Initially, it was relatively unsuccessful, staying at the charts for only one week, but Haley soon scored a major worldwide hit with a cover version of Big Joe Turner's " Shake, Rattle and Roll ", which went on to sell a million copies and became the first ever rock ' n ' roll song to enter British singles charts in December 1954 and became a Gold Record.

Initially, the October 2010 SDSR outlined a reduction of the Regular British Army by 7, 000 to a trained strength of 95, 000 personnel by 2015.

Initially this meant the construction of three zones of occupation, i. e., American, British, and Soviet.

Initially he worked in repertory before being spotted by the nascent British post-war film industry.

Initially, British subjects from Australia made up the majority, but the establishment of the Caledonian Company of the New Hebrides in 1882 soon tipped the balance in favour of French subjects.

Initially it was claimed by David Cameron that Adams had accepted the title but Downing Street has since apologised for this and Adams has publicly rejected the title stating, " I have had no truck whatsoever with these antiquated and quite bizarre aspects of the British parliamentary system ".

Initially, only British riders were allowed to compete ( although women were allowed, despite being banned from riding in the Olympics ), but the competition is now an international open to all riders from around the world who have qualified for this level of competition.

Initially a dispute between formerly Spanish Guatemala and the United Kingdom's colony of British Honduras, Guatemala continued its claim after Belizean independence in 1981 ; it recognized its neighbour's independence one decade later, in 1991.

Initially this unit was to be called Marine Commandos and were to be the counterpart to the British Commandos.

Only Visiting This Planet, which was " Initially coordinated by George Martin ", and was produced by The Triumvirate of British producers Rod Edwards, Roger Hand, and Jon Miller, often ranked as Norman's best album, " mixed his Christian message with strong political themes ", and " was meant to reach the flower children disillusioned by the government and the church " with its " abrasive, urban reality of the gospel ".

Initially the British considered the Dutch allies in their attempt to stamp out the rebellion in their American colonies.

Initially, the Americans, under the command of James Winchester, fought off the British and Indians in what was later dubbed the First Battle of the River Raisin.

Initially sold to American collector Allan Davisson for £ 230, 000 at an auction held by Spink auction house in October of that year, the British Government subsequently put in place an export ban in the hope of saving it for the British public.

Initially lacking sufficient manpower, the British allowed the Hungarians to remain in charge and only commandant Kramer was arrested.

Initially, he served in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry before joining the Parachute Regiment and being assigned to the 7th ( Light Infantry ) Parachute Battalion as part of the British 6th Airborne Division.

Initially expecting a walkover, British XXX Corps planned to reach the British airborne forces within two to three days.

Initially proposed as a British and Polish operation codenamed Comet, the plan was soon expanded to involve most of the First Allied Airborne Army and a set piece ground advance into the Netherlands, codenamed Market Garden.

The first purpose-designed fighter aircraft included the British Vickers F. B. 5-machine gun armament was also fitted to several French types, such as the Morane-Saulnier L and N. Initially the German Air Service lagged behind the Allies in this respect with no purpose built fighting aircraft.

Initially, Britain and Israel collaborated to develop the United Kingdom's Chieftain tank that had entered British Army service in 1966.

Initially colonial poetry had a preoccupation with British themes.

Initially, the British were inclined to accept Kolchak ’ s offer, and there were plans to send Kolchak to Mesopotamia ( modern Iraq ).

Initially an official operating primarily under the auspices of the British East India Company during the 18th century, under the Government of India Act 1858, the office of Viceroy became an official part of the British Government.

Initially, Raimi invited Scott Spiegel to co-write Army of Darkness because he had done a good job on Evil Dead II, but he was busy on rewrites for the Clint Eastwood film The Rookie.

Initially, the M-19 attracted a degree of attention and sympathy from mainstream Colombians that the FARC and National Liberation Army ( ELN ) had found largely elusive earlier due to extravagant and daring operations, such as stealing a sword that had belonged to Colombia's Independence hero Simon Bolívar.

Initially led by John Haslet, Delaware provided one of the premier regiments in the Continental Army, known as the " Delaware Blues " and nicknamed the " Blue Hen's Chicks.

Initially the company manufactured machine tools, sewing machine parts, gauges and other precision parts, but this changed in 1956 when the company proposed the G3 automatic rifle for the Bundeswehr ( German Federal Army ).

Initially the CMF infantry forces formed the vast bulk of the Australian Army, along with standing artillery and engineer units.

Initially verbal struggles among activist groups became even more violent, especially when activists began to seize weapons from the Army in 1967.

Initially, most of its members were dissidents within Fatah who had been close to Abu Ali Iyad, the commander of Fatah forces in northern Jordan who continued to fight the Jordanian Army after the PLO leadership withdrew.

Initially the county was held by the Anti-Treaty IRA but it was taken for the Irish Free State after seaborne landings by National Army troops at Fenit, Tarbert and Kenmare in August 1922 ..

Initially in support of the Confederacy, soon the community became divided, with the men of Amity leaving to fight in both the Confederate Army and the Union Army.

Initially the Confederate Army had success in their attempts to gain control of New Mexico, but following the Battle of Glorieta Pass Confederate soldiers were forced to retreat.

Initially FEAF also included aircraft and personnel of the Philippine Army Air Corps.

Initially, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester lived in Aldershot, where the Duke was taking the Army staff course.

Initially giving Graziani a deadline of 8 August, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini ordered Graziani to invade Egypt with the 10th Army.

Initially the Army Air Forces wanted to conduct a course to train navigator, bombardier, and radar operator training at the base, but because of problems with sharing the airfield with local civilian interests, the training was shifted to Mather.

Initially, the Red Army was a purely guerilla force without the facilities to imprison POWs.

Initially mostly improvised, with time the Polish Army also adopted two models of factory-made taczankas, as they were called in Poland.

Initially the British, Eighth Army under the command of General Bernard Montgomery, were to land on the south-eastern corner of the island and advance north to the port of Syracuse.

Initially the men hoped to be able to wait for the British 2nd Army to resume their advance and thus relieve them, but when it became clear that the Allies would not cross the Rhine that year the men decided to escape back to Allied territory.

Initially, the Navy Minister, Mitsumasa Yonai, hoped that Toyoda would be able to exert a moderating influence over Army Chief of Staff Yoshijirō Umezu ( since both came from the same district of Japan ).

Initially a solo side project of Chris Carrabba while in Further Seems Forever, Dashboard Confessional's first recording was the 2000 LP The Swiss Army Romance.

Initially a flood control and power generation measure, construction on Bull Shoals Dam began in 1947 by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.