In his biography of rock legend Elton John, Philip Norman recounted that by his early teens, John ( then known as Reg Dwight ) was wearing glasses " not because he needed them, but in homage to Buddy Holly.

The artwork for " Pineapple Head " was created by Reg Mombassa of Mental As Anything.

The popularity of game shows in the United States was closely paralleled around the world ; Reg Grundy Organisation, for instance, would buy the international rights for American game shows and create detailed reproductions in other countries, especially in his native Australia.

Blank Reg was played by W. Morgan Sheppard, one of only three cast members to also appear in the American-made series that followed.

Late that year they were replaced by such successful new shows as the Crawfords Produced Cop Shop ( 1977 – 1984 ) on Channel Seven, which was a meld of soap opera and police drama, and The Restless Years ( 1977 – 1981 ) on Channel Ten, which was another teen soap produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation.

Like GZSZ, the format was based on an Australian soap opera from Reg Watson.

This machine was the first in the UK and was used by English comedy actor Reg Varney, at the time so as to ensure maximum publicity for the machines that were to become mainstream in the UK.

The ghost later tries to influence Richard MacDuff, a former student of Reg and current employee of Gordon Way, who was also at the Coleridge reading.

Realising Michael was influenced by Coleridge's works, Dirk instructs Reg to take them to the 19th century, allowing Dirk to interrupt Coleridge long enough to disrupt the ghost's possession and prevent the second part of " Kubla Khan " from ever having been written.

According to one source the Oak of Reformation was cut down by Norwich City Council in the 1960s to make way for a car park, although Reg Groves wrote in the 1940s that had already been destroyed.

Like many Australian game shows during the 1970s – 1990s ( mostly those done by Reg Grundy ) this version was remarkably similar to the American show right down to the set, " spinning box " opening, and " Get ready to match the stars!

Valentinian III was played by Reg Rogers in the 2001 miniseries Attila.

The Barclays Bank branch in Enfield was the first place in the world to have an ATM or cash machine ; it was officially opened in June 1967 by Reg Varney, a television actor and personality most famous for his lead role in the comedy series On the Buses.

It was on his recommendation that Parnes went to see singer Tommy Hicks, whom he signed and renamed Tommy Steele, and Bart also suggested that Parnes see singer Reg Smith, who was then performing at the Condor Club.

Since Gerry Anderson had expressed frustration with this caricatured design during the production of earlier Supermarionation series, and wished that the puppets would more accurately reflect human biology, before production commenced on Captain Scarlet the producer, Reg Hill, and his associate, John Read, designed a new type of puppet in which the solenoid was instead placed inside the chest, to permit a head of realistic proportion.

The bleak time was partly spelled by four-handed piano duets with his mother and by his strong friendship with Reg DuValle, black bandleader and pianist known as " the elder statesman of Indiana jazz " and " the Rhythm King ", who taught him piano jazz improvisation.

Ken Gill became the party ’ s first elected officer in 1968 and ex-Communist Hugh Scanlon was elected president of the AEU with Broad Left support the previous year – defeating Reg Birch, the Maoist ex-party candidate.

It was designed in 1967 by Rodney March of Brightlingsea, England, with help from Terry Pierce, and Reg White, specifically for the purpose of becoming the Olympic catamaran.

Ronnie Bond was the first to release a solo record, with the " Anything For You " single in March 1969, followed in April by Reg Presley with " Lucinda Lee ".

An in-studio tape of Reg Presley's running commentary on a recording session, filled with in-fighting and swearing ( known as " The Troggs Tapes "), was widely circulated in the music underground, and was included in the Archaeology box set, as well as the compilation album, The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records.

After leading the first expedition, Sam Freeman did not return and Reg Beazley became party leader of the second expedition, with Pontey Seale mining engineer, Bill MacGregor and Beazley prospectors and recruiters, and Ernie Shepherd in charge of transport and supplies, prospecting when opportunity arose.

Senator Doug McClelland, manager of the ALP Government's business in the Senate, informed Coalition Senate leader Reg Withers of Labor's intent at about 1. 30.

Significant figures in the Australia Party were Senator Reg Turnbull ( elected as an independent but Australia Party leader from 1969 – 1970 ), and journalist Alan Fitzgerald, then a member of the elected Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council.

It was held by Reg Freeson from 1974 until 1987, then by Ken Livingstone ( following the abolition of the Greater London Council, of which he was leader, in 1986 ).

Many in Vanguard found this anathema, including the party's deputy leader Ernest Baird, Mid Ulster MP John Dunlop and East Belfast Convention member ( and future Ulster Unionist Party leader ) Reg Empey.

Following the resignation of David Trimble as UUP leader in 2005 he stood as a candidate in the contest to succeed him and was narrowly beaten by Sir Reg Empey.

Ulster Unionist Party leader Sir Reg Empey also criticised the inquiry, questioning the benefit of reliving the " darkest years " of Northern Ireland's history after 40 years, and also contrasting the £ 190m Saville Inquiry into 13 deaths with the absence of any inquiries into the deaths of 3, 600 people at the hands of paramilitary groups during the same period.

Reg Vermue is a Canadian indie rock singer from Guelph, Ontario.

Born in Trenton, Ontario, he records as Gentleman Reg.

He attempted to establish an official provincial wing of federal Reform in 1994 as co-founder of Reform Ontario with Reg Gosse.

Katie Sketch is now performing with Gentleman Reg and has been seen in some shows at the Gladstone Hotel and the Beaver in Toronto, Ontario.

Reg Empey ( Ulster Unionist Party ), then Acting First Minister of Northern Ireland, and Seamus Mallon ( Social Democratic and Labour Party ), then Acting Deputy First Minister, met with local representatives to discuss the situation.

The OSMTH-KTI organisation that is registered in Geneva, Swiss Reg No: CH-660. 1. 972777-4 and is in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations has over 5000 active members in Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, England & Wales, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia and in the United States.

After spending the 1961 season with the Yeoman Credit Racing Team driving a Cooper T53 " Lowline " managed by Reg Parnell and the 1962 season with the Bowmaker Racing Team, still managed by Reg Parnell but now in the V8 Lola Mk4, he moved to Scuderia Ferrari in 1963 and won the World Championship for the Italian team in 1964.

In 1961 the Samengo-Turner brothers ( Paul, William & Fabian ) asked Reg Parnell to take over the management of the Yeoman Credit Racing Team sponsorship deal from Ken Gregory of the British Racing Partnership.

In 1986 Finn performed with The Rock Party a charity project initiated by The National Campaign Against Drug Abuse ( NCADA ), which included many Australasian musicians such as Reg Mombassa from Mental As Anything, Eddie Rayner, Tim Finn, Nick Seymour and Paul Hester of Crowded House, Geoff Stapleton, Mark Callaghan and Robbie James of GANGgajang, Mary Azzopardi of Rockmelons, Andrew Barnum of The Vitabeats, Lissa Barnum, Michael Barclay, Peter Blakely, Deborah Conway, Jenny Morris, Danny De Costa, Greg Herbert ( The Promise ), Spencer P Jones, Sean Kelly ( Models ), John Kennedy, Paul Kelly, Martin Plaza ( Mental as Anything ), Robert Susz ( Dynamic Hepnotics ) and Rick Swinn ( The Venetians ).

Later a more significant group formed around Reg Birch, an engineering union official, established the Communist Party of Britain ( Marxist-Leninist ).

Reg Alcock and several others inside the Liberal Party had opposed the timing of the vote, and the poor results prompted Paul Martin's supporters to organize against Chrétien.

The Communist Party of Britain ( Marxist-Leninist ) was established in 1968 by a leading engineering union official, Reg Birch, who had been a prominent member of the CPGB and at that time a supporter of the Beijing line in the Sino-Soviet dispute.

The current Searchlight magazine was preceded in the early 1960s by a magazine of the same name, edited by left-wing Labour Party Members of Parliament Reg Freeson and Joan Lestor with Gerry Gable as " research director ".

However, the record for crossing the floor in the Australian Parliament goes to Tasmanian Senator Sir Reg Wright, who voted against his own party ( the Liberal Party of Australia ) on 150 occasions.

Between 1948 – 50, he was Liberal agent in Stockport but following the poor general election results experienced by the Liberal Party in 1950 and 1951, he was advised by the losing Liberal candidate for Stockport, Reg Hewitt, to join the Labour Party.

The final official count however gave the seat to the incumbent, Reg Boorman of the Labour Party, by a margin of seven votes, although a Judicial Recount reduced this to only one vote.

In 1976, with secret funding from the Freedom Association, he posed as a Labour Party moderate and briefly won control of Newham North East Constituency Labour Party, in an eventually unsuccessful attempt to reverse the deselection of the local MP, Reg Prentice.

The small party was formed in 1968 by Reg Birch as a split from the Communist Party of Great Britain, siding with the Communist Party of China.

The official count ( completed two weeks later ) reversed the election night provisional count and the constituency was won by the incumbent Labour Party MP, Reg Boorman by seven votes.

Reginald Norman Morgan Empey, Baron Empey of Shandon, OBE, ( born 26 October 1947 ) – known as Sir Reg Empey prior to 2011 – is the current Chairman and a former Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, and a former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Belfast.

Reg Empey and Robert John White | John White at the Ulster Unionist Party Executive Committee during the Leader's address.

Following his resignation, the UUP's Executive Committee charged Sir Reg Empey, Lady Hermon and Lord Rogan with the interim leadership of the Party.

In the interim it places the running of the party in the joint hands of Party President Lord Rogan, MLA Sir Reg Empey and the party's sole MP Syvlia Hermon.

While Heffer could work with Barbara Castle, she was moved in a reshuffle in 1972 and replaced by Reg Prentice who was already beginning the move across the political spectrum which would see him join the Conservative Party in 1977.