In this way, Ackerman provided inspiration to many who would later become successful artists, including Joe Dante, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Stephen King, Donald F. Glut, Penn & Teller, Billy Bob Thornton, Gene Simmons ( of the band Kiss ), Rick Baker, George Lucas, Danny Elfman, Frank Darabont, John Landis and countless other writers, directors, artists and craftsmen.

The Irish Catholic supporters of James II referred to these northern Protestant supporters of " King Billy ", as " Billy Boys ".

In April of that year, King published Blockade Billy, an original novella issued first by independent small press Cemetery Dance Publications and later released in mass market paperback by Simon & Schuster.

Billy Gibbons, who previously formed the Moving Sidewalks in 1966, had suggested " ZZ King " as a potential name for the band after looking at posters of Z.

He is informally known by sections of the population in Northern Ireland and Scotland as " King Billy ".

Famous residents have included Mary, Queen of Scots ; King James VI of Scotland ; Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman ; documentary film pioneer John Grierson ; film music composer Muir Mathieson ; animation pioneer Norman McLaren ; TV presenter Kirsty Young ; and footballers Billy Bremner ( captain of Leeds United and Scotland ) and Frank Beattie ( captain of Kilmarnock ).

Then, on January 11, Sixers GM Billy King announced that the Sixers and aging forward Chris Webber had agreed to a buyout of the remainder of his contract.

On December 4, 2007, the Sixers fired Billy King and replaced him with Nets GM Ed Stefanski.

Singers such as Sonny Burgess (" My Bucket's Got A Hole In It "), Charlie Rich, Junior Parker, and Billy Lee Riley recorded for Sun with some success, while others such as Jerry Lee Lewis, BB King, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins would become superstars.

In sport, Stepney lays claim to footballers Ledley King, Ashley Cole and Darren Purse, and heavyweight boxer " Bombardier " Billy Wells.

* William Preston Hall ( aka " The Colonel ," " Diamond Billy ," " Horse King of the World ") ( February 29, 1864-June 29, 1932 ) Exotic animal dealer, horse and mule breeder, circus impresario.

These include " America's Waltz King " Wayne King, professional wrestler Tommy Treichel, Billy Zoom ( Tyson Kindell ) founding member and original guitarist of the punk band X, MLB player Pete Lister, and former NASA astronaut Dale Gardner.

* William Preston Hall ( aka " the Colonel ," " Diamond Billy ," " Horse King of the World ") ( February 29, 1864-June 29, 1932 ) Circus empresario, dealer in exotic animals, horses, and mules.

* Billy King

Billy DiIorio was known as the Watermelon King and Angelina DiIorio was known as the Watermelon Queen.

He also was influenced by the vocal styles of Billy Eckstine and Nat King Cole.

Robert King, Howard Johnson & Billy Moll

Previously, that was the location of one of Dublin's finest equestrian statues, of King " Billy " ( William of Orange ) on Horseback.

Baldwin also knew Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Billy Dee Williams, Huey P. Newton, Nikki Giovanni, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Genet ( with whom he campaigned on behalf of the Black Panther Party ), Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, Rip Torn, Alex Haley, Miles Davis, Amiri Baraka, Martin Luther King, Jr., Margaret Mead, Josephine Baker, Allen Ginsberg and Maya Angelou.

* King Rat, the nickname of the Ulster loyalist Billy Wright, and an autobiography he wrote detailing his activities

Bun E. Carlos has played with many different commercial drum accessories, including Ludwig and Slingerland Radio King drums, Zildjian cymbals, rare Billy Gladstone snare drums, and Capella drum sticks.

Versions have been recorded by Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Tommy Dorsey, Tex Beneke with The Glenn Miller Orchestra ( Recorded in New York City on February 1, 1947 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalogue number 20-2016B and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue number BD 5968 ), Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Jan Garber, Fumio Nanri, Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Mel Tormé, Connie Francis, Jean Sablon, Keely Smith, Terumasa Hino, Harry Connick Jr, Ella Fitzgerald, Olavi Virta, The Peanuts, Django Reinhardt, Barry Manilow, John Coltrane, Earl Grant, Willie Nelson, Billy Ward and His Dominoes, George Benson, Mina, Ken Hirai, Los Hombres Calientes and many others.

Her first film under RKO was The Most Dangerous Game ( 1932 ), co-starring Joel McCrea and shot at night on the same jungle sets that were being used for King Kong during the day, with the leads from both films, Wray and Robert Armstrong, appearing in both movies.

* Joel Edgerton in King Arthur

The extensive suburban development that has taken place since the 1960s in King of Prussia has led urban planning scholars like Joel Garreau to label the area as an epitome of the edge city phenomenon, a situation where the most vibrant economic growth and prosperity in a metropolitan area ( in this case, Philadelphia ) no longer occurs in the urban center, but rather at its periphery.

Other notable disc jockeys who worked at WLS include Fred Winston, Art Roberts, Ron " Ringo " Riley, Gene Taylor, Mort Crowley, Larry Lujack, Dex Card, Clark Weber, Chuck Buell, Kris Erik Stevens, Joel Sebastian, Gary Gears, Jerry Kay, Bob Sirott, John Records Landecker, Yvonne Daniels, Steve Dahl, Garry Meier, Brant Miller, Steve King, and Tommy Edwards.

John Blaski, postmaster and Mayor of the village Zarnowiec, residing here and thirty-six years old, and Idzi Baiorkiewicz, residing at his farm of two quarts at Zarnowiec and thirty-three years old, and declared that his Excellency, Joel Barlow, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Emperor of the French and King of Italy, died on the above day at 12 o ' clock at noon in the house No. 1 while journeying from Warsaw to Paris, at the age of fifty-six, son of unknown parents, and husband of her Excellency Mrs. Margaret nee Baldwin, residing in the American city of Ridgefield.

Featured authors include John Adlard, Sebastian Schmitz, Dave Nichols, Ben Wang, Bill Hough, Joel Chusid, Royal King, Robbie Shaw, and Cody Diamond.

It was recently announced that Rodgers would be taking part in a Paul McCartney tribute album that would also feature contributions by Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, BB King, and KISS.

* Faculty — Among the current faculty of the college are Chinese historian and philosopher Ellen Neskar, fine art photographer Joel Sternfeld, poet Suzanne Gardinier, novelist Melvin Jules Bukiet, novelist William Melvin Kelley, Middle Eastern Affairs expert Fawaz Gerges, poet Marie Howe, film historians Gilberto Perez and Malcolm Turvey, mathematician Dan King, chemist Colin Abernethy, biologist Drew Cressman, puppet-theatre artist Dan Hurlin, dancer / choreographer Sara Rudner and economist Franklin Delano Roosevelt, III.

Major soft rock artists of the 1970s included Carole King, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Chicago, America and Fleetwood Mac, whose Rumours ( 1977 ) was the best selling album of the decade.

He donated a piece of his land to the village to be used for sporting purposes: the park and pavilion were opened by the Duke of York, later King George VI, in 1927 and, as Sol Joel Park, the park and the original pavilion are used to this day.

The band's members included Dave Barry, Stephen King, Amy Tan, Maya Angelou, Cynthia Heimel, Sam Barry, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, Joel Selvin, James McBride, Mitch Albom, Roy Blount Jr., Barbara Kingsolver, Robert Fulghum, Matt Groening, Tad Bartimus, Greg Iles, as well as professional musicians Josh Kelly on drums, and Erasmo Paulo on saxophone.

"), fey current-events commentator Joel Weiss, buttoned-down panel show moderator Dougal Currie, smarmy Just for Fun emcee Stan Kanter, energetic used car salesman Al Peck, guileless security guard Gus Gustofferson, Phil the Garment King ( also of Phil's Nails ), and inept dance show host Rockin ’ Mel Slirrup.

She is also the sister of Joel and Luke Smallbone, who compose the band for King & Country, and the wife of Foster the People bassist Jacob " Cubbie " Fink.

Her brothers are Joel and Luke Smallbone from the band for King & Country.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas ( whose credentials include Young Simba in The Lion King and the TV show Home Improvement ) did the voice of Spot throughout The Adventures of Spot, Ryan O ' Donohue did the voice of Spot in the specials, and Haley Joel Osment ( known for his the role as Cole Sear in The Sixth Sense ) did the voice of Spot in Disney's release of Spot's Musical Adventures ( which was released as Discover Spot ) in the US.

* Robert Byrne vs Joel Benjamin, U. S. Championship, Berkeley 1984, Sicilian Defense, Classical Richter – Rauzer Variation ( B60 ), 1 – 0 Benjamin neglects his development and King safety, and pays the ultimate price.

By the early 1970s, WHDH evolved into more of an adult contemporary format playing artists such as Dionne Warwick, Elton John, James Taylor, Carpenters, Beatles, Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, Kenny Rogers, Billy Joel, Carole King, and even soft songs by rock artists.

The 1849-1850 committee consisted of B. F. White, Leonard P. Breedlove, E. L. King, Joel King, R. F. M. Mann, A. Ogletree, S. R. Pennick and J. R. Turner.

Gwen Guthrie ( July 9, 1950 – February 3, 1999 ) was an American singer-songwriter, who also sang backing vocals for Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Peter Tosh, and Madonna, among others, and who wrote songs made famous by Ben E. King, and Roberta Flack.

He has appeared on CBBC on Hider in the House presented by Jason King and Joel and taken part in ITV2's reality television programme Deadline with chief editor Janet Street Porter.

Originally written in 1974 as a series of lectures presented for the King Memorial Lectureship at Emmanuel College, Synan used the motif first described by David Wesley Myland in his book The Latter Rain Covenant and Pentecostal Power in which the Pentecostal outpouring at the turn of the century was recognized as the fulfillment of the Joel 2 prophecy for early and latter rain.

* Jason King ( radio ) ( born 1975 ), British radio and television presenter, part of the double act JK and Joel

His Jason King character often got the girl and as she is about to kiss him, he manages to avoid it, much to the annoyance of co-actor Joel Fabiani.