They then recorded another album on Skylite, and then two groundbreaking albums on Warner Brothers after which McSpadden quit when Jake Hess followed through on his promise to hire McSpadden and invited him to join a new group he was forming, the Imperials.

They then toured as " Bobby Wade's Imperials ".

Terry Franklin soon left and was replaced by yet another Imperials alumnus, Jonathan Pierce ( formerly known as Jonathan Hildreth, his first and last name — then changed to his first and middle name ).

Ferruccio then decided to attempt a diversion by attacking the Imperials in the rear and started from Volterra for the Apennines.

They played along side the El Centro Imperials and Canada Miners in 2009 and then the Long Beach Armada and Bisbee Miners in 2010.

When combined with the fact that he thought Solo knew he had been the one that ratted out Solo and Chewbacca to the Imperials ( the result of which was that Solo was forced to dump his cargo on the Kessel Run ; Jabba the Hutt then placed the bounty on his head mentioned in Episode IV ), Doole decided the best course was to place the two prisoners in his mines as slave laborers where they would no doubt perish soon.

Leia, putting diplomatic feelers out into a world that ' joined ' the Empire only three years ago, discovers that Bakura chafes under Imperial rule — as do some of the Imperials, notably ranking officer Commander Pter Thanas — though Imperial governor Wilek Nereus is too crafty to let dissension spread too far.

Carson Whitsett joined his older brother Tim's band, Tim Whitsett & The Imperials ( later known as The Imperial Show Band ) and quickly became a stand-out on the B-3 organ.

He later auditioned for, and joined the gospel music group, the Imperials.

Jennings joined Vince Gill's band, while Dittrich founded a band called The Buffalo Club in 1997 with Charlie Kelly and lead singer Ron Hemby, formerly of The Imperials.

:" that originally there were four different clubs, based on the basic political orientations [...] That in regard to the most important major questions, for example about Austria's participation and about the election of emperors, the usual club-based divisions could be abandoned temporarily to create larger overall groups, as the United Left, the Greater Germans in Hotel Schröder, the Imperials in Hotel Weidenbusch.

In 1997 Mulqueen became the coach of the North Jersey Imperials, a team in the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues ( USISL ), and served as the goalkeeping coach for Major League Soccer's MetroStars ; he immediately considered Howard for a position on the Imperials.

As a movie tie-in to the American release, United Artists Records released a different set of lyrics to Morricone's theme called Lonesome One by Little Anthony and the Imperials.

Artists such as Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Rich Mullins, Russ and Tori Taff, Paul Smith, The Imperials, Petra, Sandi Patti, Kenny Marks, Wayne Watson, Carman, The Archers featuring Steve Archer, White Heart, Gaither Vocal Band, Bill Gaither Trio, Point of Grace, Love Song, Sweet Comfort Band, The Nelons, Happy Goodman Family featuring Rusty Goodman, Florida Boys, Guardian and other artists.

After ABC was sold to MCA Records in 1979, MCA briefly operated an MCA / Songbird label with new signings including Little Anthony ( of Little Anthony and the Imperials ) and Dan Peek ( formerly of the group America ).

After ABC was sold to MCA Records in 1979, MCA briefly operated an MCA / Songbird label with new signings including Little Anthony ( of Little Anthony & The Imperials ) and Dan Peek ( formerly of the group America ), the previous rosters of both ABC-Peacock and ABC-Songbird having been dropped ( MCA later reissued several Peacock and Song Bird albums at budget price ).

" Helped by the positive press and Star Song's recent distribution deal with Word Records, the album quickly surpassed the sales of Never Say Die, jumping to sixth on the Billboard inspirational chart within three months and trailing only albums by pop and traditional Christian artists such as Amy Grant, Sandi Patti and the Imperials.

In the 70s Impact Records became the top label with artists such as Sandi Patty, The Imperials, J. D.

Changing their name to the Imperials, they signed with End Records in 1958.

The composition was first recorded by Little Anthony and the Imperials on End Records and was that group's debut recording under that name.

With his band, The Imperials ( later renamed the The Imperial Show Band ), he recorded over twenty singles in a variety of genres ( R & B, Pop, Instrumental ) for a number of labels, including Epic, Ace, Atlas, Capitol, Lowery, Sue, Island, Musicor and others, as well as for his own Rim Records.

Paul III died on 10 November 1549, and in the ensuing conclave the forty-eight cardinals were divided into three factions: the Imperials, the French, and the adherents of Paul III's grandson, Cardinal Ottavio Farnese.

Despite their best efforts the Protestant armies were still behind when Ferdinand and the Imperials set down to besiege the town of Nordlingen, in Swabia and await the Cardinal-Infante who arrived before the city on the 2nd September-three days before the Protestants.

The Imperials and the Catholic League were facing increasingly severe pressure in the war from the French, Swedes and their Protestant allies and were struggling to prevent a French attempt to advance into Bavaria.

The Imperials were able to fall back to Donauwörth in reasonably good order to make good their losses.

After the other Imperials leave, the stormtrooper still hears the repeating signal and realizes they were tricked.

All the acts were loosely linked together with material which involves the Wookiees ' preparation for Life Day, Han and Chewie's attempt to evade the Imperials and make it to Chewie's family, and the Imperial garrison's search for rebels.

Featuring spins, flips, karate kicks and backdrops, club dancing styles were often inspired by the stage performances of touring American soul acts such as Little Anthony & The Imperials and Jackie Wilson.

The Imperials were corrupted by their power and became conquerors of other people as opposed to liberators from a violent world.

Crosley introduced several " firsts " in the American automobile industry, including the first use of the term ' Sport Utility ' in 1948 ( albeit on an open model based on the wagon, not a wagon on a truck chassis ); first mass-market single overhead camshaft ( SOHC ) engine in 1946 ; first slab-sided postwar car, also in 1946 ; first all steel-bodied wagon in 1947 ; first American car to be fitted with 4-wheel caliper type disc brakes in the 1949 model year ( Chrysler Imperial introduced four-wheel disc brakes as standard equipment on Crown Imperials at the beginning of the 1949 model year, but they were not of the caliper type ); and the first American sports car, the Hotshot, in the 1949 model year.

The 1955 models are said to be inspired by Exner's own 1952 Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton show cars ( which were themselves later rebodied to match the 1955-56 Imperials ).

Imperials during this period were substantially wider, both inside and out, than other Mopars with front and rear shoulder room equal to and respectively.

Starting from 1957, Imperials were available in three levels of trim: standard Imperial ( also known as Imperial Custom ), Imperial Crown, and the new, super-luxury Imperial LeBaron ( not to be confused with the later, cheaper Chrysler Le Baron ).

17, 710 Imperials were produced for the model year, ahead of Lincoln.

Although, at 226. 3 inches, the 1960 Imperials were exactly the same length as the previous year, the whole body had been shifted forward, with a 2. 1 inch reduction in the rear overhang, and a corresponding increase at the front.

All later Imperials were once again built in the same Jefferson Avenue facilities in Detroit as Chryslers, as sales were insufficient to maintain a separate facility.

1963 models were the last Virgil Exner – styled Imperials, however Elwood Engel began applying some of his own touches to them, especially in the form of the redesigned base and Crown roofs.

The 1964 Imperials were the first designed entirely by Engel.

As a result power windows were now standard on all Imperials.

A total of 15, 367 Imperials were sold in 1968.

11, 569 1971 Imperials were produced.

As 1973 was in general a good year for the auto industry, 16, 729 of the 1973 Imperials were built and sold.

In addition to the two regular 1974 LeBaron models, a 50th Anniversary 2-door LeBaron Crown Coupe was also produced, finished in Golden Fawn ; only 57 were built, making a grand total of 14, 483 Imperials produced for the model year.