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unusual facts about James 'Dixie' Deans


Stalag Luft VI

James 'Dixie' Deans, RAF sergeant and World War II bomber pilot, guided 2,000 allied POWs across Germany in what was known as the "Long March".


A Year with Swollen Appendices

It details four different musical projects he was involved in, the album Spinner with Jah Wobble, the Passengers album Original Soundtracks 1 with U2, David Bowie's Outside and the War Child charity album The Help Album as well as exploratory sessions with the band James.

Are You Ready for Love?

The film includes a speed dating sequence that takes place on board the charter boat The Dixie Queen on the River Thames at Tower Bridge.

Arthur L. Carter

In 1967, he married Dixie Carter, and they eventually had two daughters, Ginna and Mary Dixie.

Booth and the Bad Angel

Booth and the Bad Angel was a music project based around the collaborative efforts of Tim Booth (lead singer with the British alternative rock band, James) and the American film composer, Angelo Badalamenti.

Butch Robins

In the early seventies, Robins worked with artists such as Charlie Moore and the Dixie Partners, banjoist Vic Jordan, dobro player Tut Taylor, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Jim & Jesse, mandolinist Buck White, Leon Russell and the New Grass Revival.

Christoffer Svae

It was Svae who selected Loudmouth Golf's colorful argyle pants (Dixie and Red & Gray) as Team Norway's uniform at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics because they came close to matching the Norwegian flag colors – red, white and blue.

DeAndrew Rubin

Rubin attended Dixie Hollins High School in Saint Petersburg, Florida and the University of South Florida and was a starting receiver after being redshirted in 1999.

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

The film opens during the Dixie Chicks' 2003 Top of the World Tour, discussing the Dixie Chicks' super-star status prior the incident at their London show.

Dixie Lee

Crosby's biographer, Gary Giddins, describes Dixie Lee as a shy, private person with a sensible approach to life.

Dixie Marshall

In 2003, Dixie and Sonia Vinci became Australia's first duo team of female news presenters, initially on a temporary basis, but it was later made permanent.

Dixie Witch

Dixie Witch's songs have appeared on soundtracks to the video games NHL 2005 and Major League Baseball 2K7 as well as TV shows Viva La Bam and the Mentalist, among others.

Dixie-Narco

Dixie-Narco is a major manufacturer of soda vending machines located in Williston, South Carolina.

Dixie-Narco EP

"Carry Me Home" was originally written by Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys for the group's 1973 Holland album, but was not included in the final release.

DoubleDrive

He also performs with Open Sky Separators and Dixie Inc., and formed a new band called Speed X with doubleDrive bassist Josh Sattler, guitarist Mike Stone of Queensrÿche and guitarist Nick Catanese of Black Label Society.

Greg Tate

In 1982, Tate moved to New York City, where he developed friendships with other musicians, including James "Blood" Ulmer and Vernon Reid.

Hot Dixie Chick

Out of the mare Above Perfection, a descendant of the very influential sire, Caro, Hot Dixie Chick was sired by Dixie Union, a son of the stakes winner, Dixieland Band who is a son of the most successful sire of the 20th Century, Northern Dancer.

I Sang Dixie

"I Sang Dixie" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.

J. Kirk Richards

Among other locations, Richards work has been shown at the Springville Museum of Art; the Renaissance Center Juried Show in Nashville, Tennessee; the Provo Arts Council Freedom Festival Fine Art Exhibit; the Bountiful/Davis Art Center; at Southern Virginia University as part of its Annual Shenandoah Invitational Art Show; at the Robert N. & Peggy Sears Dixie State Invitational Art Shows in St. George, Utah; and the Museum of Church History and Art.

Joseph Bromfield

The use of the Greek revival style is comparatively rare and Pevsner and Lang point out that the earliest example of it is James "Athenian" Stuart’s Doric temple at Hagley Park.

Keats Rides a Harley

# The Leaving Trains - "Cigarette Motel" (James "Falling James" Moreland) - 1:26

# The Leaving Trains - "Virginia City" (Tom Hofer/James "Falling James" Moreland) - 2:12

M. Anthony Burns

He also created scholarship funds at Dixie State University in St. George, Utah, which to date have provided more than 100 scholarships, and has endowed four scholarships each at Wasatch High School in Heber City, Utah, and Virgin Valley High School in Mesquite, Nev.

Marquel Blackwell

After playing for Lakewood and Dixie Hollins High Schools in Pinellas County Florida, Blackwell was the quarterback at the University of South Florida for four seasons.

Miami Vice: The Game

Therefore, the likeness of the narcotics officers Crockett and Tubbs are based on that of Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, respectively.

Mike Tyson vs. Mitch Green

19–year old undefeated sensation Mike Tyson had previously met former heavyweight contender James "Quick" Tillis in his 20th professional bout.

Murder of Sally Anne Bowman

In October 2006, Dixie's DNA was sent to Western Australia to be tested against that of the DNA evidence in the Claremont serial killer case between 1996 and 1997, as it is believed he was in the area at the time of the killings, and may have committed them.

Mycro sports

Hurling players to have endorsed the helmet include Joe Deane, Ben O'Connor, James 'Cha' Fitzpatrick and Ronan Curran (who played a part in designing some of the helmets).

Out Where the Buses Don't Run

It featured guest star Bruce McGill as an eccentric retired police officer attempting to aid Metro-Dade detectives James "Sonny" Crocket and Ricardo Tubbs in the search for a missing drug lord.

Paper cup

Dixie Cup is the brand name for a line of disposable paper cups that were first developed in the United States in 1907 by Lawrence Luellen, a lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts, who was concerned about germs being spread by people sharing glasses or dippers at public supplies of drinking water.

Parkview, St. Louis

The list includes Missouri Governor Henry Caulfield; St. Louis mayor Bernard Dickmann; University City mayors Heman, Flynn and Cunningham; artists Bessie Lowenhaupt, Aimee Schweig, Jane Pettus, Edmund Wuerpel and Gustav Goetch; writers Stanley Elkin and William Gass; aviation great Col. James (Jimmy) Doolittle; baseball players George Sisler and Bob Gibson; and film maker Charles Guggenheim.

Pilot Corporation

In 2008, Pilot president James (Jimmy) Haslam III, son of founder James (Jim) Haslam II, purchased a 16% stake in the Pittsburgh Steelers as part of the team's ownership restructuring due to some heirs of the Rooney family retaining stakes in gambling enterprises such as horse tracks and race horse breeding stables, violating NFL rules.

Protesting the Dixie Chicks

In the man-on-the-street style of "Heavy Metal Parking Lot", anonymous fans and protesters are interviewed outside the arenas of the Dixie Chicks 2003 USA tour, while the context of the drama is reenacted with toys and action figures of Natalie Maines, Toby Keith, General John Abizaid, Senator Richard Lugar, Senator John McCain and President George W. Bush.

QRS Records

Among the artists who recorded for QRS were Ed Bell, Clarence Williams, Clifford Gibson, South Street Ramblers, Earl Hines, James "Stump" Johnson, Sara Martin, Anna Bell and Edith North Johnson, as well as the preacher Missionary Josephine Miles.

Rick Klassen

In 1984, however, when Matthews, former Edmonton defensive co-ordinator, traded for James "Quick" Parker from the Eskimos, Klassen again switched positions.

Ride Ranger Ride

Texas Ranger Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and cavalry Lieutenant Bob Cameron (George J. Lewis) are competing for the attentions of Dixie Summerall (Kay Hughes), the beautiful daughter of Colonel Summerall (Robert Homans) at Fort Adobe, Texas.

Sam Faiers

She is one of only four cast members who have been on the show since its inception in October 2010 (the others are Jess Wright, Lauren Pope and James "Arg" Argent).

SaveRite

In November 2001, Winn-Dixie announced plans to convert nearly all of its 40-some Winn-Dixie and Winn-Dixie Marketplace brand stores in the metro Atlanta area into Save-Rites as a last-ditch effort to keep a hold on its market share, which was rapidly declining due to stiff competition from Wal-Mart, Publix, Kroger, and other similar stores.

Sirkus Sirkuz

In his career, he has remixed songs by artists including Beyonce, Depeche Mode, Ash, James, Benny Benassi, Kylie, and Gorillaz, under various aliases.

Southern Comfort Zone

Included on the song are snippets of Jeff Foxworthy, The Andy Griffith Show, Eddie Stubbs, a NASCAR race, and bars of the traditional song "Dixie" sung by the Brentwood Baptist Church choir, which lends the song an anthem quality.

Stuart Wright

Along with James "Jim" Leytham, Stanley "Stan" Moorhouse, Peter Norburn, Keith Fielding, Martin Offiah, and Sam Tomkins, having scored four tries, Stuart Wright jointly holds the record for the most tries scored in an England match, scoring four tries against Wales at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on 28 May 1978.

Tabitha Soren

Soren married author Michael Lewis in 1997; they have three children: Quinn Tallulah, Dixie Lee, and Walker Jack.

The Fox and the Hound 2

The Fox and the Hound 2 Soundtrack Album is the album containing songs from Reba McEntire, who was the voice of Dixie in the film, as well as other well-known artists such as Trisha Yearwood, Chip Davis and Little Big Town.

The Ultimate Dr. John

# "Iko Iko" (James "Sugarbaby" Crawford) – 4:08

Thom Pace

The program starred Dan Haggerty as James Capen Adams, whom the film and series both said had fled from false murder charges into the mountains and forest nearby.

William M. Bulger

He was forced to resign from the office of president of the University of Massachusetts after he refused to testify in a 2003 Congressional hearing about communications he had had with his then-fugitive brother, James "Whitey" Bulger, Jr., a Boston crime boss.

Willie Edwards

They got into a car to look for Willie Edwards, an African American, who was recently hired as a driver for Winn-Dixie.


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