Brooks ' integration of rock elements into his recordings and live performances has earned him immense popularity.

Brooks has enjoyed one of the most successful careers in popular music history, breaking records for both sales and concert attendance throughout the 1990s.

Brooks has released six albums that achieved diamond status in the United States, those being: Garth Brooks ( 10 × platinum ), No Fences ( 17 × platinum ), Ropin ' the Wind ( 14 × platinum ), The Hits ( 10 × platinum ), Sevens ( 10 × platinum ) and Double Live ( 21 × platinum ).

Since 1989, Brooks has released 19 records in all, which include ; 9 studio albums, 1 live album, 4 compilation albums, 3 Christmas albums and 2 box sets, along with 77 singles.

In 2005, Brooks started a partial comeback, and has since given several performances and released two compilation albums.

Brooks has claimed that of all the songs he has recorded, " The Dance " is his favorite.

Brooks has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1990.

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.

He also has a small role as a past Knight of the Word and a ghost who serves the Lady in Terry Brooks ' Word / Void trilogy.

He felt that they could achieve a " deeper vein " of comedy in an episode where Marge has a nervous breakdown, and James L. Brooks quickly approved.

The novel has been adapted by Robin Brooks for BBC Radio Four.

Here is a hard-hitting film on Richard Brooks ' novel, The Brick Foxhole whose whodunit aspects are fundamentally incidental to the overall thesis of bigotry and race prejudice ... Director Edward Dmytryk has drawn gripping portraitures.

Sander's paper on mismatching has been criticized by several law professors, including Ian Ayres and Richard Brooks from Yale who argue that eliminating affirmative action would actually reduce the number of black lawyers by 12. 7 %.

Mel Brooks played a comic version of Louis XVI in The History of the World Part 1, portraying him as a libertine who has such a distaste for the peasantry he uses them as targets in skeet shooting.

The problems encountered in the development of the OS / 360 are legendary, and are described by Fred Brooks in The Mythical Man-Month — a book that has become a classic of software engineering.

In recent decades, the Opry has hosted such contemporary country stars as Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts and the Dixie Chicks.

Terry Brooks himself has expressed frustration and a desire to see an adaptation.

Since 2006 the Australian born author Geraldine Brooks, writer of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel March, has lived there with her husband and two sons.

Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times praised the musical's integration, stating, " For once, the modest label " musical play " has a precise meaning.

Planet Spaceball, led by President Skroob ( Brooks ), has wasted all of its air.

It has also been widely reported that " the Schwartz " is a reference to Mel Brooks ' lawyer, Alan U. Schwartz.

Brooks has adapted the story twice more, a Broadway musical ( The Producers, 2001 ) and a film based on the musical ( The Producers, 2005 ).

Nevertheless, the song often received standing ovations when performed in concert, went to number 22 in the Christian charts through a marketing deal with Rick Hendrix Company, and earned Brooks a 1993 GLAAD Media Award.

In 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert J. Bentley received 56 % of the vote, Republican House candidate Mo Brooks received 55 % of the vote, and incumbent Senator Richard Shelby received 70 % in the county.

Around this time Brooks received its town charter again.

There had been stores and taverns on the site earlier as in 1829, In May 1827, Daniel Larimore and Wiley Brooks received a license from the county commissioners to sell foreign merchandise ( items such as coffee and sugar ), while Larimore was licensed to operate a store and tavern in May 1829.

Around 1920, Louis's mother married Pat Brooks, a local construction contractor, having received word that Munroe Barrow had died while institutionalized ( in reality, Munroe Barrow lived until 1938, unaware of his son's fame ).

Among the many films she appeared in during this period were The Robe ( 1953 ), Young Bess ( 1953 ), Désirée ( 1954 ), The Egyptian ( 1954 ), Guys and Dolls ( 1955 ) – " in which she's delightfully proper ( and improper ) as the Salvation Army officer Sarah Brown " – The Big Country ( 1958 ), Elmer Gantry ( 1960 ), ( directed by her second husband, Richard Brooks ), Spartacus ( 1960 ), All the Way Home ( 1963 ) – a film of James Agee's novel, A Death in the Family – and The Happy Ending ( 1969 ), again directed by Brooks and for which she received her second Oscar nomination.

" Mel Brooks was executive producer of the film, but received no credit for his participation.

In total, Brooks has received 47 Emmy nominations, winning 20 of them.

It was well received, lasting four years and earning Brooks several Emmys.

In 1928, Brooks received his Master of Arts from Tulane University and went on to study at Exeter College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar.

From 1941 to 1975, Brooks held many academic positions and received a number of distinguished fellowships and honorary doctorates.

" He later received the rights to use the trademark Polo from Brooks Brothers.

Hannibal Brooks drew notice in Hollywood and Winner soon received opportunities to direct for American markets.

He served ten months of a one year sentence in prison, while Brooks received a six-month home confinement and a penalty of US $ 350, 000.

Hawk became a popular character and, after three seasons, Brooks in 1989 received his own, short-lived spinoff series, A Man Called Hawk.

Brooks received critical acclaim in Phillip Hayes Dean's play Paul Robeson.

After the end of his career, Brooks received no votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America for the Baseball Hall of Fame and was subsequently removed from the ballot.

Brooks & Dunn's debut album Brand New Man received 6 × Platinum certification in the U. S. and produced four number 1 hits.

On May 23, 2010, CBS aired a tribute show presented by the Academy of Country Music titled The Last Rodeo, on which various country music stars performed Brooks & Dunn songs while the duo received a Milestone Award.

Life in Hell reached the attention of Hollywood producer James L. Brooks, who received one strip —" The Los Angeles Way of Death " from 1982 — as a gift from fellow producer Polly Platt.

Chiles ' portrayal of reporter Jennifer Mack in James L. Brooks ' Broadcast News ( 1988 ) was also well received, as was her turn in George A. Romero's horror flick Creepshow 2 in 1987 as a hit and run driver.