When Quiney and William Parsons wrote to Greville in 1593 asking his consent in the election for bailiff, they sent the letter to Mr. William Sawnders, attendant on the worshipful Mr. Thomas Bushell at Marston.

Parsons had already acted as assistant engineer on The Beatles ' Abbey Road and Let It Be, had recently engineered Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, and had produced several acts for EMI Records.

Arista Records then signed The Alan Parsons Project for further albums.

While Parsons pursued his own solo career and took many members of the Project on the road for the first time in a successful worldwide tour, Woolfson went on to produce musical plays influenced by the Project's music.

Dr Parsons quoted as: " The channel complex and the density flow provide the ideal natural laboratory for investigating and detailing the structure of the flow field through the channel.

" Smile ", composed originally for Modern Times ( 1936 ) and later set to lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons, was a hit for Nat King Cole in 1954.

Through such people as Nikola Tesla, Galileo Ferraris, Oliver Heaviside, Thomas Edison, Ottó Bláthy, Ányos Jedlik, Sir Charles Parsons, Joseph Swan, George Westinghouse, Ernst Werner von Siemens, Alexander Graham Bell and Lord Kelvin, electricity was turned from a scientific curiosity into an essential tool for modern life, becoming a driving force for the Second Industrial Revolution.

Hollywood columnist Louella Parsons called it a " smash patriotic hit " and most other critics agreed, seeing that audiences left the theaters with " an enthusiasm for democracy " and " in a glow of patriotism.

In 1971, he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award again, this time for 1970's I Never Sang for My Father, working alongside Melvyn Douglas and Estelle Parsons.

Parsons is best known for his work within the country genre ; he also mixed blues, folk, and rock to create what he called " Cosmic American Music ".

Parsons moved to France, where he lived for a short period at Villa Nellcôte with his friend Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones.

Returning to America, Parsons befriended Emmylou Harris, who assisted him on vocals for his first solo record, GP, released in 1973.

Parsons had been acquainted with Hillman since the pair had met in a bank during 1967 and in February 1968 he passed an audition for the band, being initially recruited as a jazz pianist but soon switching to rhythm guitar and vocals.

According to Stones ' confidant and close friend of Parsons, Phil Kaufman, the twosome would sit around for hours, playing obscure country records and trading off on various songs with their guitars.

The atypically pronounced ( for Parsons ) gospel soul influence on this album likely comes from his frequent jamming with Delaney & Bonnie and Richards.

The two shared a mutual penchant for cocaine and heroin, and as a result, the sessions were largely unproductive, with Parsons eventually losing interest in the project.

Moving into Villa Nellcôte with the guitarist during the sessions for Exile on Main Street, Parsons remained in a consistently incapacitated state and frequently quarreled with his much younger girlfriend, aspiring actress Gretchen Burrell.

With the assistance of Grech and one of the bassist's friends, a doctor who also dabbled in country music and is now known as Hank Wangford, Parsons managed to kick his heroin habit once and for all ( a treatment suggested by William Burroughs proved unsuccessful ).

Coordinating the spectacle as road manager was Phil Kaufman, who had served time with Charles Manson on Terminal Island in the mid-sixties and first met Parsons while working for the Stones in 1968.

Despite the almost insurmountable setback, Parsons, Harris, and the other musicians decided to continue with plans for a fall tour.

Parsons ' body disappeared from the Los Angeles International Airport where it was being readied to be shipped to Louisiana for burial.

* Space Antelope played from 1982 – 1983, featuring Anastasio, The Dude of Life, Doug Parsons ( drums, English teacher at the Boys ' Latin School of Maryland ), Dudley Taft and others.

Parsons on the 1982 – 1985 television series Matt Houston.

The late Benny Parsons was the first driver to qualify at over 200 mph, doing so in 1982 with a speed of 200. 176 mph.

* Parsons, C. ( 1982 ) True to Nature: Christopher Parsons looks back on 25 years of wildlife filming with the BBC Natural History Unit.

Parsons served on the school board of the Hastings — Prince Edward district from 1982 to 1999.

* The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky ( 1982 ) – " Old and Wise " ( UK # 74, US # 22 )

Tubal Claude Ryan ( January 3, 1898 – September 11, 1982 ) was an Irish-American aviator born in Parsons, Kansas.

When the Late Model Series became the Busch Series in 1982, Parsons joined the circuit full-time, driving the # 28 Skoal Pontiac for Johnny Hayes.

He appeared in Michael Radford's 1984 film Nineteen Eighty-Four as Winston Smith's neighbour Parsons.

Parsons co-hosted coverage of Winston Cup Qualifying on North Carolina radio station WFMX with Mark Garrow in the early ' 90s.

He is also the younger brother of the late 1973 Winston Cup champion and former NBC / TNT commentator Benny Parsons.

In 1988, Parsons led 52 laps at the Winston 500 and won his only career Cup race.

The online List of Supporters reached 5, 500 on what would have been Parsons ' 65th birthday and continues to gather signatures, as well as at G3P's annual Gram InterNational concerts and other tribute events each year.

** February 16 – Benny Parsons wins the Daytona 500 in the # 72 Chevrolet

* 30 May – Johnnie Parsons wins the 34th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Wynn's Friction Special Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser

Day's message was intercepted by Shepard's men, so the militia of Shays and Parsons, some 1, 500 men, approached the armory on the 25th not knowing they would have no support from the west.

This incident took place with chief chief Harry Hyde and driver Benny Parsons at the 1987 Southern 500.

By winning the race, Giancarlo Baghetti became only the third driver to win his first World Championship race, the other two being Nino Farina, who won the first World Championship race ( the 1950 British Grand Prix ) and Johnnie Parsons, who won the 1950 Indianapolis 500 ( the Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Championship from 1950 to 1960 ), though both Farina and Parsons had competed at future World Championship races before the creation of the championship, while this was Baghetti's first start at a major Grand Prix.

Baghetti is one of only three drivers to have won his first World Championship race, the other two being Nino Farina, who won the first World Championship race ( the 1950 British Grand Prix ) and Johnnie Parsons, who won the 1950 Indianapolis 500 ( the Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Championship from 1950 to 1960 ).

Johnson was a high school acquaintance of 1950 Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Parsons.

Johnnie Parsons ( July 4, 1918 – September 8, 1984 ) was an American race car driver from Los Angeles, California who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1950.

Parsons had the dubious distinction of being the only Indianapolis 500 winner to have his name misspelled on the Borg-Warner Trophy.

Parsons finished second in his first Indy 500 in 1949.

Parsons final career victory came in 1984 at the Coca-Cola 500 at Atlanta.

Parsons did climb into a race car a couple of other times, the first during the 2003 Old Dominion 500 as part of Wally's World segment and he drove a ceremonial victory lap at the last fall race at Rockingham in 2003 in a car similar to the one he won the championship with.

Harvick also tied Benny Parsons for the fewest number of laps led by a Daytona 500 winner, who did it in 1975 ( the year Harvick was born ) with four laps.

In September 1898 a British battalion led by Lieutenant-Colonel Parsons moved from Kassala toward Gedaref and clashed with a Mahdist Dervishes army composed of 3, 500 men under the command of the Mahdist Emir Sa ' ad-allah in a jungle located between the River Atbara and Gedaref town.

The 3 beats were sampled from these records Flow-model 500 ( Alex Reece remix ), Samurai-Trace ( Pete Parsons Babylon remix ), and most importantly the " amen " with its special snare was taken from.

The winner of the 1950 Indianapolis 500, Johnnie Parsons, had his name misspelled on the trophy.