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 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 Raj was well on his way to finishing a medical degree and " dropped out " to pursue music

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.

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

* Max, album by The Rumour ( 1977 )

** Rumour spread by German press: ABBA members killed in plane crash, only Anni-Frid survived.

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.

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.

They began in the British pub rock scene, often augmented at times by a four-man horn section known as The Rumour Horns: John " Irish " Earle ( saxophone ), Chris Gower ( trombone ), Dick Hanson ( trumpet ), and Ray Beavis ( saxophone ).

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 ".

He recorded an album called Black & Dekker which featured his previous hits backed by The Rumour, Graham Parker's backing band and the Akrylykz ( featuring Roland Gift, later of the Fine Young Cannibals ).

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.

Algernon Moodie in The Rumour by C. K.

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.

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

Guitarist and main composer, Rumour began touring and recording with his own roots style instrumental band the Dan Rumour Band and Elliot joined on drums by mid-2006.

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

So now, in the Autumn of 1791, looking from the sky-windows of Cap Français, thick clouds of smoke girdle our horizon, smoke in the day, in the night fire ; preceded by fugitive shrieking white women, by Terror and Rumour.

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.

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.

* 1990 on the album " Lonely Is The Night " by Lory Bianco / formerly: Bonnie Bianco ( 3 songs, including the single " Heartbreaker " and " Just A Rumour ")

Rumor Has It ... ( Rumour Has It ... in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada ) is a 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Rob Reiner, starring Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine and Mark Ruffalo.

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

Bob Dylan headlined, with support from Eric Clapton, Joan Armatrading, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Lake, and Merger.

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.

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.

* Info on Dan Rumour and The Drift, from Bombora record company.

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 ).

The reception included many representatives from The Gurkha Ex-Servicemen's Organisation ( GAESO )— and from the Army Rumour Service website.

After toying with different band members, The Cruel Sea came into fruition in 1988 with the union of Ken Gormley on bass, Jim Elliot on drums, Danny Rumour on guitars and James Cruikshank on keyboards and guitars, taking their name from the 1960s surf instrumental group, The Ventures.