Among them was the ballad " The First Cut is the Deepest " ( originally a Cat Stevens song ), which became her biggest radio hit since " All I Wanna Do.

Director George Stevens originally cast Montgomery Clift as Shane, William Holden as Joe Starrett ; when they both proved unavailable, the film was nearly abandoned.

On November 10, 1878, track was laid through town, with the track running right up behind the Stevens Store to take advantage of the store's loading platform ( which was originally used to unload freight wagons ).

Platted in 1839 by Adam Moore and Andrew Stevens, it originally contained nine lots adjacent to Moore's gristmill.

It was designed by John Calvin Stevens, who reduced by two-fifths a plan originally created for the ill-fated Metallak Hotel in Colebrook, New Hampshire.

In August 1831, master mechanic Isaac Dripps of Bordentown re-assembled ( without blueprints or instructions ) the locomotive John Bull ( originally called " The Stevens ") in just 10 days.

The four parks were originally laid out within city street grid in the 19th century were Church Square Park, Columbus Park, Elysian Park and Stevens Park.

Moon Shadow again featured Labelle doing gospel-influenced renditions of rock and roll numbers including the title track ( originally by Cat Stevens ) and The Who's " Won't Get Fooled Again " and another sexually intense Hendryx composition, " Touch Me All Over ".

From September 2006 to January 2009, Even Stevens aired on Superstation WGN ( now WGN America ), along with Lizzie McGuire during the week originally airing after each other on weekday afternoons before moving to the late night hours when both shows ' target audiences are generally not awake with Even Stevens airing Tuesdays and Thursdays and Lizzie airing the rest of the week.

The house was originally purchased as a vacation home before Stevens began living there full-time.

George Stevens originally offered the role of Mama to Greta Garbo, who balked at playing a motherly type.

The Tumwater Canyon dam originally provided power to the original two mile long railroad tunnel used near Stevens Pass to get trains across the Cascade Mountains, it was later ( starting in 1928 ) used to power the railroad's electrification from Wenatchee, WA to Skykhomish, WA.

It was a trio that had grown out of a four-piece called Gravy Train that had originally included Ted Stevens, who had left the band when he moved to Lincoln to attend UNL ( and form Polecat ).

John Stevens originally purchased land in the area, subdividing it in 1850 and naming the settlement Steventon.

In June 2010, Stevens made his major theatrical directing debut with John Leguizamo's one-man show, Ghetto Klown ( originally called Klass Klown ), which eventually ran on Broadway from March to July 2011.

*" Betcha by Golly, Wow " – originally recorded by Connie Stevens as " Keep Growing Strong ", later made famous by The Stylistics, later covered by Prince

The United States bonus track " Shotgun Innocence " was originally a bonus track on the Japanese release of Edge of Thorns in 1993 and features Zachary Stevens on lead vocals, and the late Criss Oliva on guitar.

Stevens graduated from the University of Manitoba with a degree in interior design, and began the comic strip ( originally titled Local Access Only ) as a hobby while trying to pursue her main career.

* Fred Bodsworth, Last of the Curlews, originally with an introduction by John Stevens ; later reissued with, instead, an afterword by Graeme Gibson

The Magnuson – Stevens Act was originally enacted as the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976.

Tom Walkinshaw conceived the concept in 1988, following Jaguar's success at Le Mans, enlisting Peter Stevens to develop a road-going version of the XJR-9, originally designated as R-9R.

In 1856, Stevens took part in the competition for the Wellington monument, originally intended to be set up under one of the great arches of St Paul's Cathedral, though it was only consigned to that position in 1892.

Stevens alongside his Naturals partner, Andy Douglas, were originally going to receive a try-out match for World Wrestling Entertainment at a Raw taping in September 2007, but was cancelled when Douglas posted the tryout information on his Myspace without WWE's permission.

Turner recorded numerous sessions for Stevens with various vocalists and musician lineups, of which seven singles were released ( these are collected on the Red Lightnin ' compilation " Hey Hey-The Legendary Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm "/ RL0047 ).

Goodman also recorded Silverstein's " Three-Legged Man ", as did Ray Stevens.

Hoboken is also the location of the first recorded game of baseball and of the Stevens Institute of Technology, one of the oldest technological universities in the United States.

* The song was recorded numerous times by folk artists, including Bob Gibson, Pete Seeger, Anita Carter, Joan Baez, The Seekers, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary and Ray Stevens.

Stevens then signed with Mercury Records with whom Stevens recorded a series of hit records in the 1960s that included songs such as " Ahab the Arab ," " Harry the Hairy Ape ," " Funny Man ," the original recording of " Santa Claus Is Watching You ," and " Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving, Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills.

Stevens was a writer or co-writer of several songs those particular acts recorded.

Stevens was the arranger for an obscure Doyle Holly recording titled " My Heart Cries For You " which had been recorded previously by Stevens during the late 1950s.

In 1974, Stevens recorded perhaps his most famous hit, " The Streak ," which poked fun at the early-1970s fad of running nude in public, known as " streaking.

He then released a novelty single: under the pseudonym " Henhouse Five Plus Too ," Stevens recorded a version of Glenn Miller's " In The Mood " in the style of a clucking chicken ; it became a Top 40 hit in the US and UK in early 1977.

This plot is based on a song that Stevens recorded in 1986 entitled " Dudley Dorite of the Highway Patrol " where a local policeman stops Stevens for speeding and afterward informs the singer that he's in a whole lot of trouble for using easily identifiable people as characters in his songs.

The singer Ray Stevens once recorded a wrestling song entitled " The Blue Cyclone.

Concurrently in 2008, a tribute to the songs of Frank Sinatra that Stevens recorded was also being offered at the web-site store during the latter half of 2008.

Stevens had also recorded a non-comical version of this song for his Ray Stevens Christmas release.

Stevens was the recipient of several publisher awards from BMI Music for songs he either wrote, recorded, or published.

Some of the recordings that received these citations were Everything Is Beautiful, The Streak, Shriner's Convention, Gitarzan, and several songs recorded by Sammy Kershaw and published by Stevens.

A novelty version of the song was recorded by country / novelty artist Ray Stevens in 1977.

Sufjan Stevens has also recorded and performed with the group.

In 2005 Sufjan Stevens recorded " The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders " about Wadlow for the Illinois album.

Other artists who have recorded Dennis songs include Dannii Minogue, Delta Goodrem, Christina Aguilera, Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks, Céline Dion, Ana Torroja, Emma Bunton, Melanie C, Ronan Keating, Rachel Stevens, Janet Jackson, Thalía, Hear ’ Say, S Club Juniors, Pink, Brooke Hogan, Michelle McManus, Hooverphonic, Jentina, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Róisín Murphy, David Cook, Heidi Montag and LeToya Luckett.

The song " To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament " was recorded by Sufjan Stevens on his album Illinois

Parker has recorded a large number of albums both solo or as a group leader, and has recorded or performed with Peter Brötzmann ( including Brötzmann's epochal Machine Gun in 1968 and Michael Nyman's " Waltz in F " ( 1981 )), John Stevens, Derek Bailey, Keith Rowe, Joe McPhee, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Bill Laswell, Ikue Mori, Cyro Baptista, Milford Graves, George Lewis, Tim Berne, Mark Dresser, Dave Holland, Sylvie Courvoisier, and many others.