In New York he was well received by what was then only a small brave band of non-figurative artists, including Alexander Calder, George K. L. Morris, De Kooning, Holty and a few others.

All day long Mr. Podger, who was a straw-hat man in the summer, had worn the feather in the band of his broad-brimmed sunshield.

His eyes had the same dreadful rigid stare as Dr. Grimesby Roylott's when he was found before his open safe wearing the speckled band.

At one time it was the ambition of every saxophone player in every high school band in America to blow like Bird.

One of the rings was a white gold band with a diamond setting, valued at $900.

Such fascinating novelties in the score as the fugual treatment of `` On The Side Of The Angels '' and `` Politics And Poker '' were handled splendidly, and I thought Rudy Bond and his band of tuneful ward-heelers made `` Little Tin Box '' even better than it was done by the New York cast ; ;

Beginning with Reginald Fessenden's audio demonstrations in 1906, it was also the original method used for audio radio transmissions, and remains in use today by many forms of communication —" AM " is often used to refer to the mediumwave broadcast band ( see AM radio ).

He was given the name Gaius Octavius Thurinus, his cognomen possibly commemorating his father's victory at Thurii over a rebellious band of slaves.

The Alan Parsons Project was an English progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of singer Eric Woolfson and keyboardist Alan Parsons surrounded by a varying number of session musicians.

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.

* The New Wave band Missing Persons ' best-selling album was called Spring Session M.

Louisa May Alcott, who was ten years old at the time, later wrote of the experience in Transcendental Wild Oats ( 1873 ): " The band of brothers began by spading garden and field ; but a few days of it lessened their ardor amazingly.

The tempo of their arrangement was slowed to allow for the bagpipes, but it was based on Collins ': it began with a bagpipe solo introduction similar to her lone voice, then it was accompanied by the band of bagpipes and horns, whereas in her version she is backed up by a chorus.

Alaric's first appearance was as the leader of a mixed band of Goths and allied peoples who invaded Thrace in 391, who were stopped by the half-Vandal Roman General Stilicho.

In general, the larger the ensemble, the greater the need for a formal arrangement, although the early Count Basie big band was famous for its head arrangements, so called because they were worked out by the players themselves, memorized immediately and never written down.

Articolo 31 was a popular band from Milan, Italy, melding hip hop, funk, pop and traditional Italian musical forms.

Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986.

* Jon Anderson, singer with rock band Yes, was born there

In March 1964, " Elverket Spelmanslag " was up against another band in a talent contest, The Hep Stars.

On January 6, 2009, Deicide posted a blog on their official Myspace page saying they had signed a worldwide record deal with Century Media, with Ralph Santolla returning to the band for a European tour.

The band, with which she sang and played bass guitar ( as well as some guitar and piano ), was signed to North Carolina's Mammoth Records and received a fair amount of airplay on college radio through the early 1990s.

Wanting to progress further, in 1965 he joined The Rockin ' Vickers who signed a deal with CBS, released three singles and toured Europe, reportedly being the first British band to visit Yugoslavia.

The band parted ways with Anodyne, signed to Megaforce and began recording new material in the winter of 2008.

Watts-Russell nearly passed on the band, finding them too normal, " too rock ' n ' roll ", but signed them at the persuasion of his girlfriend.

Columbia Records signed the band shortly thereafter and re-released the album in late July 1995.

The auction consisted of items from the band such as signed guitars, cymbals and basses, as well as autographs on all items by the band members.

The band signed to Epic Records in 1971.

Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly / country and western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis.

The band was signed within a year to Warner Bros subsidiary Slash Records, and released three albums: Ruby Vroom ( 1994 ), Irresistible Bliss ( 1996 ), and El Oso ( 1998 ).

A limited edition of the album was also made available to fans, which included 3 bonus tracks and a year membership in the Staind Fan Club, along with other items ( the first 200 fans who pre-ordered the album through Atlantic Records received a signed copy of the album by the band ).

The Doors were initially signed to Columbia Records under a six month contract, but the band agreed to a release after being unable to secure a producer for the album from Columbia.

Later in 1975, the trio recorded a series of demos for CBS, but the band was not signed to the label.

In 1980, Liberty Records signed the band, and three singles were released.

Mushroom Records signed the band and the band booked into Platinum Studios with producer Alan Thorne at the end of 1986.

Three members of the band signed the proposed contract on this date, with the understanding that Feargal Sharkey and Michael Bradley would discuss negotiations to the contract with Seymour Stein in person in London.

With the agreement of Stark and the rest of the band, the Replacements signed to Twin / Tone Records in 1980.

As the band became the flag bearer for the local scene, a larger independent label, Slash Records, signed the band to issue its first LP.

In 1994 the band signed to a $ 35 million deal with RCA Records, releasing the million-selling Antenna in 1994.

In July 2008, the band announced they have signed with producer Rick Rubin and are recording a new album.

Also in the audience was Glaswegian Roddy McKenna ( A + R Music executive Zomba Records ), who later signed the band to Zomba Records.

The band were signed to an eight-album deal, buying the " Elephant Stone " tapes from Rough Trade and releasing them as a single in October 1988.