* Prior to her first record deal, British singer-songwriter Kate Bush recorded at least thirty officially-unreleased but much-bootlegged demos of original material, circa 1972.

Prior to graduating from Quincy High School, she wrote to several of her favorite actresses for an autographed picture.

Prior to this period she performed under her middle name, Ellen, but permanently adopted Tori after a friend's boyfriend told her it suited her.

Prior to the tour, Nicks started work with a voice coach, to lend her voice more control and protect it from the stress of lengthy touring schedules.

Prior to the tournament he meets Natalia Katkov ( Watson ) and he falls in love with her almost immediately.

" Prior to Taylor's attempt, on October 19 a domestic cat named Iagara was sent over the Horseshoe Falls in her barrel to test its strength.

Prior to the battle, Germany had regarded Britain as a naval power and discounted her as a military force to be reckoned with, believing Germany's major enemies were France and Russia.

Prior to this she had variously signed her work I. S. R.

Prior to the release of the first film, she was noted for her Seven Gothic Tales, for which she is also known in Denmark.

Prior to her marriage, Anderson's mother had briefly attended the Virginia Seminary and College in Lynchburg and had worked as a schoolteacher in Virginia.

Prior to Achilles ' entrance, Penthesilea had tried to fight Telamonian Ajax but he had merely laughed off her attempts, thinking her unfit to face him.

Prior to the marriage, Anne renounced all succession rights she had had for herself and her descendants by Louis, with a provision that she would resume her rights should she be left a childless widow.

Prior to her marriage, she dated actor Paul Reubens for several years beginning in 1993.

Prior to her death, the victim had reported using the dried leaves of the plant to induce menstruation with no ill effects.

Prior to the annulment, she had been socially very active and this bothered both her and her husband considerably, although many in society were still prepared to receive her and to press her case sympathetically.

Prior to winning the Miss Universe pageant, she represented her hometown of Lares in the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2001 pageant.

Prior to this she also guest starred on a Tiny Toons Adventures episode as Julie Bruin, a cartoon bear version of herself, in which she guest starred in her own segment Just Say Julie Bruin, a reference to her music video show.

Prior to his departure, Oxford entered into two indentures.

Prior to Parsons ' departure from The Byrds, he had accompanied the two Rolling Stones to Stonehenge ( along with McGuinn and Hillman ) in the English county of Wiltshire, where Richards had a house near the ancient site.

Prior to his departure to the Americas at age 27, he was ordered by his superiors to teach philosophy in professorial status to students at the Convento de San Francisco.

Prior to Constantine's departure, the Emperor had blinded Archbishop Felix of Ravenna for plotting to overthrow the Emperor, an act that had improved the papal-Byzantine rapport.

There were doubts over the future of the band when Prior announced her departure in 1997, but Steeleye continued in a more productive vein than for many years, with Woods as lead singer, releasing Horkstow Grange ( 1998 ), and then Bedlam Born ( 2000 ).

Prior to his departure, Johnson played on all but two of the new album's tracks.

Prior to departure, the cowling from one of the aircraft's two engines was removed by CIA personnel, fired upon, then re-installed to give the false appearance that the aircraft had taken ground fire at some point during its flight.

Prior to departure for Prom, students pose in front of Limo used to transport group of students to Prom venue

Prior to the departure of Sykes to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Sazonov in Petrograd on 27 February 1916, Sykes was approached with a plan by Herbert Samuel, who had a seat in the Cabinet as President of the Local Government Board and was strongly sympathetic to Zionism.

Prior to his departure on September 2, 2003, more than 35, 000 Iraqi police were re-instated, 35 police stations were stood up in Baghdad with several more around the country, the senior deputy interior ministers were appointed and the newly established governing counsel appointed the first Iraqi Minister of Interior, post Saddam Hussein, Nouri Badran.

Prior to his departure, he was incredibly popular among both listeners and critics.

Prior to the departure of Christian Hayes, Cardiacs had recorded an album called Heaven Born and Ever Bright ( which featured several of Hayes ' guitar and vocal parts, plus a track he had co-written called " Goodbye Grace ").

Prior to his departure Castrén indicated he planned to return to Helsinki in six months and continue his work as leader of the metro committee.

Prior to the 2002 – 03 season, he was named team captain, succeeding Jason Allison, who had left for the Los Angeles Kings in 2001 ; the captaincy position was vacant for a full season after Allison's departure.

Prior to his departure, he bought from Don Enrique Barretto, a share of his interest in the firm worth P42, 000.

Prior to his departure, Häyhänen returned to Bear Mountain Park and retrieved the buried five thousand dollars, for his own use.

Prior to their departure from Portsmouth each had received a considerable sum of money raised as a subscription on their behalf among the wealthy London Whigs.

Prior to 2007, the CSC stood for Commodore Sea Cadets, but following the departure of Commodore Laurie Brokenshire ( RN ) ( Rtd.

Prior to his departure, Cockrum had been preparing to be the regular artist on an ongoing Captain Marvel, Jr. back-up strip in the Shazam!

Prior to Blood's departure, the band got an offer to do a single for the movie Young Einstein.

Prior to his departure for Russia ’ s American colonies, he got married in 1829 to Elisabeth Teodora Natalia Karolina de Rossillon, daughter of Baron Wilhelm de Rossillon.

Prior to his departure he collected numerous Canadian honours and two foreign honours.

Prior to his departure for Sunderland, he was the only current player who progressed through all the levels of the academy, starting out at the club at the age of 8.

Prior to his departure, Bernard secured the services of a number of the players that made up the 05 / 06 roster.