He agreed to buy MOS, which was having troubles of its own, only on the condition that its chip designer Chuck Peddle join Commodore directly as head of engineering.

Once Chuck Peddle had taken over engineering at Commodore, he convinced Jack Tramiel that calculators were already a dead end and that they should turn their attention to home computers.

The team of four design engineers was headed by Chuck Peddle and included Bill Mensch.

In late 1976, CBM purchased MOS outright on the condition that Chuck Peddle would join Commodore as chief engineer.

Covers Chuck Peddle, the formation of MOS Technology and corporate history, and the design and promotion of the 6502.

When their lead designer, Chuck Peddle, told Tramiel that calculators were a dead end and computers were the future, Tramiel told him to build one to prove the point.

Chuck Peddle started work on an expanded version, with a full built-in QWERTY-keyboard, cassette tape drive, and monochrome monitor display.

The character set was largely designed by Leonard Tramiel ( the son of Commodore CEO Jack Tramiel ) and PET designer Chuck Peddle.

It took place on April 16 – 17, 1977, in San Francisco Civic Auditorium & Brooks Hall, and saw the debut of the Commodore PET, presented by Chuck Peddle, and the Apple II, presented by then-21-year-old Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

It was founded in 1980 by Chuck Peddle and Chris Fish, formerly of MOS Technology and capitalized by Walter Kidde Inc.

Chuck Peddle used two of his Commodore contacts to set up two subsidiaries in continental Europe.

The phrase " leader of the new school ", coined in hip hop by Chuck D in 1988, and presumably given further currency by the group with the exact name Leaders of the New School ( who were named by Chuck D prior to signing with Elektra in 1989 ), remains popular.

When asked about his band, leader John Sebastian said it sounded like a combination of " Mississippi John Hurt and Chuck Berry ," prompting his friend, Fritz Richmond, to suggest the name " Lovin ' Spoonful " from a line in Hurt's song, " Coffee Blues ".

Under Joe Casey ( 2001 – 2002 ) and Chuck Austen ( 2002 – 2004 ), Angel became leader of the X-Men team that appeared in the pages of Uncanny X-Men.

Outgoing Progressive Conservative leader Peter MacKay also announced he would not seek the leadership, as did former Democratic Representative Caucus leader Chuck Strahl.

Foster also relied heavily on Republican State Representative Chuck McMains of Baton Rouge as a legislative floor leader for the administration.

" While Chuck Strahl eventually emerged as the dissidents ' leader, Grey lent the group instant credibility since she had been Reform / Alliance's matriarch as well as the deputy leader.

Charles " Chuck " Wendell Colson ( October 16, 1931 – April 21, 2012 ) was a Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973 and later a noted Evangelical Christian leader and cultural commentator.

Those shows featured the top performers of the era and introduced new acts, such as Dionne Warwick, The Shirelles, Chuck Jackson, The Zombies, Little Anthony & The Imperials, the Ronettes, the Shangri-Las, Gene Pitney, Ben E. King, the Tymes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Bobby Vinton ( who was the leader of the house band when he asked for a chance to perform as a singer ), The Lovin ' Spoonful, Cream, and The Who, among many others.

In 1981 Norm Pattiz started recording live concerts for broadcast with a Chuck Berry recording in January of that year, the company was a leader in live broadcasts and concert recordings for radio, until May 2011 when Westwood stopped recording live concerts.

Unlike many of their contemporaries, the group's lineup did not change much from 1960 and consisted, until 2009, of falsetto leader Johnny Carter ( died August 21, 2009 ), baritone lead singer Marvin Junior and background singers Mickey McGill, Verne Allison and Chuck Barksdale.

The party was led by " Chuck " Crate, who became leader at the age of 17.

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* Peter Weller — Chuck Taggart, the Commander of the Odyssey and leader whose wife was killed in the Earth's implosion.

Mark had not previously been among the Canadian Alliance MPs agitating for Day's removal as leader, but following Day's speech he joined a group of party dissidents led by Chuck Strahl and Deborah Grey.

The peak was named after Chuck Pfeiffer, a Wasatch Club leader from long ago.

Jennifer Hart, of Arlington, Va. has been a frequent winner and eclipsed Chuck Smith as all time points leader during the years in which she actively participated.

Chuck Eidson, the leader of the team for the 08-09 season

In he passed Chuck Klein to become the Phillies'all-time home run leader, and he held the record until Mike Schmidt passed him in.

Most prominent among these titles were Datu, meaning a chieftain or leader, awarded in this order to Shishir Inocalla, Kelly Worden and Ric " Bong " Jornales ( of Arnis Sikaran ) ( all in the 1980s ), Dieter Knuettel ( 1996 ), Tim Hartman and David Hoffman ( both in 2000 ); and Master of Tapi-Tapi, awarded to Jeff Delaney, Chuck Gauss, Jim Ladis, Gaby Roloff, Randi Schea, Ken Smith, and Brian Zawilinski.

The Thrillers were Mike Sanders who was the leader of the group, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O ' Haire, Shawn Stasiak, Reno, Mark Jindrak and Johnny the Bull.

Chales Brandle " Chuck " Crate ( 1916 – 1992 ) was a Canadian fascist and leader of the Canadian Union of Fascists.

" By the end of the following year he had taken up the ukelele and tea-chest bass and begun to participate in skiffle sessions with friends, and had started to play the piano ; meanwhile his stage presentation of numbers by both Presley and Chuck Berry — complete with gyrations in tribute to the original artists — to his local Wolf Cub group was described as " mesmerizing ... like someone from another planet.

In order to enter at a talent competition at University High School, Berry and Torrence helped form a doo-wop group known as " The Barons " ( named after their high school's Hi-Y club, where they were members ), which comprised fellow University High students William " Chuck " Steele ( lead singer ), Arnold P. " Arnie " Ginsburg ( born November 19, 1939 ) ( 1st tenor ), Wallace S. " Wally " Yagi ( born 20 July 1940 ) ( 2nd tenor ), John ' Sagi " Seligman ( 2nd tenor ), with Berry singing bass, and Torrence providing falsetto.

Public Enemy is an American hip hop group consisting of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff and his S1W group, DJ Lord ( DJ who replaced Terminator X in 1999 ), and Music Director Khari Wynn.

Developing his talents as an MC with Flavor Flav while delivering furniture for his father's business, Chuck D ( Carlton Douglas Ridenhour ) and Spectrum City, as the group was called, released the record " Check Out the Radio ," backed by " Lies ," a social commentary — both of which would influence RUSH Productions ' Run-D. M. C.

The single was created by Chuck D with a contribution by Flavor Flav, though this was before the group Public Enemy was officially assembled.

" While it is clear that the Cryptic Corporation has chosen to share this information publicly, no further confirmation — nor any context as to the roles of " Chuck " and " Bob " in the group, or if these names are, indeed, the names of the group's members — appears to have been issued to date.

The group was led by Chuck Strahl and included Grey.

Starting off playing at a club called Kingsbury's in Madison, Illinois, within a year Turner had built up a full gig schedule, establishing his group as one of the most highly rated on the St. Louis club circuit, vying for popularity with their main competition, Sir John's Trio featuring Chuck Berry.

In early 1967, a group of six investors ( among them attorney Richard Tinkham, John DeVoe, Chuck DeVoe, sports agent Chuck Barnes and Indianapolis Star sports writer Bob Collins ) pooled their resources to purchase a franchise in the proposed American Basketball Association.

American alternative punk rock group Devo created many self-produced music videos, which were included in the pioneering compilation " The Truth About Devolution ", directed by Chuck Statler.

* Chuck, Jim, and Tompall Glaser, members of the country music group Tompall & the Glaser Brothers

While sitting in with L. A. punk group DC3, members of Black Flag heard her playing, which led to her being asked to join Black Flag to replace founding member Chuck Dukowski.

The recruitment of Chuck Barksdale of The Dells, following the band's move to Chicago, made the group a sextet.

Neither of their singles reached mainstream success and the group eventually settled as background session vocalists for the label's star acts, including Chuck Berry, Etta James and Diddley.

The group survived that and the death of bassist Oakley in another motorcycle accident a year later ; with replacement members Chuck Leavell and Lamar Williams, the Allman Brothers Band achieved its peak commercial success in 1973 with the album Brothers and Sisters and the hit single " Ramblin ' Man ".

The group played some concerts as a five-man band, then decided to add Chuck Leavell, a pianist, to gain another lead instrument but without, however, directly replacing Duane.

Chuck Panozzo left to attend seminary school for a year but returned to the group by 1964.

He was replaced by Mark Ryan ( bass ) and the group added Mark Naftalin ( later replaced in 1972 by " Chuck Steaks ") on keyboards, and this lineup recorded two more albums, Quicksilver ( Nov. 1971 ) and Comin ' Thru ( Apr.

After the Mega Lo Mart blows up, Chuck states during a group therapy session that " Every song I play now sounds like ' Feels So Good '.

Wyly, along with Pierre Sprey, Ray Leopold, Franklin ' Chuck ' Spinney, Jim Burton, and Tom Christie were described by writer Coram as Boyd's Acolytes, a group who, in various ways and forms, promoted and disseminated Boyd's ideas throughout the modern military and defense establishment.