* 1951 – Glenn Hughes, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer ( Finders Keepers, Trapeze, Deep Purple, and Black Country Communion )

* 1966 – Derek Sherinian, American keyboard player, composer, and producer ( Planet X, Dream Theater, and Black Country Communion )

* 1858 – The Round Oak rail accident occurs in Brierley Hill in the Black Country, England.

In 1969 it recommended a system of single-tier unitary authorities for the whole of England, apart from three metropolitan areas of Merseyside, Selnec ( Greater Manchester ) and West Midlands ( Birmingham and the Black Country ), which were to have both a metropolitan council and district councils.

Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country.

* 1966 – Jason Bonham, English singer-songwriter and drummer ( Bonham, Damnocracy, and Black Country Communion )

* 1977 – Joe Bonamassa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Bloodline and Black Country Communion )

Nail-maker's work-bench or anvil in a storeroom of the Black Country Living Museum

Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country.

The halftime show was titled " Rockin ' Country Sunday " and featured country music stars Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Brooks & Dunn, and Wynonna Judd.

Albion have a number of long-standing rivalries with other Midlands clubs ; their traditional rivals have always been Aston Villa, but more recently their major rivalry has been with Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom they contest the Black Country derby.

The Powells were of Welsh descent, having moved to the developing Black Country during the early 19th century.

Other accents include a range of accents spoken in the West Midlands ( In the major towns and conurbations ( The Black Country, Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent and Wolverhampton ) and in rural accents ( such as in Herefordshire and south Worcestershire )); the accents of the counties comprising the East Midlands ( Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton, and Nottingham ) and East Anglia ( Norfolk, Suffolk, north Essex and Cambridgeshire ).

* The first known working Newcomen steam engine is built by Thomas Newcomen with John Calley to pump water out of mines in the Black Country of England, the first practical device to harness the power of steam to produce mechanical work.

Lard is used in some living industrial history museums, such as the Black Country Living Museum.

In addition to being an active session musician, Hughes also maintains a notable solo career, and currently fronts the supergroup Black Country Communion.

In 2010, Hughes formed Black Country Communion with Jason Bonham ( drums ), Joe Bonamassa ( guitar ) and Derek Sherinian ( keyboards ).

Glenn Hughes with Black Country Communion at Azkena rock festival 2011, Spain.

* Black Country ( 2010 )

* Live Over Europe ( Black Country Communion album ) ( 2012 )

* 2011 Man In The Middle ( with Black Country Communion )

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In addition, Memphis is mentioned in scores of other songs, including " Proud Mary " by Creedence Clearwater Revival, " Honky Tonk Women " by The Rolling Stones, " Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes " by George Jones, " Daisy Jane " by America, " Life Is a Highway " by Tom Cochrane, " Black Velvet " by Alannah Myles, " Cities " by Talking Heads, " Crazed Country Rebel " by Hank Williams III, " Pride ( In the Name of Love )" by U2, " M. E. M. P. H. I. S.

Félix made ​​ her first appearance in the film world in Black and White Ball at the Country Club, where the female stars of Mexico at the time: Esther Fernandez, Lupe Velez and Andrea Palma were gathered.

In 1954, Playboy magazine selected his story " Black Country " to be the first work of short fiction to appear in its pages.

The Shadow appears as Fritz in at least 23 Shadow novels: " The Living Shadow ," " Hidden Death ," " The Ghost Makers ," " The Crime Clinic ," " Crime Circus ," " The Chinese Disks ," " The Dark Death ," " The Third Skull ," " The Black Master ," " The Voodoo Master ," " The Third Shadow ," " The Circle of Death ," " The Sledge Hammer Crimes ," " The Golden Masks ," " The Ghost Murders ," " Hills of Death ," " The Hand ," " The Racket's King ," " The Green Hoods ," " The Crime Ray ," " The Getaway Ring ," " Masters of Death ," and " The Crystal Skull.

The New Danger contained a mix of several musical genres, including soul, blues, and rock and roll, performed with his rock band Black Jack Johnson, which contained members of the bands Bad Brains and Living Colour.

A working replica can today be seen at the nearby Black Country Living Museum, which stands on another part of what was Lord Dudley's Conygree Park.

In 1986, a full-scale working replica of the Newcomen steam engine was completed at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley.

* Black Country Living Museum Website

A lime kiln erected at Dudley, West Midlands ( formerly Worcestershire ) in 1842 survives to this day as part of the Black Country Living Museum which opened in 1976 ; although, the kilns were last used during the 1920s.

* In Living Black and White ( 1961 )

* Living Things – Black Skies in Broad Daylight ( 2004 )

's influences include Santana, Bad Brains, Bob Marley, Metallica, U2, Rage Against the Machine, Beastie Boys, Black Flag, Faith No More, Jane's Addiction, Living Colour, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sepultura and Suicidal Tendencies.

Stone bottle, dated 1936, belonging to Joseph Rothwell of 29, Sandwell Road, in a storeroom of the Black Country Living Museum

Black Country Living Museum

The Black Country Living Museum is an open-air living museum, which consists of reconstructed buildings from the surrounding area forming a living replica of an industrial village, with demonstrators portraying life in the region from that time.

The Black Country Living Museum in nearby Dudley re-creates life in the early 20th century Black Country, in original buildings which have been painstakingly rebuilt and furnished.

A full size replica of the engine now exists at the Black Country Living Museum just over Tipton's borders in Dudley.

This is also the closest junction to the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley.

Brick made by H Doulton & Co. of Rowley Regis, displayed in the: en: Black Country Living Museum | Black Country Living Museum

City of the Living Dead ( 1980 ), The Beyond ( 1981 ), The House by the Cemetery ( 1981 ), The Black Cat ( 1981 ) and The New York Ripper ( 1982 ) were among his biggest hits, all of which featured extreme levels of on-screen blood and cruelty.