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3 unusual facts about Please Mr. Please


John Rostill

He later went on to write for other artists such as Elvis Presley and Olivia Newton-John ("Let Me Be There" (US no. 6, 1973), "If You Love Me, Let Me Know" (US no. 5, 1974) and "Please Mr. Please" (US no. 3, 1975), the last-mentioned song co-written with Bruce Welch)).

Please Mr. Please

"Please Mr. Please" is the title of a popular song from 1975 (see 1975 in music) by the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John.

"Please Mr. Please" has been rendered in Czech as "Nechci Už Víc" recorded by Helena Blehárová and in Finnish as "Viistoista Siis" recorded by Taiska.


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Alpana Singh

Singh became especially well known for hosting the local Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television station WTTW's restaurant review show, Check, Please! and her regular appearances on Chicago Tonight for the "Ask Alpana" segment on Thursday evenings.

Bullying in teaching

The Simpsons episode, Black Eyed, Please, Lisa is bullied by a substitute teacher, Miss Cantwell.

Drumroll, Please

The book that Lily is reading is when Robin comes over is Pure Ducky Goodness, a collection of comic-strips created by this episode's writer's husband, Dave Kellett.

Girls, Please!

Girls, Please! is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Sydney Howard, Jane Baxter, Meriel Forbes and Peter Gawthorne.

Inspiration, Please!

The show was produced by Trinity Productions at the Trinity TV Studios at Trinity Church at the corner of Broadway and Wall Street in New York City.

Louder, Please

The original production was directed by George Abbott and starred Lee Tracy; it was successful enough for Krasna to be hired as a writer for Columbia Pictures.

Louder, Please is a play by Norman Krasna, the first of Krasna's plays to be produced on Broadway.

Please Mr. Postman

Agnes Chan recorded a version of the song in the '70s for a Japanese album

The Marvelettes' version appears in a bar fight scene in Mean Streets (1973), directed by Martin Scorsese.

Please, Please

Also for Sport Relief band member Harry Judd travelled to India with a collection of other British celebrities including presenter and comedian Nick Hancock and radio DJ and presenter Chris Evans.

(While filming the movie Just My Luck, tabloids published articles reporting that McFly drummer Harry Judd had a romantic relationship with her.

Please, Please, Please

In 1952, James Brown was released from a youth detention center in Toccoa, Georgia, after Bobby Byrd and his family sponsored him.

Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

The instrumental version of the song is the better known cover version, since it was used in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (during the Art Institute scene) along with an other Dream Academy song "The Edge of Forever".

It also appears in the prom scene in the film Never Been Kissed but was not included on the official soundtrack.

It is included in the soundtracks of the films Pretty in Pink, Starter for 10, (500) Days of Summer, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, as well as in the Christmas special finale of UK TV show Extras, which was broadcast in the UK on 27 December 2007.

Syd Nathan

He contributed to the development of country & western, rhythm and blues and rock and roll music, and is credited with discovering many prominent musicians, most notably James Brown whose first single "Please, Please, Please" was released on the subsidiary label Federal in 1956.

Take My Life, Please

It was the first episode of The Simpsons to air in 720p high-definition television, though not the first time The Simpsons appeared in high-definition, as The Simpsons Movie was rendered in HD.

Tickets, Please!

It contains sketches by Sketches by Harry Herrmann, Edmund Rice, Jack Roche and Ted Luce, with music and lyrics by Lyn Duddy, Joan Edwards, Mel Tolkin, Lucille Kallen and Clay Warnick.

It then moved to the Mark Hellinger Theatre for a further three weeks, closing on November 27, 1950, for a total of 245 performances.

Trip Dancer

It was used as ending music for NHK-FM's "music square" The song Trip Dancer was featured in their 1997 album Please Mr. Lostman.


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