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After the record rose to number one, Haley was quickly given the title " Father of Rock and Roll ," by the media, and by teenagers that had come to embrace the new style of music.
Key influences include Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force's " Planet Rock " ( 1982 ) and Shannon's " Let the Music Play ," the latter of which was a Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit as early as 1984.
On Sunday, 20 September 2009, MacLeod spoke at The " Rock Church ," in Anaheim, California.
This album contained Brood anthems like " Dope Sucks ," " Rock & Roll Junkie ," and their first Dutch hit single, " Saturday Night.
Kid Rock would appear on Bob Seger's album, Face the Promise, on a Vince Gill cover of " Real Mean Bottle ," a tribute to country legend Merle Haggard.
Brando also participated in the singer's two-day solo career 30th-anniversary celebration concerts in 2001, and starred in his 13-minute-long music video, " You Rock My World ," in the same year.
* Robert Ellis Smith, 2004, " Ben Franklin's Web Site, Privacy and Curiosity from Plymouth Rock to the Internet ," Providence: Privacy Journal.
* Bowman, Durrell S. " Let Them All Make Their Own Music: Individualism, Rush and the Progressive / Hard Rock Alloy ," in Progressive Rock Reconsidered, Kevin Holm-Hudson ( ed ), Routledge, 2002.
* Bowman, Durrell S. " Permanent Change: Rush, Musicians ' Rock, and the Progressive Post-Counterculture ," PhD dissertation in musicology, UCLA, 2003.
" Rand, Rush, and De-totalizing the Utopianism of Progressive Rock ," Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, Vol.
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" Structure, Function and Process in the Early Song Cycles and Extended Songs of the Canadian Rock Group Rush ," PhD dissertation in music theory, Ohio State University, 2002.
* " The Rock ," nickname of the athletic teams of Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
The debut single, " If It Makes You Happy ," became a radio success and netted her two Grammy awards for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Album.
However, The Modern Lovers was given an enthusiastic critical reception, with critic Ira Robbins hailing it as " one of the truly great art rock albums of all time ," and it influenced numerous aspiring punk rock musicians on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Sex Pistols ( who covered " Roadrunner " on The Great Rock ' n ' Roll Swindle ).
On July 16, 1803, when the area was officially entered into the county land records, however, the name used was " Rockville ," believed to be derived from Rock Creek.
Half Dome was originally called " Tis-sa-ack ," meaning Cleft Rock in the language of the local Native Americans.
Near the end of the session, the band finally recorded a take of " Rock Around the Clock ," but Haley's vocals were drowned out by the band.
There are two separate geological formations, both called " Rock City ," in the county that have the appearance of a town laid out with streets.
" Stellar ," the next single from the album was soon released, and its video received afternoon airplay on MTV and TRL, becoming a huge success on Modern Rock Chart.
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In the second half of the 18th century Sint Eustatius became the commercial hub of the north-eastern Caribbean, earning the nickname " The Golden Rock.
The Robe ends with " the Big Fisherman " as a nickname for Peter ; Jesus called him " the fisher of men " and " the Rock ".
The city's informal nickname is Happy Rock, and there is a Happy Rock Park near the northeastern city limits on Old Antioch Road.
Its true name is " 6th Road " ( named in 1995 when postal routes were re-defined ), but residents south of Wisner ( including the Rock Creek community, which lies directly on its route ) refer to it as " The Blacktop ", after a regional nickname for its asphalt surface.
His stout defense at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 saved the Union Army from being completely routed, earning him his most famous nickname, the " Rock of Chickamauga.
" After the battle he became widely known by the nickname " The Rock of Chickamauga ", representing his determination to hold a vital position against strong odds.
The Cleveland Rockers got their nickname from Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
He subsequently worked at several ranches, in addition to a brief stint as a butcher in Rock Springs, Wyoming, when he acquired the nickname " Butch ", to which he soon appended the surname Cassidy in honor of his old friend and mentor.
Monemvasia's nickname is the Gibraltar of the East or The Rock.
The clubs ' badge features an elephant with a castle on its back, this represents Dumbarton Rock with Dumbarton Castle upon it, Dumbarton Rock, a volcanic plug is said to resemble an elephant & the teams nickname ' The Sons ' is derived from the phrase ' Sons of The Rock ' a term used for those born in the town of Dumbarton.
** " The Rock of Chickamauga ", a nickname for Gen. George Henry Thomas, from his service in the Battle of Chickamauga
He has earned the nickname ' The WOMORR ' ( The Wild Old Man of Rock ' n ' Roll ).
The nickname " Red Rock Country " suggests the brightly colored rock left bare to the view by dryness and erosion.
During the 1995 season ( their only season in Beehive Field ), the team was known as the Hardware City Rock Cats, a reference to New Britain's nickname " The Hardware City ".
They also used the " Big WAZU " nickname and Active Rock format, as well as using exactly the same imaging as 102. 9 did in early 1993.
The nickname was solidified when Frank Howard received what came to be known as " Howard's Rock " from an alumnus, S. C. Jones, who had picked it up in Death Valley, California.
In the past the nickname " Rock Ape " has been attributed to their traditional role guarding areas of Gibraltar, but this is not so.
Also produced the Regular Guys ' show on Atlanta's 96 Rock under the nickname " Radio Boy " from 1999-2001.
* Black Rock, nickname for the CBS Building in New York City
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Seeing them waiting there at the foot of Emigrant Rock was so overwhelming that, for a good minute after they rounded the bend and started down the grade leading toward them, Matilda could not speak at all.
Hez looked up at the high face of Emigrant Rock, official signboard for the Raft River turnoff, and gloated, `` Seems funny that them Burnsides never took time to leave their John-Henry up thar ''.
On a bitterly cold day in January, 1895, accompanied only by Neal Brown as his deputy, Tilghman left the township of Guthrie and headed for Rock Fort and Dunn's ranch.
and if a poll had been taken immediately following the dispatch of troops to Little Rock I believe the majority would have been for the Old South.
Woodruff said nothing, and Pike, frustrated, stormed throughout Little Rock in an unsuccessful search for `` Vale '', asking his friends to keep their ears open.
He heard the words: `` Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee!!
So, for that matter, are the newer dances -- the `` Kalmuk Dance '' with its animal movements, that genial juggling act by Sergei Tsvetkov called `` The Platter '', the rousing and beautiful betrothal celebration called `` Summer '', `` The Three Shepherds '' of Azerbaijan hopping up on their staffs, and, of course, the trenchant `` Rock 'n' Roll ''.
It was invented by Robert Stevenson, for use by an 82-ton converted fishing boat, Pharos, which was used as a lightvessel between 1807 and 1810 near to Bell Rock whilst the lighthouse was being constructed.
Plymouth Rock Monument designed for the Tercentenary ( 1920 )
Settling in Arkansas in 1833, he taught school and wrote a series of articles for the Little Rock Arkansas Advocate under the pen name of " Casca.
That same year, Grant won $ 125, 000 for charity on the " Rock Star Edition " of " Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ".
Shauna Rosenblum, daughter of Kent and Kathy, is the wine maker for Rock Wall Winery.
This was hip-hop pioneer KRS-One's inspiration for his thought provoking group BDP, or Boogie Down Productions, which included DJ Scott La Rock.
He developed an interest in rugby union, playing at Oxford and later for the Little Rock Rugby club in Arkansas.
He defeated four Republican candidates for governor: Lowe ( 1978 ), White ( 1982 and 1986 ), and businessmen Woody Freeman of Jonesboro, ( 1984 ) and Sheffield Nelson of Little Rock ( 1990 ).
) Lamarr believes a black lawman will so offend the townspeople that they will either abandon Rock Ridge or lynch the new sheriff, with either result paving the way for him to take over the town.
The anonymous sleeve notes accompanying the 1956 Decca album " Rock Around The Clock " describe Haley's early life and career thus: " Bill got his first professional job at the age of 13, playing and entertaining at an auction for the fee of $ 1 a night.
In 1953, a song called " Rock Around the Clock " was written for Haley.
When " Rock Around the Clock " appeared behind the opening credits of the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle starring Glenn Ford, it soared to the top of the American Billboard chart for eight weeks.
He also wrote or co-wrote songs for other artists such as " Calypso Rock " for Dave Day and The Red Coats on Kapp in 1956, " A. B. C.
Rock " and " Rocky the Rockin ' Rabbit " for Sally Starr on Arcade, and "( Ya Gotta ) Sing For The Ladies " and " Butterfly Love " for Ginger Shannon and Johnny Montana in 1960 on Arcade as well as the unissued " I'm Shook " in 1958.
Rock, ice and tree climbing all usually use ropes for safety or aid.
They have been the opening act for Trump casinos and Hard Rock casinos.
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