Rumour has long circulated that he named his company after the French epic poem La Chanson de Roland.

Rumour has there was a white label 12 " record that did contain the original sample, which was spread amongst Dutch DJ's.

Rumour has it that money was so tight that George would only allow a central strip for the runway to be mowed as he needed the profit from the hay crop!

The former assumption has persisted to the present day, with writers of fiction, such as Mary Renault, and the film director Oliver Stone among its proponents, as well as modern historians such as Paul Cartledge, who says: " Rumour had it — and rumour was for once surely correct — that he and Alexander had once been more than just good friends.

Rumour has it that one of the entrances to these tunnels can be found in the basement of a house along Old Market Street.

: And all that Rumour has announced of grace!

" Rumour has it that the role of Jack Bauers father will be played by Lester Metcalf from the United Kingdom in the upcoming 24 movie adaptation

Rumour has it that Blanchefleur is soon to be his next chosen bride.

Rumour has it that their parents left them in the asylum many years ago, and in revenge, Rodge took an axe to them both.

Rumour has it that this album was recorded in a week, during a period where Kool Keith & Godfather Don locked themselves away from the outside world ( in a basement ), only adding additional vocals after they emerged from their retreat.

Rumour has it that when planted in the late 19th century, the village idiot was employed to bang a drum all day to keep birds off the branches to ensure they grew tall and true.

Apatow's next directorial effort, the Knocked Up spin-off This Is Forty, has been set by Universal Pictures for a December 21, 2012 release and features Graham Parker & The Rumour.

Rumour has it that hotel owner Peter Wall threatened to call off the construction if the city forced him to replace all of the dark-paned glass, so a settlement was reached where only the remaining portion of the building ( 1 / 3 of its height ) was faced with the typical " Yaletown green " lighter-coloured glass now common in the city's newer areas.

Rumour has it that many drew their blinds in passing through New England.

Rumour has it that the name came from the ducks in the moat.

" I Heard a Rumour " was their strongest performing international hit from this album.

In 2008 – 2009, James Shortt, Director General of the International Bodyguard Association, claiming SAS and Parachute Regiment service, was outed as a " Walt " by the British Army Rumour Service ( ARRSE ) website and subsequently reported on by Private Eye and The Sun.

Kusturica's autobiography, Smrt je neprovjerena glasina ( Death is an Unverified Rumour ), was published in October 2010 in Belgrade by Novosti AD.

* On 8 April 2011, Kusturica was the first person ever to receive " Momo Kapor award ", for his book Death is an Unverified Rumour

Parker and the Rumour built a reputation as incendiary live performers: the promotional album Live at Marble Arch was recorded at this time and shows off their raw onstage style.

Bob Andrews left The Rumour in early 1980, and was not officially replaced.

Though it did not sell well, Dekker was still a popular live performer and toured with the Rumour.

The White Rumour Plan was put into action, as part of which wild rumours were spread in Amsterdam, including that the Provos were preparing to dump LSD in the city water supply.

Danny Rumour ( aka Daniel John Atkins ) was a member of punk rock bands Blackrunner, Urban Guerrillas, Friction, Ugly Mirrors and Bedhogs in Sydney from the mid-1970s to 1980.

After Sekret Sekret disbanded, The Cruel Sea was formed in late 1987 by Elliot on drums and Rumour on guitar.

Rumour's first solo album was released in October 2007 as by Dan Rumour and The Drift.

Rumour managed to increase this scandal, suggesting that the sale of the estate was fictitious to avoid confiscation if Darrell was ever convicted, and that Popham kept Littlecote from Darrell's heirs ( which he did not have ).

Rumour suggested that the relatively low-key celebration of the 1st Anniversary was due to the disappointing performance of the theme park.

Rumour noted later by the curious antiquary John Aubrey had it that she was the " concubine " of Richard Sackville, Earl of Dorset ( died 1624 ), who had children by her and settled upon her an annuity of £ 500 per annum.

Rumour was that the SR stood for ' STATESIDE REPLICA ' and this was what Kawasaki thought a replica should be!

In his book " A Rumour of War " covering the 4th Marines tour of Vietnam the journalist Philip Caputo states that USS Reasoner ( FF-1063 ) was named after Reasoner.

It was co-produced by Graham Parker and The Rumour keyboardist Bob Andrews and included a dancehall version of Neil Young's " Powderfinger " and Country Dick singing of " Beat Generation " with backing vocals from Dave Alvin, Nick Lowe, Gene Taylor, Dan Stuart, and Loudon Wainwright III.

Brinsley Schwarz and Martin Belmont joined Brinsley's former keyboard player Bob Andrews to support Graham Parker as Graham Parker & the Rumour, as well as appearing without Parker, as " The Rumour ".

* The Future of Reputation, Gossip, Rumour and Privacy on the Internet, Daniel J. Solove, Yale University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-300-12498-9, p. 166

They were somewhat aware of the situation with regards to the rumours, but did not take them entirely seriously — possibly because the UK's New Musical Express famously published an article on the Beatles-as-Klaatu theory under the title " Deaf Idiot Journalist Starts Beatle Rumour ".

Ironically, the first album, Ducks Deluxe, achieved moderate commercial success after the band broke up, because the members had gone on to greater fame in Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Tyla Gang and The Motors.

The band recruited two teenagers, Danny Rumour on lead guitar and David Virgin on bass guitar ( both ex-Ugly Mirrors, and went on to form Sekret Sekret ), on early recordings by SPK in 1979.

Bananarama went on to make Stock Aitken and Waterman their main producers, and would collaborate with them on some of their biggest hits, including " Love in the First Degree ", " I Can't Help It ", and " I Heard A Rumour ".

Graham Parker and the Rumour appeared on BBC television's Top of the Pops in 1977, performing their version of The Trammps ' " Hold Back the Night " from The Pink Parker EP, a Top 30 UK hit in March 1977.

They made their first tour there in 1978, where they spotted rising Australian band The Sports, who subsequently supported Parker and the Rumour on their early 1979 UK tour.

The jettisoned brass section continued to play on other people's records credited as The Irish Horns ( on the album London Calling by The Clash ) or The Rumour Brass, most notably on Katrina and the Waves ' 1985 hit " Walking On Sunshine ".

The Up Escalator would prove to be Parker's last album with the Rumour, although guitarist Brinsley Schwarz would reunite with Parker in 1983 and play on most of the singer's albums through the decade's end.

Rumour linked him with a drive at Lotus, the team run by Colin Chapman, who had been keeping an eye on Pryce's progress throughout 1973 and 1974.

Originally an instrumental-only band, they became more popular when fronted by vocalist Tex Perkins ( Beasts of Bourbon and solo ) in addition to Jim Elliott on drums, Ken Gormly on bass guitar, Dan Rumour on guitar and James Cruickshank on guitar and keyboards.

When they broke-up in 1987, the line-up included Rumour, Virgin, James Elliot on drums and Ken Gormly on bass guitar.