as replacement running mates, but eventually Lieutenant Governor Donohue would join Governor Pataki again on the Republican ticket.

* Randy Love, Former NFL running back for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1979 – 1985, attended University of Houston

Natalie has a brother, Jonathan, whom she and Monk rescue from his murderous new wife, Theresa, who has married him to get at the family fortune, in " Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding ," after they prove that Theresa also tried running down Lieutenant Disher in the parking lot because Randy would have recognized her as Darlene Coolidge, a black widow bride Randy investigated when he was a sergeant in Philadelphia.

In 2008, Randy switched from the driver's seat to the owner's box, running only 2 races himslelf.

Running backs Angel Quail and Randy Sherrod became the first running back duo to both rush for 1000 yards in a season in over a decade in Dade County.

On the Broncos ' second drive of the game, Cowboys linemen Randy White and Harvey Martin forced Morton to hurry his throw, and defensive back Randy Hughes intercepted the rushed pass at the Broncos 25-yard line.

Randy wanted to get an education, something to fall back on in case his musical career didn't take off.

Perhaps the most eventful was the return after more than 20 years of a band to back up Randy at select dates.

Heading back to Fort Repose, Randy gets cash from the bank.

The next album, New City in April 1975, featured Clayton-Thomas back fronting the band and contained half cover tunes ( Janis Ian, Randy Newman, The Beatles, Blues Image ) and half original material.

The following night at the 2010 WWE Draft, Edge was drafted back to the Raw brand, also costing Randy Orton a title shot against John Cena by spearing him in a Triple Threat match against Batista and Sheamus.

:" When Randy wanted to get back together again, I said, ' Okay, let's have a publishing company with the band.

Jones was courted by the major labels, and chose Waronker because of his work with Randy Newman, and because, she said, she had a vision of standing in his office the moment she saw his name on the back of Newman's Sail Away album.

Randy immediately moved over in front of Neil and began pushing him backwards, away from the microphone, back past the drumkit and offstage.

Hall also often featured World Wrestling Federation wrestlers, like Hulk Hogan ( who first denied using steroids on the program ), Ravishing Rick Rude ( who made a special set of tights with Hall's face on the back ) with Bobby Heenan, Randy Savage, Bad News Brown, the Big Bossman and Akeem with Slick, and the Ultimate Warrior.

He explained that he never wanted to fight fellow referee Randy Anderson and asked for his job back.

The Hollywood special episode featured Randy Campbell jumping off the back of the Y in the famous Hollywood sign.

* Randy Hendricks: Partnered with his brother, Allan ; they sold their firm to SFX ( now Live Nation ), and bought it back again.

After Randy Orton had cheated to obtain Rey Mysterio's title shot at WrestleMania 22, Long placed Mysterio back in the match and made it a Triple Threat match, at the same time warning Orton that he could still remove Orton from the match if he disobeyed Long.

In 1995, Flair and Arn ( back to being heels ) were teaming with Vader to torment Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage.

Also, was the night in which Evolution got back together in the ring except for Randy Orton ( who was outside the ring ).

The line-up then disbanded, but Jeff Waters got back on track in 1994 when he recorded " King of the Kill ", which was more of a solo album as it featured himself on all instruments, including vocals, apart from drums, which were recorded by Randy Black.

In 2001 a glass artist named Randy Grubb made the Blastolene Special with a Continental AV1790-5B ( A huge engine that weighs the same as a Volkswagen Beetle ) used in a 51-ton M47 Patton Tank back in the 1950s, a Greyhound bus transmission and metal for the body.

In 1997 Benitez had a break out year, as he excelled in the set up role for Orioles ' closer Randy Myers, forming a lethal 1 – 2 punch at the back end of the Orioles bullpen and propelling them to the A. L.

On May 31, 2007, he was traded back to the Florida Marlins in exchange for Randy Messenger.