* Absalom is the name of Stephen Kumalo's son in " Lost in the Stars ", Kurt Weil's play based on the novel " Cry the Beloved Country ".

From 1955 – 57, Al Gannaway produced both The Country Show and Stars of the Grand Ole Opry, filmed programs syndicated by Flamingo Films.

Factory, in partnership with the Country Music Hall of Fame, released two double DVD sets named for the TV special Country's Greatest Stars Live.

Cry, The Beloved Country has been filmed twice ( in 1951 and 1995 ) and was the basis for the Broadway musical Lost in the Stars ( adaptation by Maxwell Anderson, music by Kurt Weill ).

Redwood has also been an active writer of books, including: Stars and Strife, Superpower Struggles, Singing the Blues, The Death of Britain, Our Currency Our Country and Just Say No: 100 Arguments Against The Euro.

Lost in the Stars is a musical with book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson and music by Kurt Weill, based on the novel Cry, the Beloved Country ( 1948 ) by Alan Paton.

So did the title song of Anderson and Weill's Lost in the Stars, a story of South Africa based on the Alan Paton novel Cry, The Beloved Country.

* Cry, The Beloved Country ( from Lost in the Stars )

* Tumbling Tumbleweeds ( Country Stars, 1999 )

By 1993 he had composed eight string quartets, as well as works in many other genres, including the cantata, The Country Beyond the Stars, a setting of Henry Vaughan's poem.

* 1958 The Country Beyond the Stars, cantata after Henry Vaughan

* Daniel Jones, Symphonies 6, 9, and The Country Beyond the Stars ( remastered on Lyrita SRCD 326 )

A State Senate bill ( SB-458 ) was passed 32-1 in 2000 to move " Alabama " to the status of State Anthem, with " Stars Fell On Alabama ", a song written in 1933 whose most popular release was by Jimmy Buffett in 1972 becoming the new State Song, and " My Home's In Alabama " ( 1980 ) by the Country group Alabama would become the State Ballad, but the bill failed in the State House.

The ARL controls high profile club competitions like the National Rugby League and National Youth Competition as well as annual representitve competitions such as the State of Origin series, the Indigenous All Stars Match, City vs Country Origin and the Affiliated States Championship.

) Stars of Country Music: Uncle Dave Macon to Johnny Rodriguez.

In addition, he has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including three Number Ones: " There Ain't Nothin ' Wrong with the Radio " ( 1992 ), " That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You " ( 1995 ), and " Kiss This " ( 2000 ), as well as the Top Ten hits " You've Got to Stand for Something ", " I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way ", " My Blue Angel ", " Working Man's Ph. D ", " For You I Will ", and " Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly ".

Wald produced and wrote many films between the 1930s and 1960s including Stars Over Broadway ( 1935 ), The Roaring Twenties ( 1939 ), On Your Toes ( 1939, in collaboration with playwright Lawrence Riley ), They Drive by Night ( 1940 ), Navy Blues ( 1941 ), Across the Pacific ( 1942 ), The Man Who Came to Dinner ( 1942 ), Destination Tokyo ( 1943 ), Mildred Pierce ( 1945 ), Johnny Belinda ( 1948 ), Key Largo ( 1948 ), Always Leave Them Laughing ( 1949 ), The Glass Menagerie ( 1950 ), Perfect Strangers ( 1950 ), Two Tickets to Broadway ( 1951 ), The Blue Veil ( 1951 ), Peyton Place ( 1957 ), An Affair to Remember ( 1957 ), In Love and War ( 1958 ), The Sound and the Fury ( 1959 ), Sons and Lovers ( 1960 ), Return to Peyton Place ( 1961 ) and Wild in the Country ( 1961 ).

* Certain SNES games such as Super Mario All Stars and Donkey Kong Country may sometimes show warning screens, usually caused by dirty or damaged cartridges or use of third-party peripherals.

Independence Day fireworks are often accompanied by patriotic songs such as the national anthem " The Star-Spangled Banner ", " God Bless America ", " America the Beautiful ", " My Country, ' Tis of Thee ", " This Land Is Your Land ", " Stars and Stripes Forever ", and, regionally, " Yankee Doodle " in northeastern states and " Dixie " in southern states.

An interesting note, the title of their second album ( The Stars Are So Big, The Earth Is So Small ... Stay As You Are ) is from a song titled " Magoo " on the Country Joe and the Fish album " I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin '- To-Die " which was released in November 1967.

#" 1000 Stars " ( Big Country ) – 4: 21

In an interview with Country Stars Central, Smith said that she was ill with the stomach flu while recording the album, but, still enjoyed making the record, Produced by country and bluegrass artist Ricky Skaggs ( White's husband ), the album received a nomination from the Dove Awards.

* 1967: Walkway of Stars – Country Music Association

Ethereal Counterbalance, Voyager One, The Lothars, Windy and Carl, The Monkeywrench, Tarentel, Wellwater Conspiracy, Abunai !, Charalambides, Damon and Naomi, Ghost, Major Stars, The Minus Five, Martyn Bates, Crome Syrcus, Pat Orchard, Subarachnoid Space, Amber Asylum, The Linus Pauling Quartet, The Green Pajamas, Doug Yule, Moe Tucker, Stone Breath, Delicate Awol, Donovan's Brain, Six Organs Of Admittance, Kinski, Bardo Pond, Children Of The Rainbow, Country Joe McDonald, The Alchemysts, The Bevis Frond

* 1951 – Glenn Hughes, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer ( Finders Keepers, Trapeze, Deep Purple, and Black Country Communion )

* 1966 – Derek Sherinian, American keyboard player, composer, and producer ( Planet X, Dream Theater, and Black Country Communion )

* 1858 – The Round Oak rail accident occurs in Brierley Hill in the Black Country, England.

Both European ( the coastal regions, such as the Basque Country, Catalonia, and Asturias ) and Overseas – Antilles and pacific were able to grow uninterruptedly.

* 1973 – The Liberal Movement breaks away from the Liberal and Country League in South Australia.

* 2006: Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album – Rock of Ages … Hymns & Faith

* 2012: Best Country Song – " Threaten Me with Heaven "

* 1990: Country Song of the Year – " Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus "

* C. Hussey, " Admiralty Building, Whitehall ", Country Life, 17 and 24 November 1923, pp. 684 – 692, 718-726.

The United States Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina produces the Country Commercial Guide – an annual report that delivers a comprehensive look at Bosnia and Herzegovina ’ s commercial and economic environment, using economic, political, and market analysis.

* A. K. Bulatovich, Ethiopia Through Russian Eyes: Country in Transition, 1896 – 1898, translated by Richard Seltzer, 2000

# See chapter entitled " Country Dancing ," Pages 57 – 120.

* WLDR ( 101. 9 FM, Traverse City ) – country music " 101. 9 Sunny Country "

* 1971 Best Country Instrumental Performance – Me and Jerry

* 1972 Best Country Instrumental Performance – " Snowbird "

* 1975 Best Country Instrumental Performance – The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show

* 1976 Best Country Instrumental Performance – " The Entertainer "

* 1977 Best Country Instrumental Performance – Chester and Lester

* 1982 Best Country Instrumental Performance – Country After All These Years

* 1986 Best Country Instrumental Performance – " Cosmic Square Dance "

* 1991 Best Country Instrumental Performance – " So Soft, Your Goodbye "

* 1991 Best Country Vocal Collaboration – " Poor Boy Blues "

* 1993 Best Country Instrumental Performance – Sneakin ' Around

* 1994 Best Country Instrumental Performance – " Red Wing "