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The show was produced by Stefan Raab's company Raab TV and, in its original run, shown Thursdays after TV total.


Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart

Currently, "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" is tied with Hey Jude for third amongst longest-running No. 1 songs by British artists on the Billboard pop charts, behind "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John (14 weeks, 1997-1998) and "We Found Love" by Rihanna with British artist Calvin Harris (10 weeks, 2011).

Aventas group

In 2005, it expanded, and built a second plant at Elton, Cheshire, creating over 550 new jobs.

Blind Tom Wiggins

The Elton John song, "The Ballad of Blind Tom", off his recent album "The Diving Board", is about Blind Tom.

Booches

During the mid to late 1970s, the then-owners of Booches's edited and published four issues of the Review la Booche, a literary journal featuring poetry, prose, sketches and photographs by contributors of such prominence as John Ciardi, William Stafford, Elton Glaser, Frank Stack and Richard Eberhart, along with local and regional contributors.

Bramley, Rotherham

It is also home to three hotels, Elton Hotel (part of the Best Western chain) and Stonecroft Hotel (which are both situated opposite each other) as well as the Hotel Ibis.

CalCOFI

The program was initially led by Oscar Elton Sette, who forged a collaboration between research institutions (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and government agencies (California Fish and Game Commission- recently renamed the California Department of Fish and Wildlife- and the United States Fish Commission- now known as the NOAA Fisheries Service) with the goal of resource management and fisheries conservation of the Eastern Pacific.

Caleb Quaye

Starting in 1969, Quaye played guitar supporting Elton John at live concerts around the local London area, first with Boots Slade (bass) and Malcolm Tomlinson (drums), and then later on with what eventually became the nucleus of Hookfoot for sporadic shows.

In 1978, Quaye along with fellow Elton John Band members Kenny Passarelli and Roger Pope joined Hall & Oates.

Cel-Ray

Cel-Ray was also mentioned in the Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention record albumI, "The Mothers at the Fillmore-1971. The character of Billy Rose (played by James Caan) in the 1975 film Funny Lady also habitually drank celery tonic, as an alternative to alcohol. Finally, it was used as a plot point joining assistant Harriet Smith and senator James Elton in the popular web series Emma Approved, written and directed by the makers of "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries".

Clelia Iruzun

She instead travelled to London where she studied with Maria Curcio, who awarded her a scholarship and later entered the Royal Academy of Music where she studied piano with Christopher Elton and conducting with Colin Metters.

Club at the End of the Street

An interesting note is the video for the song was animated, due to Elton's involvement with the family of AIDS victim Ryan White.

Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon

Patrons include Sir Charles Elton (son of the notable documentary director Sir Arthur Elton), Aardman Animations founders David Sproxton and Peter Lord, directors Nick Park and Terry Gilliam, and actors Tony Robinson and Alan Rickman.

Donald Aronow

In 1966, he founded Magnum Marine with Elton Cary and, in 1970, after campaigning his boat "The Cigarette" around the world and winning the World Championship, he started Cigarette Racing Team using his own designs.

Elton 60 – Live at Madison Square Garden

Elton 60 – Live at Madison Square Garden is a 2-disc DVD release, starring Elton John performing some of his biggest hits and even several fan favourites.

Elton B. Stephens Expressway

The Elton B. Stephens Expressway, more commonly referred to locally as the Red Mountain Expressway, is a limited access freeway serving as a north-south connection between Homewood and Mountain Brook south of Red Mountain with I-20/59 just to the northeast of downtown Birmingham.

Elton Brand

The former Governor of New York, fellow Peekskill native George Pataki, was once asked about being the town's favorite son, and he answered that he was not the favorite but Elton Brand was.

Face to Face 2009

The last leg, in the fall of 2009 was cancelled to an E. coli infection that Elton had picked up.

Five Easy Pieces

Bobby Dupea (Jack Nicholson) works in a California oil field (shot in and around the city of Taft in the San Joaquin Valley) with his friend Elton (Billy "Green" Bush), who has a wife and baby son.

Greg Penny

In 1994, Penny produced Elton John's next studio album Made in England, collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin, arranger Paul Buckmaster, and Sir George Martin, who wrote the string and horn section for the song "Latitude".

I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues

The song was later performed live by Mary J. Blige and Elton John, and this version of the song was part of the Mary J. Blige & Friends EP.

Jackie Tyler

SFX reviewer Nick Setchfield praised Davies' "populist voice" in relation to Jackie's characterisation in "Love and Monsters" stating "there’s something just right about Jackie seducing Elton to the Asda charms of Il Divo."

John Byron

George Byron, married to Frances Levett, daughter of Elton Levett of Nottingham, a descendant of Ambrose Elton, Esq., High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1618 and a surgeon in Nottingham.

Kim Elton

From 1995 to 1999, Elton represented the 3rd District, which encompasses the portion of Juneau on the mainland from Thane to Juneau International Airport, in addition to Douglas Island.

Elton served in a number of staff positions in state government: he was a staff assistant to the Legislative Ethics Committee, an assistant State Ombudsman, Director of Policy for Lieutenant Governor Terry Miller, and as Executive Director of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.

During his second term in the House, Elton moved from downtown Juneau to Point Louisa, at mile 15 of the Glacier Highway, located in the Mendenhall Valley-centered 4th District represented by Republican Bill Hudson.

Little Jeannie

Despite its impressive performance in the US charts, Elton has rarely performed "Little Jeannie" live, doing so only on his 1980 tour and during 2000's One Night Only concerts.

Mirja Boes

She had guest appearances on "TV total", "Elton.tv", "Anke Late Night", "open muzzle", "Clueless Genius" and the "Gong Show".

Norman Sheffield

The studio recorded many of the world's most famous artists and recordings of the era including the Beatles' "Hey Jude", David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and Elton John's "Candle in the Wind".

Oundle Rural District

The Northamptonshire part went to form the Oundle and Thrapston Rural District, and from the Huntingdonshire part, the parish of Elton became part of Norman Cross Rural District whilst the parishes of Great Gidding, Little Gidding and Winwick became part of Huntingdon Rural District.

Paul Walsham

Major professional achievements to date include various television appearances, performances and recordings with artists such as Hurts, Kylie Minogue, Elton JohnElvis Costello, Simon Webbe, Craig David, Atomic Kitten, Barclay James Harvest, Patricia Kass.

Reg Strikes Back Tour

Elton John started the Reg Strikes Back tour in promotion of the album with the same name.

Rhythm of the Pride Lands

#: Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Tim Rice; performed by Disney Channel Circle of Stars

Roy and HG

Their British profile increased, they subsequently appeared as recurring guests on the 1998 BBC one series, "The Ben Elton Show" a stand up / variety show fronted by Elton, but also featuring the return of Ronnie Corbett's 'armchair monologue' in a regular slot, and a different musical guest each week.

Russell Harty

One show followed Elton John's "charabang" from London to Los Angeles, where the singer was playing two nights at Dodger Stadium.

Sir Peter Proby, 2nd Baronet

After retiring from the bursarship in 1971, he returned to the management of Elton and engaged in local affairs.

Sir William Fermor, 1st Baronet

A Major Farmer was sent in 1659 with a troop of horse to secure Carlisle for Monck, but failed in the attempt, Elton, who commanded in the city, inducing the soldiers to keep him out.

Songs from the West Coast Tour

In the fall of 2001 Elton John and the band set out on tour to promote Elton John's latest album Songs from the West Coast.

Steve Holley

In 1978, soon after performing on Elton John's hit single "Ego", a chance meeting in a pub in his hometown of Staines with Denny Laine resulted in him being invited to join Wings.

Ted LeFevre

LeFevre was the associate to Bob Crowley for the 2000 production of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, which won a Tony Award for "Best Scenic Design".

Terrence Haynes

Terrence Elton Haynes (born October 5, 1984 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados.

The Matthew Shepard Story

"American Triangle" - Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, performed by Elton John, published by WB Music Corp (Happenstance Limited and Wretched Music, courtesy of Universal Music)

World in Motion 1

Special thanks: Mike Corkran, Bill Mueller, Gordon Miller Music, Edward S. Feldman & Bob Sellars for the custom guitars, Derek Sutton, Bob Goldstein (it's in the mail), Peter Sullivan, Elton, Marvin & Stevie, Don Wehner, Barton Kenney, Casey Dansicker, Nancy Scaggs, Jeff Miller (it's in the mail II), Walt Copeland, Randy, Paul, Jeep, and everyone at MSI


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