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3 unusual facts about Brandy


Abkari

Sreekandan once tries to introduce a double-agent (Sankaradi) in their midst who promises them to make spurious Brandy.

Andrew Tan

Emperador Distillers Incorporation - Best known for its Emperador Brandy which became the world's best-selling brandy in 2006.

Benjamin O. Jimerson-Phillips

Benjamin O. Jimerson-Philips, received multiple Gold & Platinum Record Awards, over the years including Brandy, Ginuwine, Paula Abdul, Expose', Vanessa Williams and R. Kelly.


16 Horsepower

A post-rock interpretation of "Black Soul Choir" sung by Brandy Bones became a live staple of Canadian band Big John Bates during their 2012 Battered Bones tour.

A Hundred Miles Off

The track "Brandy Alexander" is featured in the 2008 film, In Bruges.

Álvaro Domecq y Díez

Pedro Domecq produced brandy and sherry until 1994, when the family was bought out and Pedro Domecq became part of the UK-based Allied Domecq.

Anna Kasyan

In 2012, Anna Kasyan was selected by Ararat (brandy) as being among top 50 most influential Armenians today, among other notable names such as Charles Aznavour, Serj Tankian, Ruben Vardanian and others.

Anthony Rowe

Rowe married 1954 Jennifer Renwick, the daughter of the first Independent TV magnate "Pass the Brandy Bob", Sir Robert Renwick.

Antonio García Vega

Collective exhibitions have included participation in the Cuarta bienal Museo de Arte Contemporáneo at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Morelia, Mexico (2003), the Arte Lúdico event at the Alicia Brandy Gallery of Art in Buenos Aires (2005), participation in the Salón de Pintura y Escultura at the Centro Cultural Fox y Museo de Arte de León in León Guanajuato (2005), the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana en Paris event in France(2007) and Aus der Tief (2010) .

Baudoinia compniacensis

Baudoinia compniacensis is black in colour and is partly responsible for the frequently observed phenomenon of 'Warehouse Staining', reported originally from the walls of buildings near brandy maturation warehouses in Cognac, France.

Bec Stupak

She was named Art Director of New Media at Atlantic Records in 2000 and remained there until 2003, creating online content and overseeing websites for all Atlantic artists including Lil' Kim, T.I., Trick Daddy, Jewel, Brandy and many others.

Brandy Hole

Nearby, there are caravan parks and a residential area or hamlet known as "Brandy Hole" even though it is within the parish boundaries of the large village of Hullbridge.

Brandy Semchuk

Thomas "Brandy" Semchuk (born September 22, 1971 in Calgary, Alberta) is a retired professional ice hockey right wing who played one game in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings during the 1992–93 NHL season.

Can't Wait

In a March 2012 interview with Complex, Erick Sermon mentioned producer Mike City used the production of Redman's "Can't Wait" as the inspiration behind two of his hits- "I Wish" by Carl Thomas as well as "Full Moon" by singer/actress Brandy.

Danny Weis

Guitarist Danny Weis (born in Huntington Park, California) is best known as a founding member of both Iron Butterfly and Rhinoceros, as well as co-writer of Rhinoceros's only charting single, "Apricot Brandy".

Edith Haisman

Edith's last memory of her father was that he was dressed in an Edwardian dinner jacket while smoking a cigar and sipping brandy on Titanic's deck as Edith and her mother were being lowered in the lifeboat.

Freehold Raceway Mall

The opening of Macy's was well-anticipated and the grand opening was attended by several celebrities, including singer Brandy.

Harold Neville Vazeille Temperley

He is the father of Julian Temperley, creator of Somerset Cider Brandy, and grandfather of Alice Temperley, fashion designer of London.

It's All About Me

The song received generally mixed to positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who compared Harrison to her contemporary peers Brandy and Monica.

John S. Bibby

Bibby Point, a steep rocky point at the northeast corner of Brandy Bay, was named after John S. Bibby by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC).

Kvint

KVINT (short for: Kon’iaki, vina i napitki Tiraspol’ia), a wine- and brandy distillery based in Tiraspol

Markus Wormstorm

Markus’s works have provided the soundtrack for ad campaigns for the likes of MetroFM (South Africa's biggest urban music radio station), VR Brandy, Audi, Ford, B.O.E., South African Design Indaba, Nokia and local mobile network CellC.

Mazagran

A battle took place there in 1840 between French soldiers and Algerians and the legend says that during the night, the 123 besieged French soldiers drank coffee laced with brandy .

Montmin

According to locals, Noah's Ark landed at the Col de l'Aulp, whose valley is indeed shaped like a ship; Noah, Biblical father of viticulture, would have planted the lakeside vineyards of Talloires, which produced wines and brandy until the 1950s.

Rappin' Granny

In her audition, Rappin' Granny gave a performance that was very popular among the crowd and the judges, all of whom (Brandy, David Hasselhoff, and Piers Morgan) advanced her to the next round by way of a unanimous vote.

Rhum Barbancourt

Dupré Barbancourt, a Frenchman from the cognac-producing region of Charente emigrated to Haiti, and founded his company at the end of 1862.

Roslyn Gentle

Roslyn Gentle is an Australian actress, best known for her role in the television series Prisoner as librarian/prostitute Laura Gardiner/Brandy Carter – an inmate who suffers from multiple personality disorder – in 1983.

Satoru Kobayashi

He had accidentally injured his Chunlan Cup opponent Ryu Shikun while they were drinking at a bar, by gesturing with his hand while it held a brandy glass, breaking the glass, gashing Ryu Shikun's cheek and his own hand.

Shamora Crawford

Shamora Crawford is songwriter, producer and artist from Atlanta, Georgia, USA, who has written songs and worked on vocal production for artists including Monica, Jennifer Lopez, Blu Cantrell and Brandy.

Slivovitz

Some of the most famous people who tasted the Troyan plum brandy are Pope John Paul II and the former U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Soulshock

Throughout the 1990s he wrote and produced, inter alia, Brandy, Usher, Monica, Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, Craig David, Sting, Toni Braxton, JoJo, and 2Pac.

Spaceknights

In the Spaceknights limited series (2000, by Jim Starlin and Chris Batista) we see that Rom and Brandy have two sons, Balin and Tristan, who have become part of a new generation of Spaceknights.

Stuff Like That

This time vocals were provided by Ashford & Simpson, Khan, Brandy, Charlie Wilson and Ray Charles while Greg Phillinganes was playing keyboards.

The Color of Friendship

Piper Dellums (Shadia Simmons) is a black girl who lives in Washington, D.C. with her father, Congressman Ron Dellums (Carl Lumbly), an outspoken opponent of the South African apartheid system and the oppression of black South Africans, her mother Roscoe Dellums (Penny Johnson), and two younger twin brothers, Brandy (Anthony Burnett) and Erik (Erron Jackson).

Tim Dudfield

Over the years, he has worked on projects by a wide variety of artists including Madonna, INXS, Felix da Housecat, E Smoove, Inaya Day, Brandy, Cher, Craig David, and Steve Silk Hurley.

Tom Huck

Prints by Albrecht Dürer, William Hogarth, Jose Guadalupe Posada, and Max Beckmann were featured alongside Huck's "The Transformation of Brandy Baghead Pts. 1, 2, & 3".

Traci Hale

She began her career as a back up singer for R&B superstars Keith Sweat and Aaliyah before becoming a songwriter for artists including Rihanna, Blu Cantrell, Mýa and Brandy.

VSOP

Very Special Old Pale or Very Superior Old Pale, a grade of cognac (brandy)

William Petre, 13th Baron Petre

He was the author of several polemical pamphlets on the problem of Catholic Liberal Education, in which he appears to have taken a great interest; one pamphlet is highly critical of Jacques Offenbach whose music, Petre claimed, was intended merely to satisfy the “cravings of sensibilities fuddled by brandy and soda water”.

Willie Wilde

The club was famous for its grills, its brandy and its Pol Roger ‘74 at any time, though its tripe and onions on Saturdays were an especial draw. One member listed Willie among those who were ‘constant guests’ on Saturdays, along with Henry Irving, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, J. Comyns Carr, Edward Dicey, Carlo Pellegrini, Frederic Clay and Oscar Wilde himself.

WPRZ

WPRZ-FM, a radio station (88.1 FM) licensed to Brandy Station, Virginia, United States.


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