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Diggers' Song

It is sung to a version of the family of tunes later used for Sam Hall, Captain Kidd and Admiral John Benbow, which according to Roy Palmer was first printed in 1714.


Albert Dryden

Following a protracted dispute with Derwentside District Council, an enforcement order was to be served on 20 June 1991, with diggers on standby to demolish the house.

Backstage musical

This type of musical was typified in the early films by director and choreographer, Busby Berkeley, including 42nd Street (1933), Footlight Parade (1933), Dames (1934) and the Gold Diggers series (1933, 1935 and 1937).

BAMF!

They have also performed covers of Sean Kingston's Beautiful Girls, T.I.'s Whatever You Like, Smash Mouth's All Star, Reel Big Fish's She Has a Girlfriend Now Cee Lo Green's Fuck You and Nicki Minaj's Superbass.

C. S. Song

Song was principal of Tainan Theological College (1965-70) and, later, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (1977-2004).

He studied at National Taiwan University (1950-1954), the University of Edinburgh (1955-1958) and Union Theological Seminary, where he received his PhD in 1965.

Charles Hotham

According to historian Geoffrey Blainey "It was perhaps the most generous concession offered by a governor to a major opponent in the history of Australia up to that time. The members of the commission were appointed before Eureka...they were men who were likely to be sympathetic to the diggers."

Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song, and the Power of Perseverance

He introduced his readers to his family members, including how his mother, Lupe, was born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and enjoyed dancing and singing with her sisters when she was younger.

Archuleta also described the impact the musical Les Misérables had on him and also the influence of the first season of American Idol.

Cinderella Liberty

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Marsha Mason), Best Music, Original Dramatic Score and Best Music, Song (John Williams and Paul Williams for "Nice to Be Around").

D tour 1997 Live at Southampton

Other songs on the album include "Come Like You Promise", which was originally found on a long out of print solo album by guitarist Stu G, Have You Heard? It also appeared on Live & In the Can, was later rerecorded as a b-side for the single "It's OK", and now appears on the compilation album Deeper.

Deanna Johnston

Johnston was an early frontrunner after delivering her renditions of Piece of My Heart, The One I Love, and Long Train Runnin'.

E.M.D.

The album debuted at #1 on the Swedish Album Chart and produced three additional domestic chart topping singles after "All for Love", being "Jennie Let Me Love You", "Alone)" and, after the deluxe album edition, the single Baby Goodbye.

Ely Calil

In 2006 he sold his Chelsea home, Sloane House, for an estimated £45 million to Sir Anthony Bamford, the JCB diggers boss.

Emmanuel Top

In 1996, as part of the group B.B.E., he charted two top 5 hits in the United Kingdom with "Seven Days and One Week" and "Flash".

Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker

To benefit from the fuss that was stirred by the record, Farian rushed out the single Stories with a competitive line-up featuring original lead singer Liz Mitchell, Reggie Tsiboe (who replaced Farrell in the group from 1982–86) and two new girls.

Fighton Simukonda

Simukonda was born in Chingola where he started his football career with Division II side Mimbula Diggers as a defender.

Go Ask Alice

On pages 79–80, the text describes the girl living with a friend in Coos Bay, Oregon, where she enthuses over the Diggers' Free Store and the Psychedelic Shop – both establishments were actually in San Francisco.

Go Down Records

Since 2003 it has released more than eighty albums and vynils by several artists: Karma To Burn, Vibravoid, Fatso Jetson, OJM, The Fuzztones, The Morlocks, Link Protrudi And The Jaymen, Solrize, Dome La Muerte And The Diggers, Rock’n’Roll Kamikazes, The Hormonauts, Small Jackets.

Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935 was the third film of the Gold Diggers series of movie musicals, after Gold Diggers of Broadway in 1929 (now lost) and Gold Diggers of 1933, a remake of the earlier film.

Harry's Gone Fishing

Concerning the 17th Century Diggers movement, it consisted of words by Gerrard Winstanley, set to music by Rosselson and therefore has a joint writing credit.

Jeopardy! song

I Lost on Jeopardy, a parody of the Greg Kihn Band song by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Jewish Bolshevism

According to Singerman, The Jewish Bolshevism, which he dubs as item "0121" in his Bibliography, is "Identical in content to item "0120", the pamphlet The Grave Diggers of Russia, which was published in 1921 in Germany, by Dr. E. Boepple. In 1922, historian Gisela C. Lebzelter wrote: "The Britons published a brochure entitled Jewish Bolshevism, which featured drawings of Russian leaders supplemented by brief comments on their Jewish descent and affiliation.

Joseph Cyril Bamford

Bamford also conceived the "dancing diggers," whose 1999 display in Las Vegas stopped the gamblers.

Katherine Dieckmann

Katherine Dieckmann is a film and music video director known for her work with R.E.M. and the feature films Good Baby and Diggers.

Megamix '93

This medley is a non-stop dance mix of Luv's greatest chart toppers (U.O.Me (Theme from Waldolala), Trojan Horse, You're the Greatest Lover and Ooh, Yes I Do), whose original versions were smash hits in the late 1970s in a large part of Continental Europe, South Africa and Mexico.

Nathalie Henneberg

Le Chant des Astronautes The Astronauts' Song (1958) dealt with the battle against energy creatures from Algol.

Norman yoke

"Seeing the common people of England by joynt consent of person and purse have caste out Charles our Norman oppressour, wee have by this victory recovered ourselves from under his Norman yoake." wrote Winstanley on behalf of the Diggers, in December 1649.

Romain Gavras

He won two MTV Video Music Awards in 2012 for Best Cinematography and Best Direction, both for the "Bad Girls" video he directed for M.I.A.

Sixx:A.M.

The group is best known for their songs "Life Is Beautiful" and "Lies of the Beautiful People".

Slab Fork, West Virginia

Slab Fork is the birthplace of Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Bill Withers, who wrote and recorded popular songs such as "Ain't No Sunshine", "Lean on Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Use Me" and "Lovely Day".

Steelfab

The 800 diggers used the tractor hydraulics to power the digger although a pump system powered by the tractor PTO was offered as an option.

Stu G

"Like You Promise" was later restyled as "Come Like You Promise", and released on the band's 1996 live album Live & In the Can, 1998 live album d:tour, 2001 single "It's OK", and 2002 compilation album Deeper.

The Block NZ

Shannon instructed them that tne person takes the diggers to the gravel while the other one will do the digging.

The Digger Papers

The Digger Papers was a free collective publication of the Diggers, one of the 1960s improvisational theatre groups in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district.

The Gold Diggers

The Gold Diggers (play), a 1919 play by Avery Hopwood, the source material for the 1923 film, as well as Gold Diggers of Broadway and Gold Diggers of 1933

The Happy Ending

The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role, (Jean Simmons) and Best Music, Song (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman, for "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?").

The Last... series

It consists of four books—The Last Polar Bears, The Last Gold Diggers, The Last Cowboys and The Last Castaways.

Walter Huston

The film was based on B. Traven's novel, which told the story of three gold diggers in 1920s post-revolution Mexico.

William Dexter

Dexter was at Bendigo in August 1853, where William Howitt heard him advocating republican doctrines at a meeting of diggers.


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