* He also scored a century and a double century in the third Test in that same Sri Lanka tour, a feat repeated only five other times in Test cricket history.

Pink Floyd recast itself from its 1960s guise as a psychedelic band into a commercial success with its series of concept albums, most famously with The Dark Side of the Moon ( which, according to the RIAA, is the second best selling album in history ) and later with the double album rock opera The Wall.

Few would dispute the verdict of James D. Forbes, an editor of the eighth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica: " His scientific glory is different in kind from that of Young and Fresnel ; but the discoverer of the law of polarization of biaxial crystals, of optical mineralogy, and of double refraction by compression, will always occupy a foremost rank in the intellectual history of the age.

Classical double bass has a history of pedagogy dating back several centuries, including teaching manuals, studies, and progressive exercises that help students to develop the endurance and accuracy of the left hand, and control for the bowing hand.

Master of music degrees in double bass performance consist of private lessons, ensemble experience, coaching in playing orchestral double bass parts, and graduate courses in music history and music theory, along with one or two solo recitals.

Throughout the early history of jazz, double bass players either learned the instrument informally, or from getting classical training early on, as in the case of Ron Carter and Charles Mingus.

), the first Emperor of Austria ( Kaiser von Österreich ), ruling from 1804 to 1835, so later he was named the one and only Doppelkaiser ( double emperor ) in history.

Sweetheart of the Rodeo was originally conceived by band leader Roger McGuinn as a sprawling, double album history of American popular music.

2003 saw the release of the double live album How the West Was Won, and Led Zeppelin DVD, a six-hour chronological set of live footage that became the best-selling music DVD in history.

On May 17, 1959, in the final half inning during a double header in Chicago, Clemente hit a tape measure home run, one of three in the stadium's history to even come close to hitting its distant right centerfield scoreboard.

A seventh inning lead-off double by Seattle's Al Martin was all that prevented Clemens from throwing just the second no-hitter in postseason history ( Yankee Don Larsen threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series ).

In fact, the speed of aging in Korea is unprecedented in human history, 18 years to double aging population from 7 – 14 % ( least number of years ), overtaking even Japan.

A home run by Hank Blalock and a dramatic two-out, two-run double by David Dellucci ( known amongst fans as the " Dellucci Double ") gave the Rangers a 5 – 4 win, one of the most memorable in club history.

After Stephens, a notorious and brilliant interrogator, had picked apart their life history the agents were either spirited away ( to be imprisoned or executed ) or, if judged acceptable, offered the chance to turn double on the Germans.

They also won the FA Cup in 1986, completing the first double in their history, and four consecutive League Cup titles from 1981 to 1984.

This is a considerable double mark to have left on the history of Europe.

Feijenoord won the double for the first time in their history in 1965, and managed to win another double a few years later in 1969.

In 1984, Feyenoord had another bright season, winning the double for the third time in their history.

On February 22, 2006, Davenport became just the eighth woman in WTA history to win 700 singles matches, when she handed out her fourth career " double bagel ", defeating Elena Likhovtseva in the second round of the Dubai tournament.

One of the more popular concepts of dahlia history, and the basis for many different interpretations and confusion, is that all the original discoveries were single flowered types, which, through hybridization and selective breeding, produced double forms.

Japanese double entendres have a rich history in Japanese entertainment, because of the way that Japanese words can be read to have several different meanings and pronunciations ( homographs ).

Forty Fort has a proud sporting history, including the Forty Fort Flyers ' double overtime championship game against the West Pittston Rams in 1980.

* History of drum & bass, a BBC timeline on the history of drum & bass with track listings, quotes and samples

or B. M ) are four-year programs that include individual bass lessons, amateur orchestra experience, and a sequence of courses in music history, music theory, and liberal arts courses ( e. g., English literature ), which give the student a more well-rounded education.

The Replacements ' history began in Minneapolis in 1978 when a nineteen-year-old Bob Stinson gave his eleven-year-old brother Tommy Stinson a bass guitar to keep him off the streets.

For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting ( lead vocals, bass ), Andy Summers ( guitar ) and Stewart Copeland ( drums ).

The band's lineup has remained mostly static during their history, the only exception being the departure of bass player Alec John Such in 1994, who was unofficially replaced by Hugh McDonald.

Thin Lizzy boasted some of the most critically acclaimed guitarists throughout their history, with Downey and Lynott as the rhythm section, on the drums and bass guitar.

His well-known solo album is School Days ( 1976 ), which, along with Jaco Pastorius's self-titled debut, is one of the most influential solo bass recordings in fusion history.

Francis « Rocco » Prestia ( born March 7, 1951 ) is an American musician, the bassist of the legendary funk band Tower of Power and one of the most important figures in electric bass ' history.

The band was formed by Mike Badger in 1984 and Mavers joined soon after although for most of the group's history, the frequently changing line-up revolved around the core duo of Lee Mavers ( vocals, guitar ) and John Power ( bass, backing vocals ) along with numerous other guitarists and drummers including Paul Hemmings, Chris Sharrock, Barry Sutton, Neil Mavers and Peter " Cammy " Camell.

Drummers came and left during the history of the band, but bass guitar was always absent.

Initially, these instruments were heavily constructed, more in the manner of a cello than a bass viol ( they were thus sometimes called " cellitons "), but ( much as with the parallel history of the harpsichord revival ) eventually lighter instruments were constructed that more closely followed their historical antecedents.

Loose once commented to SF Weekly on the band's history as " like Spinal Tap, except the bass player keeps dying ".

The prominent use of the bass guitar to provide such melodic interest was a feature of many Died Pretty recordings and can be traced throughout the band's history.

He was the uncredited bassist on most of Motown Records ' hits in the 1960s and early 1970s ( Motown did not list session musician credits on their releases until 1971 ), and he is now regarded as one of the most influential bass players in modern music history.

featured the first lineup change since Schlitt joined the band, as bassist Mark Kelly was replaced by Ronny Cates, ushering in the most stable lineup in Petra's history: Hartman on guitars, Schlitt on vocals, Lawry on keyboards, Weaver on drums and Cates on bass.

Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers first performed the original Roto-Rooter jingle on WLS in the early 1950s, and the recorded version became one of the longest-running tunes in the history of advertising, featuring Tom Fouts ' bass voice in " Away go Troubles Down the Drain.

This bass sports a selected alder body finished in a Candy Apple Red nitrocellulose lacquer and incorporates design elements from several periods in the instrument's history, including 1960s-era lacquer finish, headstock logo, chrome bridge and pickup covers, 1970s-era thumb rest and bridge pickup positioning, modern-era high-mass bridge and Posiflex graphite neck support rods.

The introduction is also important in the history of music theory, as it contains the first attempt to describe the figured bass of the basso continuo style of the seconda prattica.

Carol Kaye ( born March 24, 1935 ) is an American musician, best known as one of the most prolific and widely heard bass guitarists in history, playing on an estimated 10, 000 recording sessions in a 55-year career.