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 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 joining the Our Gang comedies, " Sonny ," as he was called by his family, modeled children's clothing for a Dallas department store and was also seen around the Dallas area on highway billboards and in print advertisements for Wonder Bread.

Prior to the coming of the Interstate Highway System in the late 1950s, the only improvements to US 75 in Texas beyond building a two-lane paved roadway were in the Houston and Dallas areas.

Prior to DTS, the company was formerly known as the Dallas Railway and Terminal Company when Dallas had an extensive streetcar system that spanned from Oak Cliff to north Dallas.

Prior to playing for the San Francisco Giants, McCovey played for a Giants ' farm club in Dallas, Texas that was part of the Class AA Southern League.

Prior to STELLAR Strategies, Weber was Vice President for Government Affairs and Policy for nine years at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — a $ 1. 6 billion world-class research center and medical school in Dallas, Texas, with five Nobel Laureates, and five hospital affiliates.

Prior to the construction of the suburb the Dallas area was primarily used for agriculture.

Prior to the inaugural Major League Soccer ( MLS ) draft in February 1996, the league allocated high profile players throughout the league ’ s ten teams ( except for the Dallas Burn, which alone amongst all MLS sides never received a US National Team allocation from the 1994 World Cup era ).

Prior to that, ( from 1981 to 2000 ) it was housed at Eastfield College, part of Dallas County Community College District, DCCCD in Mesquite, Texas.

Prior to that, Nguyen was an anchor at KTVT-TV, the CBS affiliate in Dallas, where she covered numerous breaking news events, including the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

Prior to beginning his career as a singer, he worked as the assistant manager of a Dallas area Foot Locker.

Prior joining Belgrano, Miña played for FC Dallas in MLS, Emelec, Deportivo Quevedo, LDU ( Loja ), and El Nacional in his native Ecuador, as well as for Huracán in Argentina.

Prior to joining FNC, Alexander served as a weekend anchor / reporter for WFAA-TV ( ABC ) in Dallas.

Prior to 1992, the bank was located at 400 S. Akard Street, in the Government District in Downtown Dallas.

Prior to that, the two cities operated separate school systems, although only Carrollton's went through the twelfth grade ( Farmers Branch students had to decide in eighth grade if they wanted to attend high school in Carrollton or at Hillcrest High School in Dallas.

Prior to the 2009-2010 season, the Mavericks announced that Hayes had moved away from the Dallas area to address an undisclosed family illness.

Prior to arriving at Crawford, the group had been in Dallas attending a Veterans for Peace convention.

Prior to his employment at Stephens Inc., he was Managing Director of Best Associates and Mason Best Company, merchant banking firms headquartered in Houston and Dallas respectively.

Prior to 1989, SH 289 began north of downtown Dallas, Texas ( USA ) in the Oak Lawn neighborhood at an intersection with Pearl Street.