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You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll

In one series of Brainiac: Science Abuse, the song "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" was used as an experiment to show what things could be used to stop rock and roll, using various chemicals and a stereo.


Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll

The B-side "Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)" is a live version taken from The Official Live Bootleg.

Bird 'n' Roll

Some new instruments feature in this album, following the band's acoustic tour in 2009.

Clean Town

The B-sides, "Hail The Sunny Days" and "Your Lover's Nerve," both later featured again on the Swedish version of "You Can't Steal My Love", the latter also appearing as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Hurricane Bar.

Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth

Stoppard would return to the theme of artistic dissent against the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in Rock 'n' Roll.

Edward Nalbandian

In one commercial, Nalbandian said of his low prices, "My friends all ask me, 'Eddie, are you kidding?' And I tell them no, my friend, I am not kidding." This inspired the Frank Zappa song Eddie, Are You Kidding? from the album Just Another Band from L.A. (1972), as well as Mark Volman's monologue to the audience in the track Once Upon a Time from the album You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (1988).

Ellis Rabb

His later directing work included a 1973 production of A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Rosemary Harris (to whom he was married from 1959–1967), James Farentino, and Patricia Conolly; a memorable production of The Royal Family in 1975 for which he won both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award, and a 1983 revival of You Can't Take It With You with Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst.

Elmer Edward Solly

Solly eventually made his way to Florida, where he assumed the identity of Vinnie Taylor (aka Chris Donald), lead guitarist of the rock 'n' roll revival group Sha Na Na.

Elvis' Christmas Album

The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters, insert booklet.

All the album's songs are also included in the 1992 RCA boxed set The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters.

England Keep My Bones

Preceded by the single, "Peggy Sang the Blues", the album was produced and mixed by Tristan Ivemy, who had previously mixed Love, Ire and Song, Rock & Roll and Campfire Punkrock.

Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

The two concerts were held on October 16, 1986, at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis; among the artists performing with Berry were Linda Ronstadt, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Etta James, Johnnie Johnson, Steve Jordan, Bobby Keys, Julian Lennon, and Joey Spampinato from NRBQ.

Ilan Eshkeri

Eshkeri's other notable works include The Young Victoria, which was nominated for this year's Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Score; Warner Bros' martial arts epic Ninja Assassin, Dino DeLaurentiis' Hannibal Rising, and producing the BAFTA-nominated score to Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.

Jack Ashford

His definitive performance is on "War" by Edwin Starr; other notable songs Ashford played tambourine on include "Nowhere to Run" by Martha & the Vandellas, "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye, and "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston.

Just Wanna Rock N' Roll

"Just Wanna Rock N' Roll" is the title of a song written by Rodney Clawson and Chris Tompkins, and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins.

Karl Tunberg

His first feature film was You Can't Have Everything (1937), after which he provided scripts for several comedies and musicals featuring such stars as Betty Grable, Sonja Henie, Deanna Durbin, Dorothy Lamour and Shirley Temple.

Making Dens

Tracks on the album include previous singles "Alas Agnes", "You Can't Fool Me Dennis" and "Zoo Time" (the last two of which have been re-recorded).

Maschinenstil

The drums were sampled from Terry Bozzio's drum solo on "Hands with a Hammer" from Frank Zappa's You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3.

Mikey Jukebox

Much of his songwriting was influenced by a “1950’s Memphis & Rock ‘N’ Roll” phase (Bill Haley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Sun Studios-era Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis) combined with a passion for Klaxons, CSS and a love for French House music and early Source Records.

Orchestron

Rainbow keyboard players Tony Carey (1975-1977) and David Stone (1977-1979) used an Orchestron model B. The choir sound can be heard on the songs "Stargazer" from the album Rising, "Lady of the lake" and "Gates of Babylon" from the album Long Live Rock 'n' Roll.

Pandemonium Shadow Show

Among the original songs by Nilsson, were one by Phil Spector (who had earlier co-written a song with Nilsson), Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, "River Deep - Mountain High", and two by The Beatles; She's Leaving Home and "You Can't Do That", the latter in an arrangement that quoted twenty other Beatles lyrics.

Paula Kelley

She worked with several other bands before finally going solo with her first album, Nothing/Everything, which was released in 2001 on Stop, Pop, and Roll Records in the US and then later on Caraway in Japan, which gained her plenty of Japanese fans.

PBA-FM

Each night specialist programs broadcast a specific genre of music, ranging from Classical, World, Rock & Roll, Jazz, Country, Progressive Rock and Rhythm & Blues.

Professional Foul

Stoppard would return to the theme of resistance against the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in the plays Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth and Rock 'n' Roll.

Roger Ferris

"Broken Down Heart" was the B-side of the first version of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (later made famous in the USA by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts in 1981).

Roger Price

Roger Price (television producer) (born 1941), an English television producer who created The Tomorrow People and You Can't Do That on Television

Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll

He released two solo albums in 1999, one with original material (Cheating at Solitaire) and one with song covers (Under the Influences).

So Alone

# "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" (listed as "You Can't Put Your Arms Round a Memory")

St Albans Secondary College

More footage of songs include It's a Long Way to the Top and She's Got Balls on the Three Disk Edition of Plug Me In.

Stephanie Bennett

Stephanie Bennett (born Margaret Stephanie Bennett) is an English film producer known for her works Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll and Endless Harmony.

Strait Playin'

"Strait Playin'" is the second single released from Shaquille O'Neal's third album, You Can't Stop the Reign.

The Balham Alligators

The Balham Alligators were a band from London that mixed rock 'n' roll, cajun, country and R&B.

The Best of Shaquille O'Neal

The album was released on November 12, 1996, just days before his third studio album, You Can't Stop the Reign, and was his last for Jive Records.

The Black League

The Black League's first two full-lengths carry on the spirit from Taneli's work with his former band, seasoning their metal with elements of traditional rock 'n' roll.

The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll

"The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll" is a single released by Mott the Hoople, from their 1974 album The Hoople.

The Green Leaf

The Green Leaf is an experimental rock & roll band from San Diego, California led by Mark Whitney Mehran (MWM).

The Man Who Found Himself

In 1937 alone, Landers also completed Danger Patrol, Living on Love, Border Cafe, You Can't Buy Luck, They Wanted to Marry and Flight From Glory (another aviation-oriented film).

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll is a music-themed drama film starring Kevin Zegers and Jason Ritter and directed by Scott Rosenbaum.

This Is the Right Time

In August 1990, just before Stansfield's European tour which started in mid-September, the double A-side single "This Is the Right Time"/"You Can't Deny It" with US remixes was released in selected European countries.

Turnin' On

#"You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)" (Pam Sawyer/Marilyn McLeod)

Veg-O-Matic

Throughout the eighties, Frank Zappa would satirise the product, as exemplified by recordings on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 and 4; the text of the song were often modified ad-lib.

Waiting for That Day

Although Michael wrote the song alone, the chords and rhythm are very similar to The Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want".

Warren Casey

In the mid-1960s, Casey met Jim Jacobs while acting with the Chicago Stage Guild, and the two began collaborating on a play with music about high school life during the golden age of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s.

You Belong in Rock n' Roll

The band’s sound was somewhat more refined than on their debut album, influenced by Marc Bolan and Elvis Presley, and its use of a music-as-sex metaphor was a Bowie theme used on several tracks stretching right back to his glam days.

You Can't Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America

You Can't Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America (2008) is the third book by journalist and Harper's Magazine president John R. MacArthur.

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2

Despite the subtitle "The Helsinki Concert", the album is not one complete concert, but was, in fact, assembled from two (and possibly three) different concerts performed in Helsinki in 1974.

You Can't Fix Stupid

You Can't Fix Stupid is an album by American comedian Ron White.

You Can't Run Away from It

It Happened One Night had also been remade as a musical comedy in 1945 as Eve Knew Her Apples.

You Can't Stop Me

"You Can't Stop Me" is the first single from the Guano Apes' third album, Walking on a Thin Line.

You Can't Turn Me Off

"You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On)" is a 1977 single by girl group High Inergy.

Young@Heart

In later years she appeared “on stage” via video, performing the Rolling Stones' You Can't Always Get What You Want.


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