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unusual facts about Pops


Masaru Kitao

Pops (1993) - Character Designer, Animation Director


12 Wasted Years

# "Running Free" - Top of the Pops live performance, 22 February 1980

Astro Pops

Leaf has also expanded the Astro Pops franchise to include Astro Pop Asteroids (smaller bite-sized pieces), and Astro Pops Sodas.

Astro Pops were first made in 1963 after two rocket scientists working on the space program in El Segundo, CA decided to quit their jobs and create the Astro Pop, modeling the pop after a three-stage rocket.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

She is heavily involved in a variety of charity projects around the world including Literacy Partners, the Police Athletic League of New York City (PAL); PACT Parents and Abducted Children Together US and UK Chapters; and The New York Pops Orchestra.

Boston Pops Orchestra

Of the many musical pieces created for the orchestra, the Pops' most identifiable works were the colorful novelty numbers composed by Fiedler's close friend Leroy Anderson, including "Sleigh Ride", "The Typewriter" and many others.

Also during Fiedler's tenure, the Pops and local public television station WGBH developed a series of weekly televised broadcasts recorded during the Pops' regular season in Symphony Hall, Evening at Pops.

Bushy Hare

Bugs pops out in Golden Gate Park and encounters a man, who asks Bugs to hold his balloons while he ties his shoelaces.

Carolina Brass

Carolina Brass performs a wide variety of music including Classical and Contemporary works, Medieval and Renaissance music, and pops programs encompassing Broadway, Jazz, Dixieland, Big Band, and other popular forms.

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

In December 2010, John Morris Russell was named the new conductor of the Cincinnati Pops, following the death in 2009 of Erich Kunzel.

Cocoa Krispies

Later in the 1960s, Sweep (a dog hand puppet from the popular UK children's TV programme The Sooty Show became the mascot for "Coco Pops."

Columbus Symphony Orchestra

In the summer the orchestra performs a series of outdoor pops programs, "Picnic with the Pops", on the lawn of Chemical Abstracts Service.

Conte Forum

It is the site of the annual "Pops-on-the-Heights" during the annual Parents' Weekend in the fall, a gala concert featuring the Boston Pops Orchestra which raises over $1.5 million for BC's academic scholarship fund.

Eric Jupp

The series featured mainly "orchestral pops" and light classicaI music, but it also included regular jazz segments featuring notable Australian performers such as Don Burrows and George Golla.

Florida Grand Opera Musicians Association

The Boca Pops musicians had extensive experience as a pit orchestra, being the orchestra for Miami City Ballet from 1993 until the Ballet stopped using a live orchestra, ca.

Gareth McLearnon

His professional orchestral experience also includes playing in concerts and BBC TV & Radio recordings with the Ulster Orchestra, The London Pops Orchestra, Opera Australia, he has played in West-End Shows and has toured with Nigel Kennedy.

Graniterock

Commitment to community service, always a company priority, was expressed in new ways, such as “Pops and Rocks” concerts to benefit the United Way, and efforts to share quality practices with the public schools of Santa Cruz County.

Haircut One Hundred

The band toured across the globe and appeared twice more on Top of the Pops for two further Top 10 singles, "Fantastic Day" and "Nobody's Fool".

Harold Goodwin

Harry Goodwin (born 1924), English photographer known for photographs of pop musicians and sports personalities; resident photographer of BBC TV programme Top of the Pops from its inception in 1964 until 1973

Jeannette Knoll

She was invited to be a guest soloist with the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony and the New Orleans Summer Pops.

Jeff Clyne

Clyne accompanied Blossom Dearie, Stan Tracey (playing on his Under Milk Wood LP), Ian Carr, Gordon Beck (on Experiments With Pops, with John McLaughlin), Dudley Moore, Zoot Sims, Norma Winstone, John Burch and Marion Montgomery.

Matthias Reim

The single sold 2.5 million copies world-wide and was at the top of the pops of German charts for 16 weeks - between 18 May and 6 September - since 1971 no other single stood longer without interruption at place one but Matthias Reim shares this record with Boney M. The first album Reim was released soon after.

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

In a random twist of events, Palin pops up in the Florida Keys and sees a Hemingway look-alike contest at the local restaurant in Key West.

Milwaukee Symphony Chorus

The chorus has worked with world-renowned conductors such as Helmuth Rilling, Nicholas McGegan, Grant Llewellyn, James Conlon, Christopher Seaman, Andreas Delfs, and Doc Severinsen, as well as current MSO music director Edo de Waart and MSO principal Pops conductor Marvin Hamlisch.

Monday Off

Monday Off has become a regular fixture in the New York City club scene, in addition to their performances in larger concert halls across the country including Carnegie Hall with Skitch Henderson and The New York Pops.

MoneyBart

Mike Scioscia, manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, pops up in the seats behind Marge and Bart and tells him that the best players listen to their managers, pointing out his three World Series wins — two as player, one as manager.

New Haven Symphony Orchestra

The NHSO Pops Series takes place on selected Saturday afternoons at the Hamden Middle School in Hamden, CT, and Sunday afternoons at Shelton Intermediate School in Shelton, CT.

Patti Russo

Patti's television credits include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, The View, Entertainment Tonight, Don't Forget the Lyrics, Qcheck, Huckabee, Lopez Tonight, The USA Music Challenge, Top Of The Pops, Brit Awards, American Music Awards, Party in the Park- Hyde Park UK, Prince's Trust- UK, Pres.

Pick of the Pops

Winton left Pick of The Pops on 30 October 2010 due to other work, and he counted down the charts from 1959 and 1983 with classics from Culture Club, Fats Domino, The Cult, Adam Ant and Dickie Valentine.

POPSearch

On May 29, the top 16 POPSearch contestants selected by conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops artistic staff will be announced, and their video auditions will be posted online on the POPSearch YouTube site.

Princeton Symphony Orchestra

Notable singers who have joined the orchestra for Broadway pops programs include Barbara Cook, Norm Lewis, and Brent Barrett.

Riverbend Music Center

On July 4, 2000, The Pops performed the first live concert televised from Cincinnati, which aired on PBS, featuring Rosemary Clooney and Doc Severinsen.

Robin Nash

He died on 18 June 2011, aged 84, during a season of repeats on BBC Four of editions of Top of the Pops that he had produced in 1976 and the day after the funeral of Flick Colby who had choreographed dance sequences for the show with, among others, Pan's People and Ruby Flipper.

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

The film's original Monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24 bit, and audio restoration tools were used to eliminate clicks, pops, hisses, and crackles.

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik (1994–present) has earned a national reputation for excellence in pops programming during his tenure with the RPO.

Stranahan Theater

It is also the site of the Pops series of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, The Nutcracker by the Toledo Ballet, and A Christmas Carol by the Toledo Rep. In addition, the Great Hall is used for about 140+ banquets, receptions, and trade shows each year.

Tanglewood Festival Chorus

They can also be heard on the RCA Victor disc "A Splash of Pops", as well as on three Christmas albums — "Joy to the World" on Sony Classical and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" on Philips, both with John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra, and "Holiday Pops" on RCA Victor with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra.

Originally formed for performances at the BSO's summer home at the behest of the BSO's conductor designate Seiji Ozawa, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus is the official chorus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops Orchestra year-round, performing in Boston, New York and Tanglewood.

The Kingfield POPS!

In the winter of 2011-2012, thanks to a grant from the Maine Community Foundation, the Kingfield POPS sponsored live music for the First Friday Artwalks in downtown Kingfield.

The Old Grey Hare

However, Bugs suddenly pops in and repeats the popular catchphrase of the "Richard Q. Peavey" character from The Great Gildersleeve, "Well, now, I wouldn't say that," plants a kiss on Elmer, then hands him a large firecracker with a lit fuse, and quickly departs.

The Son Also Draws

Speed and Pops from Speed Racer make an appearance at the Soap Box Derby starting line and again when the Griffins prepare to leave for Manhattan.

The Sound of the Crowd

No promotional video was made for the song, although recordings of TV performances from Top of the Pops (30 April 1981) and Later... with Jools Holland (25 November 1995) are included on the bonus DVD issued with The Very Best of The Human League.

Top of the Pops Reloaded

Top Of The Pops Saturday began in September 2002 as part of the relaunched format of The Saturday Show, as a 45-minute show-within-a-show taking up the final section of the programme; TOTP Saturday was presented by The Saturday Show's presenters of the time, Fearne Cotton and Simon Grant.

Wes Butters

As a voice-over, Wes has been heard on An Audience with Take That, An Audience with Lionel Ritchie and The Brit Awards, as well as the Top of the Pops rundown and ads for Asda.

You Said No

"You Said No" was promoted by appearances on CD:UK, The Saturday Show, Blue Peter, Top of the Pops and its spin-off show Top of the Pops Saturday, and Re:covered.


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