Emerald Island Ireland Flashcards
Elements with 4 letters
Gold
Iron
Lead
Neon
Zinc
Until 19 a piece of platinum uh rid e um alloy was used to define a standard for this property of matter
Mass
Was the standard for thr kilogram but now a calculation
Problem wqs that thr alloy sheds and gains molecules from time to time so fluctuates from time to time ; new calculation is based on constants
So does my ass
This danish psychicist won a Nobel prize in 22 for his work on atomic structure
Niels bore
Nucleus in the middle
concentric rings of electrons
Force X distance =
Work
Movie tribonds
Woody Allen
Gene Hackman
Sharon stone
Antz
Movie tribonds
Richard Dreyfus
Roy shy der
Robert Shaw
Jaws
Movie tribonds
Elliot page
Michael cera
Jennifer garner
Juno
Good soundtrack
Movie tribonds
Morgan freeman
Scarlet Johansson
Choy min sick
Lucy
This professional sports team has a cheerleading squad called the flight crew
First major white act to perform at the Apollo venue
Buddy holly and the crickets - buddy holly so inspirational to music Beatles took name from
American pie song
Basis of thr song also
Don McLean
The day the music died - Buddy holly died along with Richie valence and the big Bopper who was JP Richardson on Sunday February 3 59
Young pilot
This famous song was written Chris christofferson and Fred foster originally performed by roger Miller in 69
In 72 Jerry lee Lewis released a version that reached 1 on xountey charts
The most famous version reached 1 by this famous artist and defined very short career
Me and Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin
A change is gonna come was not originally a major hit for this artist
Also Written as a protest to support this
Sam cook
Civil rights anthem
She recorded the first gospel song in October 38 at 23 called rock me
Considered original soul sister and godmother of rock and roll
Down by the river 44 song in library of congress
Inducted inducted in rock and roll HOF
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
This 21 year old had first no 1 hit to spend 10’weeks on hot 100 top spot ; 25 weeks total of chart
Won Grammy for best new artist in 77?
And record of the year and best female vocalist performance nominated
Beat female vocalist of thr year by academy of country music
Won several Grammys for other gospel songs but one hit wonder
Debbie Boone
Father had 26 top 20 billboard hits mainly covering blaxk r&b artists and rock and roll legends and 27 movie credits
In-laws rosemary Clooney ok shut up Barry
Scottish born singer
Real name Marie McDonald McLaughlin Laurie
Gained fame for her version of their song shout
Beat song hit billboard 100 in 67 which wqs hit song for movie of thr same name Which she costarred
Married to Maurice Gibb
Lou Lou - 1 hit wonder 1 named artist
Song to sir with love -
shout - Isley bros
Ancient geography
Britain became an island less than 10K years ago as warning weather and melting ice filled in this sea
North Sea
Until all ice sheets melted you could walk from England to the Netherlands
British history
At Leicester cathedral in March 2015 thr archbishop of Canterbury led a religious ceremony for this deceased english monarch
Richard III
Reinterment of Richard III
Recently rediscovered in Leicester
Not woman to be inducted into rock and roll HOF as a non performer
Carol king - # 1 hit album tapestry
As a Songwriter ; later inducted as a performer
Partnered with griffin?
25 solo albums
First rock and roll chart record
Artist covered Jackie Bernstein (steen) and the delta cats - rocket 88- first rock and roll song but wait Ike turner on the vocals
Crazy man crazy by bill Haley and thr comets (saddleman at the time ) - Texas swing
In 54 recorded the first rock and roll number 1
Second British Invasion band to appear on Ed Sullivan show
17 top 40 hits
Rock and roll HOf
Dave Clark 5 - quintet
Beatles first
First posthumously #1 single
1968
Sittin on thr dock of thr bay - Otis Redding
Rereleased after his death and rocketed to #1
First inductee in rock and roll HOF and who did he handpick to introduce
Chuck berry - father of rock and roll
Introduced by Keith Richard (s)? From Rolling Stones
This musical group took its. Name from an aboriginal custom or slang used to describe when Extremely cold outside
3 dog night - might want to snuggle up with the dog when it’s cold
20+ top 4 hits
71 hit of thr year
Rock and roll legend who wrote songs using the first and middle name
Charles harden
Band had 8 hits in top 40
Buddy holly
Born earnest evans in 1941 raised in south Philadelphia
Did an impersonation of a famous singer on American band stand - dick cLark wife compared him to another artist of thr time and this he had a new stage name
Chubby checker compared to antwon fats domino
Skinny domino haha
Andy’s so pissed haha
An impromptu jam Session at this record company led to thr million dollar quartet made up of
December 4 56 - kels birthday
Johnny cash
Elvis Presley
Jerry lee Lewis
CArl Perkins
Sun records
Also a play?
This song was written by and Jerry lever and Mike stoller
Only hit for big mama Thorton
Best known version released in 56 and ranked by Rolling Stones as 19 greatest song of all time and best single selling record by the artist
Hound dog
Elvis
Check out big mama Thorton version
Blinded by the light wqs a huge hit for this band in 77
Also who wrote and originally recorded in 73
Manfred man earth band
Wrapped up like up a deuce not do shhh
Originally - bruce Springsteen - greetings from asbury park New Jersey
68
Black magic woman originally recording band - Written by Peter green but did not chart
Also His version hit number 4 in 71
The famous band Fleetwood Mac - original ; Although their version of this song not famous English band ; Peter green founding member but not wee known ; Stevie nicks Lindsay buckingham other members
Carlos Santana - 4
Only song released to hit US charts #1 twice with identical version
Twist
Orignally recorded by hank Ballard and his group the midnighters
Summer of 60
Winter of 61
Spurred early 60s craze
Elvis number 1 hits and charted on hot 100
The number
18 -#1s
91 in hot 100
Billboard 100 started in 58 so some would have qualified they didn’t
Lauren green 64 1 hit song about a gunfighter named Johnny
Ringo - means apple in Japanese -
Johnny last name
His name came to prominence not by this song but by another means around same time aka Beatles
This band leader had a no 1 hit with Calcutta
Lawrence welk- hey aunt B
Odd but popular
Had a prime time show from 51-82
Champagne music ?
From North Dakota
First artist to perform at Woodstock
Bonus set list at Woodstock - 3 songs
Bonus date
Richie havens
Biggest cAreer hit was a cover of Beatles song
Set list - with a little help from my friends strawberry fields forever blended into hey Jude
August 69
