In 1989 the company was divided, with Gulu Lalvani, chairman of Binatone Electronics International ( BEIL ), retaining the European and Hong Kong businesses, and Partap Lalvani ( now Chairman of Binatone Industries, Ltd .) retaining the group's businesses in Eastern Europe, Africa and South Asia.

Their appointment was announced officially at the Bow Group's 60th Anniversary Summer Reception, held on the House of Commons Terrace on 17 July 2012, by the group's current Chairman Ben Harris-Quinney and Sir John Major who gave the keynote speech.

After some debate as to whether Evans or Foxley-Norris should run the group, FOREST was duly launched on 19th June 1979, with Foxley-Norris Chairman and Evans Chief Executive, the men being the group's first two members.

He was elected Vice Chairman of the ECR, sitting on the group's Executive.

The UERL group's Managing Director / Chairman, Lord Ashfield, ceremonially cut the first sod to begin the works at Golders Green on 12 June 1922.

Woolfson sang lead on many of the group's hits ( including " Time " and " Eye in the Sky ") and the record company pressured Parsons to use him more, but Parsons preferred " real " singers, which Woolfson admitted he was not.

The one occasion where the band was introduced as " The Alan Parsons Project " in a live performance was at Night of the Proms 1990 ( at the time of the group's break-up ), featuring all Project regulars except Woolfson who was present but behind the scenes, while Parsons stayed at the mixer except during the last song, where he played acoustic guitar.

Frederick Henry Hedge wrote of the group's nature: " There was no club in the strict sense ... only occasional meetings of like-minded men and women ".

" In 1977 the Commodores scored a ballad hit with " Easy ", which became the group's biggest hit yet, reaching No. 4 in the U. S., followed by the funky favorite " Brick House ", also Top 5, both from their landmark album " The Commodores ", as was the utopian album favorite " Zoom ".

One of the new ownership group's first acts was to assure Cleveland fans they would give Brown the same kind of leeway.

The group's keyboardist Rick Wakeman released many concept albums on his own, most notably The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Journey to the Centre of the Earth, which was based on the novel by Jules Verne.

The name was coined by John Thomas, who was the group's founder.

The founder of the movement was a former Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor, David Brandt Berg ( 1919 – 1994 ), also known within the group as Moses David, Mo, Father David, and Dad to adult group members, and eventually as Grandpa to the group's youngest members.

The Ma ' alot massacre of 1974, an attack on Israeli school in which 27 people were killed, was the group's largest attack.

The so-called " Council of Three ," a group issuing manifestoes in LEF, a radical Russian newsmagazine, was established in 1922 ; the group's " three " were Vertov, his ( future ) wife and editor Elizaveta Svilova, and his brother and cinematographer Mikhail Kaufman.

The single was a phenomenal success in the UK, staying at the top of the singles chart for nine consecutive weeks, during which time the group's previous single " Relax " climbed back up the charts to number two.

The " Carnage " mix was, by comparison, altogether more conventional, featuring enhanced string treatments, a percussive midpoint flurry of vocal samples ( from Allen and the group's B-side interview ), but broadly following the prevailing instrumental-vocal 12-inch structural paradigm.

A local group was seeking to purchase the factory and start its own production, with offers of financial assistance from investors, The group's first offer for the site was rejected by Heinz.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the government's decision to declare the group's military telecommunications network illegal was a " declaration of war " on the organization, and demanded that the government revoke it.

" The group's radio show was canceled in 1970 by KRLA and in 1971 by KPPC-FM, so they started performing in various clubs and concert venues.

Joey initially served as the group's drummer while Dee Dee Ramone was the original vocalist.

Although the group's early work was essentially punk-oriented, they quickly settled into a sunny, melodic, and slightly jangly pop style reminiscent in style of early R. E. M.

The album was re-released in an expanded single-CD version by Rhino in 2001, featuring alternate mixes, outtakes and the group's 1968 single, " Your Mind and We Belong Together "/" Laughing Stock ", the last tracks that featured the " Forever Changes " line-up of Johnny Echols, Ken Forssi, Michael Stuart and Bryan MacLean ( Forssi and MacLean both died in 1998 ).

Priestley had been closely associated with the group's activities for over a decade and was a strong advocate of the benefits of scientific societies.

Bruces ' Philosophers Song ( Bruces ' Song ) was a popular Monty Python song written by Eric Idle, and was a feature of the group's stage appearances and its recordings.

Michael Azerrad describes the Minutemen's early output as " highly caffeinated Captain Beefheart running down James Brown tunes ", and notes that Beefheart was the group's " idol ".

This was followed a year later by the first American video album, The Completion Backward Principle by The Tubes, directed by the group's keyboard player Michael Cotten, which included two videos directed by Russell Mulcahy (" Talk To Ya Later " and " Don't Want To Wait Anymore ").

At the 2009 BET Awards, following the death of the group's idol Michael Jackson, the six New Edition members again reunited to perform a medley of Jackson 5 hits in honor of Jackson.

Maurice ( mbira ) held further auditions in L. A. adding Michael Beale on guitar, Chester Washington on reeds, and Leslie Drayton on trumpet ; Drayton also served as the group's musical arranger.

Michael Curtis Ford's 2001 novel The Ten Thousand is a fictional account of this group's exploits.

Hot Gossip spent two years performing in a London night club where Phillips and manager / producers Michael Summerton and Iain Burton developed the group's dance act.

Tito, who is a natural baritone, hummed the bass melody in " I Want You Back " while his other brothers backed him up before Michael and Jermaine led the rest of the song, Tito also sung a partial lead in the group's 1970 hit, " ABC ".

* In 1997 Cusco's Michael Holm, the group's leader, revealed that a song on Apurimac III – Nature Spirit Pride – " Pahrump-Big Water " was titled in recognition of Art Bell and Coast to coast.

The group's next album, Vocalese received twelve Grammy nominations — at the time making it second only to Michael Jackson's Thriller as the most nominated single album ever.

The group's influences were Michael Jackson, Backstreet Boys, and Boyzone.

A key influence on the music of Rachel's is the music of the English composer Michael Nyman, whose music the group's work resembles in both instrumentation and compositional style.

For many years the head office of Marks and Spencer, formerly the UK's largest retailer, was at " Michael House " ( named in parallel with the group's " St Michael " brand ), 55 Baker Street, until the company relocated to the Paddington Basin in 2004.

The group's name " Sneaker " was taken from the Steely Dan tune " Bad Sneakers " from their album " Katy Lied ", a fact confirmed by Michael Carey Schneider from Sneaker.

Guitarist Michael Nesmith is heard vocally on this album more than ever before, singing lead on five cuts ; conversely, Micky Dolenz sings lead on only three tracks after dominating the group's first three albums.

However, another artist, Michael Passons, caught his attention, and Passons was the first of the group's founding members.

A domestic terrorist group make an unsuccessful attempt on the life of US President Jonathan Hayes ( Harrison ) and the group's leader, Michael Smith ( David Wheeler ), is subsequently captured.

One vocalist that had the group's attention was Michael Bormann, who was singing for Letter X and had his own side-group called Jaded Heart.

Guitarist Michael Britt attributes the group's downfall in the mid-2000s to the label's choices in singles, saying in an interview with CMT, " I think we painted ourselves into a corner … They started putting out a bunch of family-type songs.

The Triumph Tour would be the group's last tour together for three years, while Michael recorded and released the phenomenally successful Thriller album and its singles in 1982 and 1983.

The group's core team Joshua Chalifour and Michael Keigher treat the recordings as sound palettes for composing the albums.

By 1979, the live group featured bassist Alan Chapple and guitarist Rob Basso ; guitarist Chris Lamy joined in 1980, and Michael O ' Donnell became the group's drummer in 1983.

Neither Benny Andersson nor Björn Ulvaeus played an active role in the creation of the eight new Spanish tracks, leaving the production in the hands of the group's sound engineer Michael B. Tretow, who recorded the new Spanish vocal overdubs onto existing backing tracks at his home studio.