Prior to the formation of Bill Haley and the Saddlemen, which later became The Comets, Haley released several singles with other groups.

Prior to the formation of the Dallas Cowboys, there was not an NFL team south of Washington DC.

Prior to the formation of the OSS ( the American version of the British Secret Intelligence Service and Special Operations Executive ), American intelligence had been conducted on an ad-hoc basis by the various departments of the executive branch, including the State, Treasury, Navy, and War Departments.

While the legion was in battle formation, the Pilus Prior was given command of the entire cohort.

Prior to ABBA's formation, Björn and Benny were living in a Volkswagen bus and had decided to leave music and gain regular jobs, however Anderson persuaded them to start a new band, investing considerable money in the group.

Prior to withdrawing from the area in 1971, Britain delineated the internal borders among the seven emirates in order to preempt territorial disputes that might hamper formation of the federation.

Prior to the formation of The Law Society of Scotland, solicitors were in most areas organized into a local Faculty of Procurators or Faculty of Procurators and Solicitors.

Prior to the formation of Patrick County, one of the Virginia colony's first frontier forts lay within the boundaries of what was then Halifax County on the banks of the North Mayo River.

Prior to the formation of the Central Clinton School District, Grand Mound had its own junior-senior high school, which operated in the same school building as the elementary school.

( Prior to the formation of the Quabbin Reservoir, the town of Prescott was the northeast corner of the county, but its lands were absorbed by New Salem.

Prior to the formation of the Third Coalition, Napoleon had assembled an invasion force, called the Armée d ' Angleterre ( Army of England ) around six camps at Boulogne in Northern France.

Prior to the formation of the East Allegheny School District, North Versailles high school age students were able to choose to go to one of several high schools in other districts including: East McKeesport High School ( the Rams ), Westinghouse Memorial High School ( the Wildcats ), Turtle Creek High School ( the Creekers ), McKeesport Area High School ( the Tigers ), and East Pittsburgh High School ( the Shamrocks ).

Prior to the formation of Saluda County in 1896, the town was named Redbank and was renamed to match the county it became the seat of.

Prior to the formation of CSN, each member of the band had belonged to another prominent group.

Prior to the formation of Coastal Command in 1936, the role of the maritime naval operations fell to the RNAS.

Prior to the formation of the system, the position of president was more akin to what is now chancellor of the Columbia campus.

Prior to the formation of the Third Coalition, Napoleon had assembled the Army of England, an invasion force meant to strike at England, around six camps at Boulogne in Northern France.

Prior to the formation of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the native population of Nejd consisted mainly of members of several Arabian tribes, who were either nomads ( bedouins ), or sedentary farmers and merchants.

Prior to the formation of Crass, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher had published their creative works via their own Dial House based Exitstencil Press.

Prior to the formation of this ministry, and while Sir Gordon Sprigg was still in office, Hofmeyr had approached Rhodes and offered to put him in office as a Bond nominee, but the offer was declined.

Prior to the annual Yale – Princeton football game on November 18, 1916, Baker led a squadron of twelve aircraft, the most to have ever flown in military formation, from two fields over Palmer Stadium, home of the Princeton football team.

Prior to the formation of the NHL, the " Redbands " were one of the most successful teams in hockey.

Prior to the formation of the Respect-The Unity Coalition, headed by George Galloway and supported by the Socialist Workers Party, the CPB engaged in a major debate about whether to join an electoral alliance with Galloway and the SWP.

Prior to the formation of the Premier League in 1992, most of the club's successes were before 1930, when it had gained league and FA Cup trophies on several occasions.

Prior to this group's formation, another group called The Kingsmen operated in 1958 and was made up of members of Bill Haley & His Comets who were moonlighting from their regular work with Haley.

Prior to the opening of the Taipei Metro lines at the station in 1997, the region was simply known as " Taipei Station " or " Taipei Railway Station ".

Prior to her becoming the Chief Administrative Officer ( CAO ) of the City of Toronto, she held positions such as Director of Policy and Planning for the Community Services department ; General Manager of Administration for Exhibition Place ; and Executive Director for the Metro Chairman's Office.

Prior to joining ESPN, she had previously worked as a sports reporter and anchor for Metro Sports, a local Time Warner Cable sports channel in Kansas City from 2002 until 2004.

Prior to 1985 the people came here and bought houses at a very low cost ; now the prices have gone up due to the coming of Metro and other amenities in the area.

Prior to that, BR passenger trains had run on the southern pair of tracks, now used by Metro services, and for a short period they ran through the completed Metro platforms.

Prior to the Kallikratis reform, the Thessaloniki Urban Area was made up of twice as many municipalities, considerably smaller in size, which created bureaucratic problems.

Prior to this, the municipalities of Warrington and Salford established libraries in their museums, under the terms of the Museums Act of 1845. Warrington Municipal Library opened in 1848.

Prior to its incorporation within Ernen, it was one of Switzerland's smallest municipalities with a population of only 41.

Prior to the Danish Kommunalreformen (" The Municipal Reform " of 2007 ), Denmark consisted of 270 municipalities, which were decreased in number to 98 by merging smaller municipalities into larger ones.

Prior to the merger of the municipalities in Region 06 in 2002, the administrative region was co-extensive with the Montreal Urban Community.

Prior to 2006, the district was Grand Falls-Buchans, while expanded slightly in all directions it took in no major municipalities.

Prior to the 1950s, the municipalities were responsible for water treatment.

Prior to the merger of the municipalities of Kristiansund and Frei on 1 January 2008, the bridges marked the border between the two municipalities.

Prior to the controversy surrounding Agent Orange, there was already a large body of scientific evidence linking 2, 4, 5-T to serious negative health effects and ecological damage.

Prior to the Fremont expedition, the Washoe people inhabited the valley and surrounding areas.

Prior to Scottsboro's founding, the area surrounding the present-day city was inhabited by the Cherokee Indians.

Prior to the arrival of the Moravians, there was no distinct town, but several families farmed on Jenny Jump Mountain, to the south of Hope, in surrounding area and on John Samuel Green, Jr .’ s farm in the center of what is now the Village.

Prior to this, Smethport was simply a settlement surrounding the county courthouse.

Prior to 1960, liquor sales were prohibited in all cities and counties surrounding Abilene.

Prior to the emergence of the Internet, many play-by-mail games developed communities resembling those surrounding today's online games.

Prior to then, the Warrington constituency covered the central part of the town and surrounding area, while the southern fringes were in the Runcorn constituency and the surrounding area to the north was covered by the Newton constituency.

Prior to European settlement of Australia the region of Blackheath and surrounding areas were thought to be a summer corroberee meeting place for several Aboriginal nations, these being Darug ( East ), Gundungurra ( South ) and Wiradjuri ( West ).

Prior to European entry, the creation narrative varied among surrounding local groups.

Prior to European settlement, The Basin and surrounding suburbs were often visited by aborigines from the Westernport and Yarra Yarra tribes — hunting in the summer months in the Dandenong Ranges and its foothills.

Prior to European settlement, Boronia and surrounding suburbs were often visited by Aborigines from the Westernport and Yarra Yarra tribes, hunting during the summer months in the Dandenong Ranges and its foothills.

Prior to the release of their second album, the band became the subject of controversy surrounding remarks that Mills had made in the NME and Melody Maker, regarding Nazism and its attendant symbol, the swastika.

Prior to the arrival of the First Fleet in Port Jackson in 1788, the area of land we now know as Frenchs Forest, and surrounding Warringah areas, was the home of the Guringai ( Ku-ring-gai ) language group of the Garigal Aboriginal clan.

Prior to the early 1950s, a large number of present-day residents of Ebeye lived on small islands throughout Kwajalein Atoll, which is in fact the largest atoll in the world, boasting close to 99 islands surrounding a massive lagoon.

Prior to the assault, the surrounding countryside had also been liberated by Polish and Soviet partisans.

Prior to its proclamation as a city on 1 January 1986, Thuringowa was a large rural shire, almost surrounding the City of Townsville.

Prior to European settlement, the island was home to the Woppaburra and Ganumi people of the Darumbal nation, with centuries old middens testifying to the quantity of seafood found in the surrounding waters.

Prior to the 1950s, most of the area surrounding today's suburbs of Munno Para and Elizabeth were farming estates.

Prior to this students lived in houses or halls in the surrounding area.

Prior to the industrialisation in the 19th century agriculture was the main activity in the land surrounding Kelly Bray.

Prior to its being fenced off, the area surrounding the springs and pond into which its waters feed was popular among the students as a place to meet and relax.

Prior to settlement and colonisation of Australia, Bidwill and the surrounding area was inhabited by the Darug tribe.