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It became a worst-kept secret that Jackie Wilson's 1967 hit "( Your Love Keeps Lifting Me ) Higher & Higher " didn't have a Motown influence quite by accident — the Funk Brothers migrated to do the Wilson session, in an interesting reference to Motown's early history: Berry Gordy, Jr. got his first music break by getting Wilson to record some of his songs ( most famously " Reet Petite ") in the 1950s.
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The more I talked with him, the more convinced I became that that was the secret of their riotous blooming.
For example, " piaf " was a Parisian argot word for " sparrow "; after being taken up by the singer Edith Piaf, this meaning became well known in France and worldwide, and no longer serves the purpose of a secret language.
The article was an expansion of a well-circulated top secret State Department cable called the X Article and became famous for setting forth the doctrine of containment.
In 1950, Chiang Ching-kuo became director of the secret police ( Bureau of Investigation and Statistics ), which he remained until 1965.
The marriage was held in a secret ceremony but soon became known.
State archives became more accessible, and some social statistics that had been kept secret became open for research and publication on sensitive subjects such as income disparities, crime, suicide, abortion, and infant mortality.
William III was crowned in 1688, and Defoe immediately became one of his close allies and a secret agent.
During the many 20th century spy scandals, much information became publicly known about national spy agencies and dozens of real-life secret agents.
After the Bolsheviks came to power, Trotsky became the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and published the secret treaties previously signed by the Triple Entente that detailed plans for post-war reallocation of colonies and redrawing state borders.
It has been suggested ( 2011 ) that he became a member of the secret Auxiliary Units.
In secret, Labour's aim became to secure second place.
Gradually, the nature of professional wrestling became an open secret, although American promotions ' events were still often regulated by state athletic commissions through the 1980s, until World Wrestling Federation owner Vince McMahon publicly admitted that wrestling was entertainment, not competition.
Among those familiar with his poetry, his identity became an open secret, but Scott persisted maintaining the façade, perhaps because he thought his old-fashioned father would disapprove of his engaging in such a trivial pursuit as novel writing.
At its conclusion, the guests became members of a secret society.
After the ratification of the Boland Amendment, the secret supply network directed by Lt. Col. North became active.
This claim was ridiculed by rival medicine salesmen, and in time, snake oil became a generic name for many compounds marketed as panaceas or miraculous remedies whose ingredients were usually secret, unidentified, or mis-characterized and mostly inert or ineffective.
Mittie's brother, Theodore's uncle, James Dunwoody Bulloch, was a United States Navy officer who became a Confederate Navy commander and secret agent in Britain who was most responsible for the destruction of the United States merchant fleet and procuring ships and supplies to run through the Union blockade.
His occult interests were kept secret during his years in office, and only became publicized later.
In 1831 Mazzini travelled to Tuscany, where he became a member of the Carbonari, a secret association with political purposes.
The use of secret names became central in late Egyptian magic spells, and Isis often is implored to " use the true name of Ra " in the performance of rituals.
Oak Ridge became a " secret city " that within two years housed more than 75, 000 residents.
During the Haldimand Affair some members of the Green Mountain Boys became involved in secret negotiations with British officials about restoring the Crown's rule over the territory.
In 1928, Fritz Lang made the film Spies which contained many tropes that became popular in later spy dramas, including secret headquarters, an agent known by a number, and the beautiful foreign agent who comes to love the hero.
It was not until 1295 that Edward I became aware of the secret Franco-Scottish negotiations.
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The award became national in 1947 ; Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers ' first baseman, won the inaugural award.
Slapstick martial arts films became a mainstay of Hong Kong action cinema through the work of Jackie Chan among others.
Jackie Mason, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, and The Doors became intimately familiar with Sullivan's negative side.
Jack Roosevelt " Jackie " Robinson ( January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972 ) was an American baseball player who became the first black Major League Baseball ( MLB ) player of the modern era.
City Island Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida — the baseball field that became the Dodgers ' de facto spring training site in 1947 — was renamed Jackie Robinson Ballpark in 1989.
For his performance, Jackie Cooper, at the age of nine, became the youngest person to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
In 1970, the Inverrary Country Club was built, and in 1972 its golf course became home to the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic.
He became a member of the so-called " gang of five " with Jackie Fahey, Mark Killilea, Jnr, Tom McEllistrim and Seán Doherty which aligned itself to Charles Haughey and supported him in the subsequent leadership contest.
He became a regular at Max's Kansas City and attended Charles Ludlam productions at La Mama, with luminaries such as Jackie Curtis ( who later became a close Loud family friend ) and Holly Woodlawn.
Session musicians like Supersonics, Soul Vendors, Jets and Jackie Mittoo ( of the Skatalites ) became popular during this period.
After the 1965 season, the team's franchise rights were turned over to famed baseball player Jackie Robinson and became the " Brooklyn Dodgers ," which lasted one season.
The posthumous memoir A Genius in the Family by Hilary and Piers du Pré later became the subject of the 1998 film adaptation Hilary and Jackie, directed by Anand Tucker, that in turn promoted the popularity of the memoir.
Stanley Matthews, who became a regular source of goals for Mortensen, joined Blackpool in 1947, as did centre-forward Jackie Mudie.
In 1947 at the age of 23, Doby joined Jackie Robinson in breaking the MLB color barrier as he became the first black player to integrate the American League ( AL ) when he signed a contract to play with Bill Veeck's Cleveland Indians.
For the first time the phrase " told for children " was not part of the title — an omission Andersen scholar Jackie Wullschlager believes exhibited a new confidence on Andersen's part: " These were the most mature and perfectly constructed tales he had written, and though some of them at once became, and have remained favorites of children, Andersen here melds together the childlike and the profound with exceptional artistry.
He struck up a strong friendship and correspondence with Lord Fisher (" Jackie Fisher "), and subsequently Yarrow Shipbuilders became a lead contractor for the Royal Navy for smaller, but almost always fast, boats.
" Vreeland advised Jackie throughout the campaign and helped connect her with fashion designer Oleg Cassini, who became chief designer to the first lady.
A more mature Snider became the " trigger man " in a power-laden lineup which boasted players, Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges, Billy Cox, Roy Campanella, Carl Erskine, Preacher Roe, Carl Furillo, Clem Labine, and Joe Black.
It is an early example of the comedic kung fu style for which Jackie Chan became famous.
The pair lost the championship to the Dudley Boyz on June 17, and shortly afterwards, Haas became a singles wrestler, although he retained Miss Jackie as his valet.
* 1975: Jackie Tabick, born in Dublin, became the first female rabbi ordained in England.
In 1947, the award became an official MLB award ( voted on by the national BBWAA ), with Jackie Robinson as its first recipient.
Both Gregg Allman and his brother Duane became captivated by music at a young age ; Gregg Allman has revealed that he and Duane went to see Jackie Wilson, Otis Redding, Patti Labelle and B. B.
This was followed by a romance with Jackie Aprile, Jr., the son of Tony's deceased friend and fellow mobster, Jackie Aprile, Sr .. Jackie Jr. made Meadow happy for a while but cheated on her and became increasingly involved in organized crime.
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