question: royal society for the protection of birds number of members

answers: more than a million

title: Steve Ormerod

text: Council at their AGM in 2012. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is Europe's largest wildlife conservation charity. Ormerod was previously chair of the RSPB's Advisory Committee for Wales and is a former president of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management. and has been a member of the councils of the Freshwater Biological Association, the Countryside Council for Wales, the Rivers' Trust and the British Trust for Ornithology. He was chief editor of the "Journal of Applied Ecology". He sat on the scientific advisory committee of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and was on the expert panel

text: in 1904. The original members of the RSPB were all women who campaigned against the fashion of the time for women to wear exotic feathers in hats, and the consequent encouragement of "plume hunting". To this end the Society had two simple rules: At the time of founding, the trade in plumage for use in hats was very large: in the first quarter of 1884, almost 7,000 bird-of-paradise skins were being imported to Britain, along with 400,000 birds from West India and Brazil, and 360,000 birds from East India. The Society attracted support from some women of high social standing

text: who belonged to the social classes that popularised the wearing of feathered hats, including the Duchess of Portland (who became the Society's first President) and the Ranee of Sarawak. As the organisation began to attract the support of many other influential figures, both male and female, such as the ornithologist Professor Alfred Newton, it gained in popularity and attracted many new members. The society received a Royal Charter in 1904 from Edward VII, just 15 years after its founding, and was instrumental in petitioning the Parliament of the United Kingdom to introduce laws banning the use of plumage in clothing.

title: Wildlife management

text: after extensive lobbying from the Association for the Protection of Seabirds. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was founded as the Plumage League in 1889 by Emily Williamson at her house in Manchester as a protest group campaigning against the use of great crested grebe and kittiwake skins and feathers in fur clothing. The group gained popularity and eventually amalgamated with the Fur and Feather League in Croydon to form the RSPB. The Society attracted growing support from the suburban middle-classes as well as support from many other influential figures, such as the ornithologist Professor Alfred Newton. The

title: Gower Ornithological Society

text: conservation organisations. Many members carry out national bird surveys for organisations such as the British Trust for Ornithology and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. The society also undertakes local surveys of garden, coastal, wetland and breeding birds. Some members also carry out bird ringing projects and publish papers and articles about birds. Indoor meetings are held on the fourth Friday of the month from September to March in the Environment Centre located at Pier Street, Swansea, at 7.15pm. Field trips are arranged for members and visitors. Details of events can be found on the society’s web site, Swansea’s ‘What’s On’

text: RSPB maintains over 200 reserves throughout the United Kingdom, covering a wide range of habitats, from estuaries and mudflats to forests and urban habitats. The reserves often have bird hides provided for birdwatchers and many provide visitor centres, which include information about the wildlife that can be seen there. The RSPB confers awards, including the President's Award, for volunteers who make a notable contribution to the work of the society. According to the RSPB: The RSPB Medal is the Society's most prestigious award. It is presented to an individual in recognition of wild bird protection and countryside conservation. It is

text: by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) on behalf of a partnership of the BTO, the RSPB, BirdWatch Ireland, the Scottish Ornithologists' Club and the Welsh Ornithological Society (). The RSPB is funded primarily by its members; in 2006, over 50% of the society's £88 million income came from subscriptions, donations and legacies, worth a total of £53.669 million. As a registered charity, the organisation is entitled to gift aid worth an extra £0.28 on every £1.00 donated by income tax payers. It also receives contractual payments from clean energy utilities and financiers of renewable energy solutions, when its members

title: Emily Williamson

text: Among the membership, once men were included, was William Henry Hudson. In 1904, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was incorporated by Royal Charter, and the group began charging membership fees. That year was the only one in which Williamson spoke at an annual meeting, reflecting on the growth of the organization from "when it was a very small fledgling, and had no dreams of soaring to the heights which it had reached". In 1891, she had founded the Gentlewomen's Employment Association in Manchester, and she also initiated two influential programmes from within this group: the Princess Christian

title: Gower Ornithological Society

text: membership secretary of the society is currently Peter Douglas-Jones.The society also has a chairman, secretary, and treasurer. There are also two recorders of bird sightings, one for west Glamorgan and another for east Glamorgan. The aim of the society is to promote the conservation of wild birds and help people to learn about birds. The society also records the numbers and species of birds in the area for its annual report called Gower Birds. This report has been published annually since 1968. The society also produces a regular newsletter and produces a checklist of birds and works with many other

text: The RSPB has over 1,300 employees, 18,000 volunteers and more than a million members (including 195,000 youth members), making it the largest wildlife conservation charity in Europe.  The RSPB has many local groups and maintains 200 nature reserves.

title: Sussex Ornithological Society

text: the education of its members and the general public in ornithological science and the need for the protection of wild birds and their habitats The Society publishes the annual "Sussex Bird Report" from its database of approximately 200,000 sightings each year. In 2008 the SOS recorded the millionth bird in their database, a grey heron seen near Bognor Regis. The Society also published the 592 page book "Birds of Sussex" in 1996 which includes members' work carried out from 1988 to 1991 for the British Trust for Ornithology "Atlas of Breeding Birds". The Society's other activities include: "The Birds of

title: Eliza Phillips

text: youth members, as well as 18,000 volunteers assisting on 200 nature reserves covering almost 130,000 hectares, home to 80% of the UK's rarest or most threatened bird species. Eliza Phillips Eliza Phillips ("née" Barron; 1823 – 18 August 1916) was an English animal activist and co-founder of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. She was the RSPB's vice president and publications editor. Eliza Barron was born in Wandsworth, Surrey and baptised at the church of St Mary-at-Lambeth on 11 July 1823, the only child of George Barron (–1852), a gentleman, and Elizabeth Joanna Barron ("née" Barron; 1792–1824). Little

title: Margaretta Louisa Lemon

text: for them. Margaretta. She founded the "Fur, Fin and Feather Folk" in 1889 Croydon with Mrs Eliza Phillips (1823–1916) and Miss Catherine Hall (1838-1924) who were close neighbours. The organisation had a subscription of two pence and in the first year their membership was nearly 5000. The "Fur, Fin and Feather Folk" society merged in 1891 with the "Society for the Protection of Birds" also founded in 1889 by Emily Williamson at Didsbury. In 1904 the Society for the Potection of Birds was incorporated by royal charter to become the "Royal Society for the Protection of Birds" or RSPB. The

text: the "world's biggest wildlife survey" and helps that society to get a better knowledge on bird population trends in Britain. That activity was launched in 1979 as an activity for kids, although from 2001 is a survey open to adults too. In 2011 over 600,000 people took part, being only 37% RSPB's members. The usual date for this birdwatching collective activity is the January's last weekend. From the start of this annual survey records for sparrows show a decline of 60%, while starling population's decline is about 80% from 1979 to 2012. BirdTrack is an online citizen science website, operated

title: Margaretta Louisa Lemon

text: for which she was made MBE in 1920. Margaretta Louisa Lemon Margaretta Louisa Lemon née Smith also known as Etta Lemon MBE (22 November 1860 – 8 July 1953) was an ornithologist and conservationist, most well known as a founding member of what is now the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Margaretta was born to Captain William Elisha Smith and his wife, Louisa Barclay at Hythe, Kent. Margaretta was inspired by Eliza Brightwen's "Wild Nature Won by Kindness" (1890) on the killing of egrets for the plume trade. At church she would note women wearing plumes and send

title: Selborne Society

text: in May 1891 to become the Society for Protection of Birds which became the Royal Society for Protection of Birds in 1904. From 1919 to 1939 the role of education became a primary one and the society went beyond natural history to become a lecture bureau that covered science, history and exploration. Historically, the Selborne Society worked with the local legislature to encourage policies on conservation and environmentalism. It was one of the first organizations to raise public awareness in England concerning environmental issues, and acted as a leading example to international movements such as the American Ornithological Society. Although

text: The origins of the RSPB lie with two groups of women, both formed in 1889. The Plumage League was founded by Emily Williamson at her house in Didsbury, Manchester, (now in Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden), as a protest group campaigning against the use of great crested grebe and kittiwake skins and feathers in fur clothing. The Fur, Fin and Feather Folk was founded in Croydon by Eliza Phillips, Etta Lemon, Catherine Hall and others. The groups gained in popularity and amalgamated in 1891 to form the Society for the Protection of Birds in London. The Society gained its Royal Charter

title: Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales

text: in Haverfordwest in February 1938. It was convened by L. D. Whitehead, the Welsh industrialist and owner of Ramsey, and the naturalist and author R. M. Lockley, then living on Skokholm. Seventy-eight people were present at that inaugural meeting and on the motion of Mr. Hugh Lloyd-Philipps, of Dale Castle, the Pembrokeshire Bird Protection Society was formed. In 1943, the society was urged to promote the establishment of nature reserves in readiness for post-war conditions. A meeting in 1945 decided to widen its area, so as to cover the counties of Pembroke, Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Merioneth, in compliance with requests

text: At the time that the Society was founded in Britain, similar societies were also founded in other European countries. In 1961, the society acquired The Lodge in Sandy, Bedfordshire as its new headquarters. The RSPB's logo depicts an Avocet. The first version was designed by Robert Gillmor. Today, the RSPB works with both the civil service and the Government to advise Government policies on conservation and environmentalism. It is one of several organisations that determine the official conservation status list for all birds found in the UK. The RSPB does not run bird hospitals nor offer animal rescue services. The

text: usually awarded annually to one or occasionally two people. The RSPB has published a members-only magazine for over a century. "Bird Notes and News" () was first published in April 1903. The title changed to "Bird Notes" in 1947. In the 1950s, there were four copies per year (one for each season, published on the 1st of each third month, March, June, September and December). Each volume covered two years, spread over three calendar years. For example, volume XXV (25), number one was dated Winter 1951, and number eight in the same volume was dated Autumn 1953. From the mid-1950s,

title: Wildlife law in England and Wales

text: forerunner of The Wildlife Trusts partnership. During the society's early years, membership tended to be made up of specialist naturalists and its growth was comparatively slow. The first independent Trust was formed in Norfolk in 1926 as the Norfolk Naturalists Trust, followed in 1938 by the Pembrokeshire Bird Protection Society which after several subsequent changes of name is now the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales and it was not until the 1940s and 1950s that more Naturalists' Trusts were formed in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Cambridgeshire. These early Trusts tended to focus on purchasing land to establish nature

title: Sussex Ornithological Society

text: Sussex Ornithological Society The Sussex Ornithological Society (SOS) is a British registered charity dedicated to the study, recording, and conservation of wild birds and their habitats in the English historic county of Sussex. It was founded in 1962 and is one of the largest county bird clubs in Great Britain with a membership of 1988 as at the end of financial year in December 2014. The Sussex Ornithological Society was formed on 17 February 1962 at a meeting in the Royal Pavilion, Brighton attended by young ornithology enthusiasts. Amongst them were B A E (Tony) Marr, the Society's first secretary

title: National Audubon Society

text: attained a membership of 48,862. Each member signed a pledge to "not molest birds." Prominent members included jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., abolitionist minister Henry Ward Beecher, and poet John Greenleaf Whittier. This society was later discontinued, but the name and plan survived. Organizations for the protection of birds were not a wholly new idea. Even before Grinnell's Audubon Society was organized, the American Ornithologists' Union, founded in 1883, was aware of the dangers facing many birds in the United States. There were, however, influential ornithologists who defended the collection of birds. In 1902, Charles B. Cory, the president-elect of

text: Devon Birdwatching and Preservation Society The Devon Bird Watching & Preservation Society, also known as Devon Birds, is one of the UK's regional ornithological societies. The society was formed for birdwatchers and ornithologists in Devon, England in 1928, making it one of the oldest ornithological societies in the country. It organises lectures, field trips and research, and publishes newsletters bimonthly and reports three times a year. It is a registered charity, number 228966. The society's logo is a Montagu's harrier. The differences between the hen harrier and the Montagu's were first described by George Montagu, a naturalist based in Kingsbridge.

title: Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury

text: President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; President of the Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society; President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England; President of the British Pig Association; and a Vice-President of the Nature in Art Trust. Barber was knighted in the 1984 Birthday Honours and was created a life peer as Baron Barber of Tewkesbury, "of Gotherington in the County of Gloucestershire", on 12 August 1992. He was a crossbench member of the House of Lords until his retirement on 25 March 2016. Hansard for 22 November 2017 announced that he had died the day before. He

text: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Forest & Bird, also known by its formal name as the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc., is an environmental organisation specialising in the protection and conservation of New Zealand's indigenous flora and fauna and unique wild places and natural ecosystems. Forest & Bird consists of 47 branches located in urban and rural centres throughout New Zealand. Branches are actively engaged in conservation projects and advocacy on a community, regional and national basis. Forest & Bird has offices and staff located in Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Nelson and

text: Mackenzie and Sanderson renamed the society the Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand. Sanderson drove an expansion of the society’s range of interests into such areas as soil erosion and use of native trees for soil stabilisation. He became the president in 1933 a position which he held until his death in 1945 aged 79. Until the 1970s, the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society remained the only New Zealand environmental group. However, in October 1971 the New Zealand Government proposed to harvest large areas of native South Island lowland beech forest with half the cleared area to

text: sign up as clients. The bulk of the income (£63.757 million in 2006) is spent on conservation projects, maintenance of the reserves and on education projects, with the rest going on fundraising efforts and reducing the pension deficit, worth £19.8 million in 2006. The RSPB was forced by an article in "The Daily Mail" on 2 November 2014 to withdraw claims that it "was spending 90 per cent of its income on conservation" by the UK Advertising Standards Authority, which said that the true figure was closer to 26%. The Charity Commission investigated the claims, and contacted the RSPB to

title: UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum

text: Environmental Education & Information Centre (Cyprus SBA), Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society, La Société Guernesiaise, Isle of Man Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture, National Trust for Jersey, Société Jersiaise, Jost Van Dykes Preservation Society, Montserrat National Trust, Pitcairn Natural Resources Department, La Société Sercquiais, Saint Helena National Trust, Turks and Caicos National Museum, National Trust of the Turks & Caicos Islands, Turks & Caicos Reef Fund, Army Ornithological Society, Royal Air Force Ornithological Society, Royal Naval Birdwatching Society. In addition to the member and associate organisations, UKOTCF has links with a number of other organisations including 1% for

title: Human uses of birds

text: have gone extinct between 1994 and 2004, including the California condor and Norfolk parakeet. The British Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, founded as the Plumage League in 1889 to protect birds such as the egret from hunting for their plumes, used in fashion, has grown to have over a million members; it has been followed by similar societies in other countries. A more specialised organisation, the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust founded in 1946, works to conserve waterfowl and their wetland habitats, with projects around the world. Human uses of birds Human uses of birds have included both economic


question: when was theme from a summer place released

answers: 1960

answers: 1959

answers: September 1959

title: Theme from A Summer Place

text: comic effect when a show cuts away from a scene deemed to be too violent to display and shows peaceful images instead. More recently, the song's peaceful and relaxed theme has taken on a darker significance as it has been used to convey an eerie sense of false security in horror productions, such as the TV miniseries "Rose Red" (2002), and the films "Final Destination 3" (2006), "Dark Shadows" (2012) and "Beautiful Creatures" (2013). Theme from A Summer Place "Theme from "A Summer Place"" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the

title: Theme from A Summer Place

text: in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place '76." In 2008, Faith's original version was ranked at #18 on "Billboard"'s top 100 songs during the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart. "The Billboard Book of Number One Hits" called it "the most successful instrumental single of the rock era." "Theme from "A Summer Place"" has been covered by a number of artists in addition to Percy Faith, in both non-vocal instrumental versions, and with one or more vocalists either singing the Discant lyrics or a wordless melody line. The theme has also been referenced, sampled, or otherwise

title: I've Got a Secret

text: credited to Norman Paris). The second theme, used from 1961 to 1962, was an upbeat arrangement of the "Theme from A Summer Place", by Max Steiner. The third theme was used from 1962 to 1967. It was an upbeat, spritely march featuring piccolo and xylophone, composed by the show's musical director Norman Paris and played by a live studio combo. It quoted a familiar melody widely associated with schoolyard taunts, to which the words "I've got a secret!" might be sung by children in a teasing manner. In addition to being used as a tag for his entrance on CBS

title: A Summer Place (film)

text: Boogie plays a sexual prank on his date as Molly and Johnny kiss onscreen. The 'I washed my hair for you scene' can be seen on the 90s show "" in the first season episode: "Honeymoon in Metropolis". Lois is spending the weekend at the Lexor hotel in town for relaxation but is getting bored with the love stories being shown on television. In the 1978 film "Animal House", the theme from "A Summer Place" plays in the background of Pinto's makeout scene with Clorette, the checkout girl from the supermarket. The 2001 version of "Ocean's 11" contains the theme

title: Wooly Bully

text: "Love Bomb", entitled "Theme from a Wooly Place," a mashup in which the string arrangement for "Theme from A Summer Place" was played over "Wooly Bully" for 46 seconds. Another cover of the song was made by Canned Heat. The Iranian musical group Zinguala Ha covered the song, renamed "Atal Matal"; it is featured on the "Raks Raks Raks – 27 Golden Garage Psych Nuggets From The Iranian 60s Scene" compilation. Ace Cannon recorded an instrumental version for his 1967 album "Memphis Golden Hits". Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes released a version of the song on their 1977 album, "A

title: A Summer Song

text: subsequently become a top showband attraction and score eight domestic chart hits, remade "A Summer Song" as their debut single, whose release on Rex Records in both Ireland and Great Britain was overlooked. A version of "A Summer Song" by Laila Kinnunen was issued by Mediamusiikki in 2000 on the compilation CD "Muistojen Kyyneleet" which featured selections Kinnunen had recorded with the Erkki Melakoski () orchestra for the Yleisradio TV series "Kuukauden Suositut," Kinnunen's performance of "A Summer Song" having been prepped to air in that series' 1966 season. The 1998 Narada album "Songs From an English Garden" by David

title: Our Last Summer

text: melody for Anthem for a number of years but had never found a place for it in any ABBA project. When they finally came to use it in the musical Chess they hoped that no one would notice that part of it had already been used in Our Last Summer. Ulvaeus found lyrical inspiration for this song in a memory of a romance he had during a visit to Paris as a teenager. Our Last Summer "Our Last Summer" is a song by ABBA from the group's seventh studio album, "Super Trouper". It was written by Benny Andersson and Björn

title: Martin Böttcher

text: by Martin Böttcher. Even the Americans became aware of him as an arranger and orchestra director. When they heard his renditions of the world-famous themes "Tara's Theme" and "Theme from 'A Summerplace'", Martin Böttcher was made an honorary member of the Max Steiner Society. In 1998, the composer once more conquered the German charts. A band from Cologne, the "Superboys", scored a hit with a vocal version of the "Winnetou-Melodie" from the second "Winnetou" film. Their song "Ich wünscht' du wärst bei mir" ("Wish U Were Here") even reached the top of the ZDF television charts. Another cover version by

title: A Summer Song

text: three word title to "Summer Song." Skeeter Davis's RCA Victor album release "Singin' In The Summer Sun," which Chet Atkins and Felton Jarvis produced, included Davis' version of "A Summer Song;" the album was recorded in January 1966 at RCA Victor Studio Nashville for release that June. In the summer of 1967, the Doodletown Pipers had an Easy Listening hit with their remake of "A Summer Song;" produced by Stu Phillips, this Epic Records release reached No. 29 on the Easy Listening charts, affording the group their only chart appearance. Also in 1967, the Memories, an Irish group who would

title: Theme from A Summer Place

text: "Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 film A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue.  It was recorded for the film as an instrumental by Hugo Winterhalter. Originally known as the "Molly and Johnny Theme", the piece is not the main title theme of the film, but a secondary love theme for the characters played by Dee and Donahue.

title: Another Place and Time

text: the United States. A second album was planned with Stock Aitken Waterman, however Summer never found the time to get back to the UK, and the tracks were later recorded by singer Lonnie Gordon. In 2014, the album was re-released in the UK in a 3-CD set as well as digital downloads, containing a remastered original album, plus extended versions, original versions and remixes. In 1989 an enhanced CD+Graphics version of the album was also released. Identified with the word graphics under the compact disc logo printed on the CD and a distinctive long case compared to the standard CD

title: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure

text: Allmusic, stated: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure From Gardens Where We Feel Secure is the first album by Virginia Astley, issued on her own label Happy Valley and distributed by Rough Trade Records. The album was released in July 1983 and peaked at number 4 in the UK Indie Chart. The album was trailed by a couple of its tracks "A Summer Long Since Past" and "It's Too Hot to Sleep," which were included on the 12" of the earlier single "Love's a lonely place to be." The album is an instrumental collection of tone poems that describe the

title: Another Place and Time

text: which had only been released by virtue of being given to another label – Mercury Records – to satisfy a legal obligation between Summer and her 1970s label Casablanca Records. Summer's final Geffen release was her 1987 album "All Systems Go". When album was commissioned, Summer was signed to Geffen Records. They released her from her contract before the record was to be released. However Summer still had an international distribution deal, so "Another Place and Time" was released in Europe and was a big success. Soon after import records were being snap up in North America. Summer had to

title: In Summer

text: The Korean language version sung by Lee Jangwon appeared on the Gaon Music Chart's download sub-chart at 189 after being downloaded 7,000 times, however did not appear on the main Gaon Singles Chart. In Summer "In Summer" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film "Frozen", with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. The song is performed by Olaf (Josh Gad), and is a comedic and ironic ballad in which Olaf expresses how he wants to experience the season of summer. He is seen in several positions, including in shades, relaxing in a hot tub,

title: E.G. Summer Rider

text: vibe. It is also the first physical single to not include member Erie Abe, whom transitioned to an accompanying disc jockey to specific songs. The song was written by Kotake Masato, composed by Henrik Nordenback, Christian Fast and Lisa Desmond, and produced by Nordenback with Exile's Hiro. Musically, it is a J-pop number that incorporates elements of dance and dubstep, and delves into themes of having fun and the summer season. Will from Arama Japan agreed, noting that it was a pop song that was set with a "summer theme." According to a contributing editor of "CD Journal", they felt

title: Once Upon a Time (Donna Summer album)

text: "I Remember Yesterday"; it did not spawn a hit single as popular as "I Feel Love". The concept album was Summer's first double album, telling a modern-day Cinderella-themed story through means of disco music. The album's story concept was conceived by Joyce Bogart, Susan Munao and Donna Summer based on an idea by Al Bogatz. The songs were written in collaboration between Summer, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. The album was recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich. Arrangements were handled by Bob Esty while electronic arrangements were the work of Moroder. The artwork was designed by Stephen Lumel and Gribbitt! with

title: A Summer Song

text: Johnnie Spence conducting the orchestra. "A Summer Song" was issued in both the UK and the US in July 1964; the UK single version opens with Chad and Jeremy trading vocals while the US single features unisonant singing throughout. "A Summer Song" was played on "Juke Box Jury" drawing from guest Ringo Starr the assessment of the track as a "miss" (i.e., flop) with US hit potential. Indeed, in the UK – where Chad & Jeremy's "Yesterday's Gone" had been a rather mild hit, followed by the unsuccessful "Like I Love You Today" – "A Summer Song" did not reach

title: Another Place and Time

text: Place and Time" album in those territories with the track "This Time I Know It's for Real" becoming a hit in the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden; "This Time I Know It's for Real" had an especially strong impact in the UK with a spring 1989 peak of #3 affording Summer her best UK chart showing since 1977 when "Love's Unkind" peaked at #3 (Summer's only higher UK charting single is "I Feel Love" also from 1977). Upon its release, "Another Place and Time" received generally positive reviews. The album also went on to reach

title: Blue Peter

text: a permanent theme. Despite a new rendition of the theme music being introduced in 2004, a further new version was arranged by Murray Gold and recorded in 2006, as part of a viewers' competition, with prize winners taking part in the final orchestral recording. Viewers were told that this new version of the theme would be used when the series returned from its summer break in September 2006; however, for unknown reasons, this was not the case, save for excerpts being used as incidental music. Instead, when the September 2006 series began, a slightly shortened version of the 2004 arrangement

title: Soundtrack to Summer

text: this single live on What Now and on The Erin Simpson Show. The song charted and peaked at number thirty-one for only one week on the New Zealand Singles Chart. Soundtrack to Summer "Soundtrack to Summer" is a song by New Zealand boy band Titanium. It was released in 2013 and features vocals from Jupiter Project. The song was released to radio in New Zealand on 1 March 2013. The single was released to radio in the United States in May 2013. The official music video premiered via YouTube on February 28, 2013. To date the video has reached over

title: A Summer Song

text: being included on a four track 1966 EP release by Disques Line. A Finnish rendering of "A Summer Song" entitled "Kesämuisto" was recorded by Eero ja Jussi & the Boys () for their 1991 Audiovox Records album release "3 Kitaraa" (), the selection being one of several on the album recorded at Ogeli Recording Studio between January and February 1991. A Summer Song "A Summer Song" is a 1964 Top Ten hit by Chad & Jeremy. The song was written and composed by duo partner Chad Stuart with Clive Metcalfe and Keith Noble. Like the duo's breakthrough selection, "Yesterday's Gone,"

title: Guillemots (band)

text: Conspiracy and will come out in relation to the seasons. The band admitted that "Hello Land!", the spring-themed album, had come out a little late. The summer record was tentatively titled "On Summer Island", and was due in September 2012 but has yet to be released. In April 2013 Fyfe Dangerfield posted an apology stating that he had been back and forth between the UK and Norway where the album was being recorded but was very excited about the project and hoped it would be completed soon. It is still the band's intention that they release the series of four

title: Summertime Guy

text: was not a hit. Later, Barris contacted composer Milton DeLugg to arrange an instrumental version of the song, which eventually wound up on the game show "The Newlywed Game" and would become its signature theme song (the main melody of the theme is preceded by Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March"). Summertime Guy "Summertime Guy" is a song recorded by Eddie Rambeau, issued by Swan Records, and written and composed by game show pioneer Chuck Barris. Originally, Rambeau was to debut the song on "American Bandstand" in 1962, but mere minutes before Rambeau was to perform, he was told the song could

title: Soundtrack to Summer

text: Soundtrack to Summer "Soundtrack to Summer" is a song by New Zealand boy band Titanium. It was released in 2013 and features vocals from Jupiter Project. The song was released to radio in New Zealand on 1 March 2013. The single was released to radio in the United States in May 2013. The official music video premiered via YouTube on February 28, 2013. To date the video has reached over 15,000 views. It's an up tempo music video directed by Craig Gainsbough and Adam King, who shot the video on a historic 70 ft classic schooner called Haparanda. Titanium performed

title: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure

text: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure From Gardens Where We Feel Secure is the first album by Virginia Astley, issued on her own label Happy Valley and distributed by Rough Trade Records. The album was released in July 1983 and peaked at number 4 in the UK Indie Chart. The album was trailed by a couple of its tracks "A Summer Long Since Past" and "It's Too Hot to Sleep," which were included on the 12" of the earlier single "Love's a lonely place to be." The album is an instrumental collection of tone poems that describe the cycle and

title: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure

text: mirror the moods of an indolent summer day. Each of the nine tracks began with the sound effects on top of which Russell Webb would then record Virginia's improvised playing . The album is notable for its structure, moving from dawn to dusk, and its use of natural, sound effects. In 1986, Astley and sound engineer Tony Phillips re-recorded "A Summer Long Since Passed" and including it in her 1986 album "Hope in a Darkened Heart". "From Gardens..." was re-mastered and re-released by Rough Trade as a CD in 2003. The album was praised by critics. Stewart Mason, writing for

title: Another Place and Time

text: in relatively small numbers which makes them very rare and have become collectibles as a result. Disc one retains the same track listing as the original release. Another Place and Time Another Place and Time is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released on March 20, 1989. The album was produced by Stock Aitken Waterman and featured Summer's Top 10 hit "This Time I Know It's for Real". After enjoying immense stardom during the disco era in the 1970s, Summer had experimented with different styles of music during the 1980s and had released several albums with Geffen

title: Chemistry (Girls Aloud album)

text: "Long Hot Summer", released in August 2005 as a "buzz" track to regenerate interest in the girls. The song was earmarked for release on the soundtrack of the 2005 film "". The plans fell through, but the music video had taken inspiration from the movie's car theme and Girls Aloud portrayed mechanics. The song wasn't as well received by critics, and it became their first single to miss the top five. The follow-up "Biology" was critically acclaimed and saw Girls Aloud return to the top five. Peter Cashmore, writing for "The Guardian", described "Biology" as "the best pop single of

title: Mark Summers

text: Defected, Positiva, Universal, Virgin, Sony-BMG (amongst others), soon became regular clients of Scorccio sample replays. In 2004, Positiva released "Lola's Theme" by the Shapeshifters, which featured a Scorccio replay of Johnnie Taylor's "What About My Love". The song went from being hugely popular in clubs to gaining a #1 national chart position in the UK, Italy and Germany, followed by a #1 spot on the U.S. Hot Airplay Charts. The following year (2005) saw Michael Gray's "The Weekend" reach #7 in the UK and #1 in Italy, featuring distinctive keyboard riffs played by Summers (initially based upon a re-edited 1980s

title: The Summerlad

text: Project", reappeared on The Summerlad's second full-length album, "Themes: International", released in 2005 on Saved By Radio. "Themes:International" received significant airplay on Canadian campus radio stations, and The Summerlad appeared at festivals such as North by Northeast in support of the album. In 2005, The Summerlad also debuted their epic ensemble piece "City of Noise", a depiction of a day in the life of an unspecified city, at One Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo festival; the piece featured 20 performers in addition to the core quartet. "City of Noise" was released on CD and double vinyl LP in 2007 on

title: Theme from A Summer Place


question: when did athens emerges as wealthiest greek city state

answers: the late 6th century BCE

title: Athens

text: Athens was one of the leading centres of trade and prosperity in the region. The leading position of Athens may well have resulted from its central location in the Greek world, its secure stronghold on the Acropolis and its access to the sea, which gave it a natural advantage over inland rivals such as Thebes and Sparta. By the 6th century BC, widespread social unrest led to the reforms of Solon. These would pave the way for the eventual introduction of democracy by Cleisthenes in 508 BC. Athens had by this time become a significant naval power with a large

title: Athens

text: Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent, and in particular the Romans. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. In 2012, Athens was ranked the world's 39th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study. Athens is a global city and one of the biggest economic centres in southeastern Europe. It has a large financial sector, and

title: Greece in the 5th century BC

text: Delos to the Parthenon in 454 BC. The wealth of Athens attracted talented people from all over Greece, and also created a wealthy leisure class who became patrons of the arts. The Athenian state also sponsored learning and the arts, particularly architecture. Athens became the centre of Greek literature, philosophy (see Greek philosophy) and the arts (see Greek theatre). Some of the greatest figures of Western cultural and intellectual history lived in Athens during this period: the dramatists Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Euripides, and Sophocles, the philosophers Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates, the historians Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon, the poet Simonides and the

title: Fifth-century Athens

text: ownership was not concentrated: 71-73% of the citizen population owned 60-65% of the land, whereas the Gini coefficient for citizen population has been calculated as 0.708. The economy was based on maritime commerce and manufacturing, according to Amemiya's estimates, 56% of Athens' GDP was derived from manufacturing. Agriculture was also important, but it did not produce enough to feed the populace, so most food had to be imported (it is estimated that the carrying capacity of Attica's soil was between 84,000 and 150,000, while the population was 300,000 to 350,000 in 431 BC). The state oversaw all the major religious

title: Agriculture in ancient Greece

text: hands of a few" ("Politics", II, 1270a). Nevertheless, the aristocratic estates in Greece never achieved the scope of the great Roman "latifundia"; during the classical period, the wealthy Alcibiades possessed only 28 hectares (Plato, "1 Alcibiades", 123c). In all cases, land remains intimately associated with the concept of wealth. The father of Demosthenes possessed 14 talents and for land owned only a home, but he was the exception. When the banker Pasion made his fortune, he hurried to buy land. Some Greek land was public and/or sacred. Each city possessed such land and it is estimated that in Athens during

title: Ancient Greece

text: that the average size of the Greek household, in the period from 800 BC to 300 BC, increased five times, which indicates a large increase in the average income of the population. In the second half of the 6th century BC, Athens fell under the tyranny of Peisistratos and then of his sons Hippias and Hipparchos. However, in 510 BC, at the instigation of the Athenian aristocrat Cleisthenes, the Spartan king Cleomenes I helped the Athenians overthrow the tyranny. Afterwards, Sparta and Athens promptly turned on each other, at which point Cleomenes I installed Isagoras as a pro-Spartan archon. Eager

title: Agrigento

text: the north offering a degree of natural fortification. Its establishment took place around 582–580 BC and is attributed to Greek colonists from Gela, who named it "Akragas". Akragas grew rapidly, becoming one of the richest and most famous of the Greek colonies of "Magna Graecia". It came to prominence under the 6th-century tyrants Phalaris and Theron, and became a democracy after the overthrow of Theron's son Thrasydaeus. At this point the city could have been as large as 100,000 to 200,000 people. Although the city remained neutral in the conflict between Athens and Syracuse, its democracy was overthrown when the

title: Fifth-century Athens

text: good of the city. This was called the system of liturgy. The taxes were used to maintain the triremes which gave Athens great naval power and to pay and maintain a chorus for large religious festivals. It is believed that rich Athenian men saw it as an honor to sponsor the triremes (probably because they became leaders of it for the period they supported it) or the festivals and they often engaged in competitive donating. The Athenian elite lived modestly and without great luxuries, compared to the elites of other ancient states. There were very few great fortunes and land

title: Classical Athens

text: Athenian independence. During the winter of 338 BC /337 BC Macedonia, Athens and other Greek states became part of the League of Corinth. Further, the conquests of his son, Alexander the Great, widened Greek horizons and made the traditional Greek city state obsolete. Antipater dissolved the Athenian government and established a plutocratic system in 322 BC (see Lamian War and Demetrius Phalereus). In the 2nd century BC, following the Battle of Corinth (146 BC), Greece was absorbed into the Roman Republic as part of the Achaea Province. Athens remained a wealthy city with a brilliant cultural life, but after the

title: Economic history of Greece and the Greek world

title: Fifth-century Athens

text: independence in 338 BC, when Philip II of Macedonia conquered the rest of Greece. That article, in turn, cites: Fifth-century Athens Fifth-century Athens is the Greek city-state of Athens in the time from 480–404 BC. This was a period of Athenian political hegemony, economic growth and cultural flourishing formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens with the later part The Age of Pericles. The period began in 478 BC after defeat of the Persian invasion, when an Athenian-led coalition of city-states, known as the Delian League, confronted the Persians to keep the liberated Asian Greek cities free. After peace

title: Ancient Greece

text: made severe reforms to the law code in 621 BC (hence "draconian"), but these failed to quell the conflict. Eventually the moderate reforms of Solon (594 BC), improving the lot of the poor but firmly entrenching the aristocracy in power, gave Athens some stability. By the 6th century BC several cities had emerged as dominant in Greek affairs: Athens, Sparta, Corinth, and Thebes. Each of them had brought the surrounding rural areas and smaller towns under their control, and Athens and Corinth had become major maritime and mercantile powers as well. Rapidly increasing population in the 8th and 7th centuries

title: Ancient Greece

text: "agora", helping him perform his public duties, exercising with him in the gymnasium and attending symposia with him. The richest students continued their education by studying with famous teachers. Some of Athens' greatest such schools included the Lyceum (the so-called Peripatetic school founded by Aristotle of Stageira) and the Platonic Academy (founded by Plato of Athens). The education system of the wealthy ancient Greeks is also called Paideia. At its economic height, in the 5th and 4th centuries BC, ancient Greece was the most advanced economy in the world. According to some economic historians, it was one of the most

title: Greece in the 5th century BC

text: sculptor Pheidias. The city became, in Pericles's words, "the school of Hellas". The other Greek states at first accepted Athenian leadership in the continuing war against the Persians, but after the fall of the conservative politician Cimon in 461 BC, Athens became an increasingly open imperialist power. After the Greek victory at the Battle of the Eurymedon in 466 BC, the Persians were no longer a threat, and some states, such as Naxos, tried to secede from the League, but were forced to submit. The Athenian leaders let relations between Athens and Sparta deteriorate, and in 458 BC war broke

title: Ancient Greece

text: advanced preindustrial economies. This is demonstrated by the average daily wage of the Greek worker which was, in terms of wheat, about 12 kg. This was more than 3 times the average daily wage of an Egyptian worker during the Roman period, about 3.75 kg. At least in the Archaic Period, the fragmentary nature of ancient Greece, with many competing city-states, increased the frequency of conflict but conversely limited the scale of warfare. Unable to maintain professional armies, the city-states relied on their own citizens to fight. This inevitably reduced the potential duration of campaigns, as citizens would need to

title: History of Athens

text: was a Council which met on the Hill of Ares, called the Areopagus and appointed the chief city officials, the archons and the polemarch (commander-in-chief). Before the concept of the political state arose, four tribes based upon family relationships dominated the area. The members had certain rights, privileges, and obligations: During this period, Athens succeeded in bringing the other towns of Attica under its rule. This process of "synoikismos" – the bringing together into one home – created the largest and wealthiest state on the Greek mainland, but it also created a larger class of people excluded from political life

title: Land reform in Athens

text: concentration occurred and most land were held by nobility. Athenians with small farms could not survive dry years, so they had to borrow from the rich and pay a yearly usury of about 1/6 of the yearly crop. This high usury left them little money to return the loan, so the debts could not be paid and the poor actually became serfs to the rich. Some of them were even sold abroad as slaves (since it was forbidden to sell Athenians as slaves in Athens). At about 575 BC, embitterment among the poor has risen, and the rich have begun

title: Fifth-century Athens

text: Fifth-century Athens Fifth-century Athens is the Greek city-state of Athens in the time from 480–404 BC. This was a period of Athenian political hegemony, economic growth and cultural flourishing formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens with the later part The Age of Pericles. The period began in 478 BC after defeat of the Persian invasion, when an Athenian-led coalition of city-states, known as the Delian League, confronted the Persians to keep the liberated Asian Greek cities free. After peace was made with Persia in the mid 5th century BC, what started as an alliance of independent city-states became

title: Economy of ancient Greece

text: In 413, Athens ended the collection of tribute from the Delian League and imposed a 5% duty on all the ports of her empire (Thucydides, VII, 28, 4) in the hope (unrealized) of increasing revenues. These duties were never protectionist, but were merely intended to raise money for the public treasury. The growth of trade in Greece led to the development of financial techniques. Most merchants, lacking sufficient cash assets, resorted to borrowing to finance all or part of their expeditions. A typical loan for a large venture in 4th century BC Athens, was generally a large sum of cash

title: Fifth-century Athens

text: an Athenian empire when Athens abandoned the pretense of parity among its allies and relocated the Delian League treasury from Delos to Athens, where it funded the building of the Athenian Acropolis and put half its population on the public payroll and maintained dominating naval power in the Greek world. With the empire's funds, military dominance and its political fortunes guided by statesman and orator Pericles, Athens produced some of the most influential and enduring cultural artifacts of the Western tradition. The playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides all lived and worked in 5th century BC Athens, as did the historians

title: Athens

text: Athens Athens (; , "Athína" ; , "Athênai" ) is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus, which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with Athens. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's

title: History of Athens

text: 70,000, whilst slaves were estimated at between 150,000 and 400,000. Hence, approximately a tenth of the population were adult male citizens, eligible to meet and vote in the Assembly and be elected to office. After the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC, the city's population began to decrease as Greeks migrated to the Hellenistic empires in the east. Athens has been inhabited from Neolithic times, possibly from the end of the 4th millennium BC, or nearly 5,000 years. By 1412 BC, the settlement had become an important center of the Mycenaean civilization and the Acropolis was

title: Solon

text: War. Opportunities for trade even within the Athenian borders were limited. The typical farming family, even in classical times, barely produced enough to satisfy its own needs. Opportunities for international trade were minimal. It has been estimated that, even in Roman times, goods rose 40% in value for every 100 miles they were carried over land, but only 1.3% for the same distance were they carried by ship and yet there is no evidence that Athens possessed any merchant ships until around 525 BC. Until then, the narrow warship doubled as a cargo vessel. Athens, like other Greek city states

text: and other forms of cooking utensils seem to have been the most quantitatively traded product (over 80,000 amphorae and other such things have been recovered from around Athens in archaeological digs). Marble and bronze artwork also seems to have been traded (though it was largely a luxury product, and this trade only really exploded after the rise of the Roman Republic, as Greek Art exerted a massive influence on Roman Culture on all levels). Athens began to import grain due to poor soil conditions however. The agricultural conditions which caused Athens to import grain began to create political turmoil around

title: History of Athens

text: Subsequently, the conquests of his son Alexander the Great widened Greek horizons and made the traditional Greek city state obsolete. Athens remained a wealthy city with a brilliant cultural life, but ceased to be a leading power. In 88–85 BC, most Athenian buildings, both houses and fortifications, were leveled by the Roman general Sulla (138 BC – 78 BC), although many civic buildings and monuments were left intact. Under Rome, Athens was given the status of a free city because of its widely admired schools. The Roman emperor Hadrian, in the 2nd century AD, constructed a library, a gymnasium, an

title: Athenian coup of 411 BC

text: a tax on the wealth of the very rich—levied only when needed—usually in times of war. Kagan points out that according to ancient documents, "Nicias, one of the richest men in Athens, was expected to leave an estate of no more than 100 talents and that his son, not a notorious wastrel, left no more than 14 talents to his heir." Kagan concludes "There is good reason to think that the fortunes of many Athenian families were seriously reduced by public services during the Peloponnesian War. By 411, and especially in the years since the Sicilian disaster, the unprecedented expense

title: Classical Athens

text: Classical Athens The city of Athens (, "Athênai" ]; Modern Greek: Ἀθῆναι, "Athínai" ) during the classical period of Ancient Greece (508–322 BC) was the major urban center of the notable polis (city-state) of the same name, located in Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Isagoras. This system remained remarkably stable, and with a few brief interruptions remained in place for 180 years, until 322 BC (aftermath of Lamian War). The peak of Athenian hegemony was achieved

title: History of Europe

text: four centuries until the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The Hellenic civilisation was a collection of city-states or poleis with different governments and cultures that achieved notable developments in government, philosophy, science, mathematics, politics, sports, theatre and music. The most powerful city-states were Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Corinth, and Syracuse. Athens was a powerful Hellenic city-state and governed itself with an early form of direct democracy invented by Cleisthenes; the citizens of Athens voted on legislation and executive bills themselves. Athens was the home of Socrates, Plato, and the Platonic Academy. The Hellenic city-states established colonies on the shores of

title: Prostitution in ancient Greece

text: salary of a public servant at the end of the 5th century BC. By the middle of the 4th century BC, this salary was up to a drachma and a half.) In the same light, Solon used taxes he levied on brothels to build a temple to Aphrodite Pandemos (literally "Aphrodite of all the people"). Even if the historical accuracy of these anecdotes can be doubted, it is clear that classical Athens considered prostitution to be part of its democracy. In regards to price, there are numerous allusions to the price of one obolus for a cheap prostitute; no doubt

title: Greece

text: late antiquity underwent a crisis of decline, fragmentation and depopulation is now considered outdated, as Greek cities show a high degree of institutional continuity and prosperity between the 4th and 6th centuries AD (and possibly later as well). In the early 6th century, Greece had approximately 80 cities according to the Synecdemus chronicle, and the period from the 4th to the 7th century AD is considered one of high prosperity not just in Greece but in the entire Eastern Mediterranean. Until the 8th century almost all of modern Greece was under the jurisdiction of the Holy See of Rome according

long_answer: Athens emerged as the dominant economic power in Greece around the late 6th century BCE, this was further bolstered by the finding of several veins of silver in the neighbouring mountains which further added to their wealth. They facilitated an efficient trading system with other Greek city states. Again, pots and other forms of cooking utensils seem to have been the most quantitatively traded product (over 80,000 amphorae and other such things have been recovered from around Athens in archaeological digs). Marble and bronze artwork also seems to have been traded (though it was largely a luxury product, and this trade only really exploded after the rise of the Roman Republic, as Greek Art exerted a massive influence on Roman Culture on all levels). Athens began to import grain due to poor soil conditions however.


question: who sings war don't let me down

answers: American production duo The Chainsmokers

answers: vocals of American singer Daya

title: Don't Let Me Down (Lotta Engberg & Christer Sjögren song)

text: performers in an early 1990s dansband Sweden. Don't Let Me Down (Lotta Engberg & Christer Sjögren song) "Don't Let Me Down" is a song written by Lars Diedricson and Lasse Holm, and performed by Lotta Engberg and Christer Sjögren at Melodifestivalen 2012, where it was performed during the 4th semifinal in Malmö. Reaching Andra chansen, it was knocked out by Thorsten Flinck's "Jag reser mig igen". On 18 March 2012 the song was tested for Svensktoppen. entering the chart the upcoming week. The song charted at Svensktoppen for three weeks. before being knocked out. The song lyrics is based on

text: Don't Let Us Sing Anymore About War, Just Let Us Sing of Love (Peace Song) "Don't Let Us Sing Anymore About War, Just Let Us Sing of Love (Peace Song)" is a World War I era song released in 1918. Lyrics and music were written by Harry Lauder. It was published by T.B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter, Music Co. of New York, New York. The sheet music cover features a photo of Lauder with his autograph. The song was written for both voice and piano. On December 10, 1918, Lauder recorded the song with conductor Josef Pasternack. It

text: was released by Victor Records. The lyrics are a celebration of the end of war. The chorus, the proclamations of excited soldiers, is as follows: The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Bibliography Don't Let Us Sing Anymore About War, Just Let Us Sing of Love (Peace Song) "Don't Let Us Sing Anymore About War, Just Let Us Sing of Love (Peace Song)" is a World War I era song released in 1918. Lyrics and music were written by Harry Lauder. It was published by T.B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter, Music Co. of

text: Don't Let Me Down (Lotta Engberg & Christer Sjögren song) "Don't Let Me Down" is a song written by Lars Diedricson and Lasse Holm, and performed by Lotta Engberg and Christer Sjögren at Melodifestivalen 2012, where it was performed during the 4th semifinal in Malmö. Reaching Andra chansen, it was knocked out by Thorsten Flinck's "Jag reser mig igen". On 18 March 2012 the song was tested for Svensktoppen. entering the chart the upcoming week. The song charted at Svensktoppen for three weeks. before being knocked out. The song lyrics is based on media gosspip about a relationship between the

title: Don't Let Me Down (Beatles song)

text: Roy Carr and Tony Tyler called it "a superb sobber from misery-expert J. W. O. Lennon, MBE. And still one of the most highly underrated Beatle underbellies." Author Ian MacDonald praised "Don't Let Me Down" and declared that "this track vies with Come Together for consideration as the best of Lennon's late-style Beatles records". No official producer's credit was included for the single release owing to "the confused roles of George Martin and Glyn Johns". However the "1967-1970" compilation liner notes credited Martin as the song's producer. Don't Let Me Down (Beatles song) "Don't Let Me Down" is a song

title: Don't Let Me Down (Leona Lewis song)

text: Don't Let Me Down (Leona Lewis song) "Don't Let Me Down" is a song recorded by British singer-songwriter Leona Lewis for her second studio album "Echo" (2009). Lewis co-wrote the song with Mike Elizondo, James Fauntleroy, Justin Timberlake and Robin Tadross. It was produced by The Y's and co-produced by Elizondo. Lewis and Timberlake carried out the vocal production. Having wanted to work with Timberlake for a long time, the collaboration came to be after he had asked Lewis to perform at a charity concert he was holding in Las Vegas in October 2008. It was reported that they were

title: I Won't Let You Down (Ph.D. song)

text: sings to twin ladies seated next to him with Tony Hymas in the foreground on the synthesizers. In 1999 Australian singer Kate Ceberano recorded a version, which was released in July 1999 as the first single for her first compilation album, "True Romantic". She performed the song on "Hey Hey It's Saturday". Other notable artists who have recorded "I Won't Let You Down": Armand Van Helden's 2016 track "Wings" heavily samples "I Won't Let You Down". I Won't Let You Down (Ph.D. song) "I Won't Let You Down" is a 1982 single by British band Ph.D. It entered the UK

title: Let Me Down Easy (Roger Daltrey song)

text: Let Me Down Easy (Roger Daltrey song) "'Let Me Down Easy'" is a song by Roger Daltrey, who at the time was the former lead singer of The Who. The song was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and included on Daltrey's sixth solo album "Under a Raging Moon" as the first track on the second side of the LP. The album was a tribute to The Who's former drummer Keith Moon. The song was released as a single in November 1985 on Atlantic Records. The single reached number 86 on the US Hot 100 singles chart and number

title: Don't Let Me Down (The Chainsmokers song)

text: later in the process. The song has a double-time tempo of 80 beats per minute and a key of G♯ minor. "Don't Let Me Down" follows a chord progression of EBFGm, and Daya's vocals span from G to C. “Don’t Let Me Down” received critical acclaim. Robbie Daw of Idolator stated "[Don't Let Me Down] kicks off with a haunting guitar loop and 17-year-old Daya lamenting that she's 'crashing, hit a wall, right now I need a miracle.' By the time the chorus sweeps in, the song shifts into full-on trap mode" and called it a "trappy collaboration". Popdust's Jason

text: "Don't Let Me Down" is a song by American production duo The Chainsmokers. The song features the vocals of American singer Daya, and was released on February 5, 2016, through Disruptor Records and Columbia Records.  The song was written by Andrew Taggart, Emily Warren and Scott Harris. It was released on March 22, 2016, as the radio single follow-up to "Roses".

title: Don't Let Me Down (Beatles song)

text: Don't Let Me Down (Beatles song) "Don't Let Me Down" is a song by the Beatles (with Billy Preston), recorded in 1969 during the "Let It Be" sessions. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Written by Lennon as an anguished love song to Yoko Ono, it was interpreted by Paul McCartney as a "genuine plea", with Lennon saying to Ono, "I'm really stepping out of line on this one. I'm really just letting my vulnerability be seen, so you must not let me down." The song is in the key of E major and is in

title: Never Let Me Down

text: "How We War", but was changed before the album was released. Bowie said his vocals on this song "owed a lot to Neil Young", and noted that the variety of voices he used on the album were a nod to the musicians who had influenced him in the past. Bowie pre-recorded a performance of the song for the BBC show "Top of the Pops", although it was not aired at the time, as the single subsequently fell down the charts. This track was the second single released from the album. The title track, "Never Let Me Down", is about Bowie's

title: Don't Let Me Down (Leona Lewis song)

text: in the first section of the set list, along with "Brave" as the opener, "Better in Time", "Whatever It Takes" and "Take a Bow". Jade Wright for the "Liverpool Echo" wrote that the singer belted out the track. The set was decorated in the style of a castle; acrobats performed as they were hanging from the ceiling on large pieces of fabric while Lewis wore a gold sequined dress and thigh high boots. Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Echo". Don't Let Me Down (Leona Lewis song) "Don't Let Me Down" is a song recorded by British singer-songwriter Leona

title: Don't Let Me Down (Leona Lewis song)

text: Down" upon the release of "Echo". In August 2009, computer hackers leaked "Don't Let Me Down" on the internet. Record label SyCo and music trade body IFPI called in the police to help them find the hackers. Jeremy Banks, head of IFPI's Internet Anti-Piracy Unit, spoke about the situation in an interview for "The Sun", saying "IFPI is working with SyCo and law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe to trace the individuals who stole the Leona Lewis/Justin Timberlake track". He clarified that the investigation was ongoing and stated that such pre-release leaks are damaging for the members who

title: Jeff Teague (music)

text: and production of the Emmy Award Winning "I Won't Let My Guard Down" campaign for the National Guard featuring Darby Ledbetter. This campaign resulted in the placement of the music video in major theater chains national wide and live performances at the Reagan Center in Washington, D.C. / NASCAR's Atlanta Motor Speedway, and the 2010 World Series on FOX. Recording and touring credits include: Harry Chapin, Lobo, Ricky Skaggs, Ray Stevens, Kathy Mattea, Steve Forbert, Wet Willie and Paul Overstreet among others. Additionally, Teague's production credits include Texas Music Market artists Sonny Burgess and Tommy Irvin, Celtic icon Liam O'Connor,

title: I Won't Let You Down (Ph.D. song)

text: I Won't Let You Down (Ph.D. song) "I Won't Let You Down" is a 1982 single by British band Ph.D. It entered the UK charts in April 1982 at #34 and peaked at #3 in May of that year. The band consisted of Jim Diamond who was the lead vocalist, Tony Hymas on keyboards and Simon Phillips on drums. It went on to become the 23rd best-selling single of 1982 in the UK. The album and 7" single versions (which is usually the version played on radio) of the song are subtly different – the single version begins with a

title: Let Me Down

text: Let Me Down "Let Me Down" is a song recorded by British singer Jorja Smith, featuring English artist Stormzy. It was written by Smith, Stormzy and Ed Thomas, with production handled by Thomas and Paul Epworth. The song was released commercially for digital download on 11 January 2018. The track, which was in the works for almost two years, premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show, where Smith spoke about the collaboration. "I remember I was in studio with [producer] Ed Thomas, and he was playing the chords on the piano and I was singing, and Stormzy kind of

text: bands the xx and Explosions in the Sky, by using a Fender electric guitar and a software plugin. Emily Warren and Scott Harris convened with the duo to create the melody and lyrics. However, the vocalist was not chosen until Taggart heard Daya's "Hide Away", after which the duo enlisted her to record the vocals in the studio. The song is originally for Rihanna, but her team rejected it. The key of the song was originally a step lower, but the duo changed it in order to better accommodate Daya's range. The third drop, which includes the saxophone, was created

title: Don't Let Me Down (Beatles song)

text: in the Beatles catalogue." Multiple versions of "Don't Let Me Down" were recorded by the Beatles during the tumultuous "Get Back (Let It Be)" recording sessions. The version recorded on 28 January 1969 was released as a B-side to the single "Get Back", recorded the same day. "Get Back" reached number one and "Don't Let Me Down" reached number 35 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. When the "Get Back" project was revisited, Phil Spector dropped "Don't Let Me Down" from the "Let It Be" (1970) album. The Beatles performed "Don't Let Me Down" twice during their rooftop concert of

title: Don't Let Me Down (Leona Lewis song)

text: invest budgets in marketing and promotion before release. "The Sun" reported that SyCo's personal computers were also hacked the previous month and unfinished tracks by singer Alexandra Burke were also leaked. SyCo also expressed their opinion, stating that they believe the song was leaked by hackers and not by someone in the music industry. A representative for the BBC confirmed that the record label's personal computers had been under "sustained attack" for some time and said "We will certainly look to bring charges against those who are responsible." "Don't Let Me Down" was co-written by Lewis with Mike Elizondo, James

text: Scott claimed "[Don't Let Me Down] is an enormously engaging strip of gritty dance-club euphoria. Percussion vibrates underneath a well-constructed skyscraper of synth and evocative vocals from the 17-year-old Daya." "Rolling Stone" named "Don't Let Me Down" one of the 30 best songs of the first half of 2016, writing "EDM may not dominate the charts the way it used to but the Chainsmokers' swirling, turnt-up love song proves the genre has a little fight left in it. Newcomer Daya goes to battle with the aggro, big room beats and ends up coming out on top." In the United States,

title: A War You Cannot Win

text: by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, who has produced albums for the band in the past. The first song to be released from the album was "Down Through the Ages". The song was first posted to Labonte's YouTube channel on August 13, 2012. "Stand Up" was released as the next single on August 27. On October 26, "You Can't Fill My Shadow" was announced as the album's third single. Drummer Jason Costa stated about the album: "This is a very guitar, very melody-oriented album. It wasn't very rhythm-based at all. I would just say it's metal; it's a metal album.

title: Don't Let Me Down (Leona Lewis song)

text: Fauntleroy, Timberlake and Robin Tadross. Production of the song was done by The Y's, while Elizondo served as the co-producer. Lewis and Timberlake carried out the vocal production. The track was recorded by Paul Folley at Henson Studios and was mixed by Jean-Marie Harvat at East West Studios, both of which are located in Los Angeles, California. Harvat was assisted in the mixing process by Mimi Parker. Larry Gold was enlisted as the string arranger. Timberlake also contributes uncredited background vocals. "Don't Let Me Down" appears as the eleventh track on the standard edition of "Echo", and lasts for a

title: Don't Let Me Down (Leona Lewis song)

text: duration of . The song appears as the tenth track on the North American edition of the album and lasts for one second less at . It was composed in the key of E Major using common time at 60 beats per minute. Instrumentation consists of a piano, guitar, strings, and "subtle" percussion. The style in which "Don't Let Me Down" was produced received comparisons to song recorded by Timberlake, including "Cry Me a River" and "What Goes Around... Comes Around". According to Michael Cragg of musicOMH, Lewis is singing about "making tough decisions and trying to take back control".

title: Liam Titcomb

text: "War" to the benefit album "Peace Songs" in support of War Child Canada's humanitarian programs. On February 1, 2005, Titcomb released his self-titled debut album, produced by Grammy winner Bill Bottrell (Sheryl Crow, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Five for Fighting). Both of the two singles from the album reached the top 20 charts on Hot AC radio, the song "Sad Eyes" reaching number 9. At the 2004 Juno Awards, Titcomb delivered a memorable performance at the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) Songwriters' Circle. In 2006, he was nominated for the 9th Annual Canadian Radio Music Awards for

title: Don't Let Me Down (Leona Lewis song)

text: dominated by "thoughtless" ballads like "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" and "Don't Let Me Down". While he noted that Lewis gives a "technically unimpeachable" vocal performance, he wrote that it does not compensate for the "dull arrangement" and lack of emotion in her delivery. Lewis performed "Don't Let Me Down" at the Rock in Rio festival held in Lisbon on 22 May 2010. The song was included as the second song on the set list of her debut concert tour, called The Labyrinth (2010). It was later included on the DVD release of the tour, "". Lewis performed the song

title: David Garcia (musician)

text: hit song "Let You Down", from NF's album "Perception". David Garcia (musician) David Arthur Garcia (born January 18, 1983) is an American multi-genre music producer and songwriter. He has received four Grammy Awards, and has won nine GMA Dove Awards, for his songwriting and record production production. He was honored with the ASCAP Christian songwriter on the year award, in 2015. In 2017, he had his first No. 1 at country radio with his single "More Girls Like You" which he co-wrote and co-produced with artist Kip Moore in 2017. He also co-wrote and produced the smash hit single Meant

title: Let Me Down Easy (Sheppard song)

text: the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Let Me Down Easy (Sheppard song) "Let Me Down Easy" is a song by Australian indie pop band Sheppard. It was included on their debut extended play "Sheppard" in 2012 and their debut album "Bombs Away" in 2014. The song was not released as a single in Australia, but used to promote the extended play, which went on to achieve double platinum accreditation. The song received APRA and ARIA award nominations. "Let Me Down Easy" was released as

title: Outlaw (War album)

text: Outlaw (War album) Outlaw is an album by War, released on RCA Victor Records in 1982. This was War's first album for RCA. Between this and the previous album on MCA, War released a single on LA Records, a company owned by their producer Jerry Goldstein: "Cinco de Mayo", which also appears on "Outlaw", backed with "Don't Let No One Get You Down", an older track from "Why Can't We Be Friends?" (1975). Alice Tweed Smith (vocals) had left the band since their previous album, reducing the group to eight members, although the cover only shows seven. Pat Rizzo isn't

title: I Won't Let You Down (OK Go song)

text: I Won't Let You Down (OK Go song) "I Won't Let You Down" is a single by American rock band OK Go that was released as a single in December 8, 2014 and is part of their album "Hungry Ghosts". The video for the song was released on October 27, 2014. Like many of the band's past videos, the video is a one shot take recorded in double time showing the band members and several hundred dancers on personal transportation devices performing intricate choreographed routines while filmed by a camera on a multirotor aerial drone. The song has a very


question: how long prime minister stay in office canada

answers: four years

title: Historical rankings of Prime Ministers of Canada

text: <nowiki>^</nowiki> Served less than 2 years, 3 months, as Prime Minister, while all others served for more than 4 years, 11 months. William Lyon Mackenzie King (photo) is the highest rated prime Minister based on three aggregate results from Maclean's The Institute for Research on Public Policy undertook a survey to rank the prime ministers who had served in the 50 years preceding 2003. They ranked those nine prime ministers as follows: <nowiki>^</nowiki> Served less than 10 months as Prime Minister, while all others served for more than 4 years, 11 months. In October 2016, Maclean's again ranked the prime

title: Prime Minister of Canada

text: in October of the fourth calendar year after the previous polling date. Following parliamentary dissolution, the prime minister must run in the resulting general election if he or she wishes to maintain a seat in the House of Commons. Should the prime minister's party subsequently win a majority of seats in the House of Commons, it is unnecessary to re-appoint the prime minister or again swear him or her into office. If, however, an opposition party wins a majority of seats, the prime minister may resign or be dismissed by the governor general. Should the prime minister's party achieve a

title: John Turner

text: Liberal leadership. Turner held the office of prime minister for 79 days (the second shortest tenure in Canadian history after Sir Charles Tupper), as he advised the Governor General to dissolve parliament immediately after being sworn in as prime minister, and went on to lose the 1984 election in a landslide. Turner stayed on as Liberal leader and headed the Official Opposition for the next six years, leading his party to a modest recovery in the 1988 campaign; he resigned as Liberal leader in 1990 and stepped down as an MP at the 1993 election. Turner was Canada's first prime

title: Prime Minister of Canada

text: the legislature, he or she will normally await the upcoming election before running for a seat in parliament. In a poll conducted by Ipsos-Reid following the first prorogation of the 40th parliament on December 4, 2008, it was found that 51% of the sample group thought the prime minister was directly elected by Canadians. The Canadian prime minister serves at Her Majesty's pleasure, meaning the post does not have a fixed term. Once appointed and sworn in by the governor general, the prime minister remains in office until he or she resigns, is dismissed, or dies. The lifespan of parliament

title: 2008 Canadian federal election

text: for 30 months, while the BQ pledged to support for at least 18 months. Liberal leader Stéphane Dion would have become prime minister until the selection of his successor at the Liberal leadership convention in May 2009, and a coalition cabinet would have comprised 18 Liberal (including a finance minister) and 6 NDP ministers. Governor General Michaëlle Jean had cut short a state visit to Europe "in light of the current political situation in Canada". On December 4, 2008, Jean granted Harper's request to prorogue Parliament until January 26, 2009, thereby staving off the prospect of an imminent change in

title: Deputy Prime Minister of Canada

text: deputy premiership to the premiership of British Columbia in 1999, following the resignation of Glen Clark, and Kathy Dunderdale ascended from the deputy premiership to the premiership of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2010, following the resignation of Danny Williams. Extended notice is usually given when a sitting prime minister does not plan to lead his/her party into another election. Leadership contests to determine the successor to a prime minister are usually held during the final days of the incumbent's term, and are traditionally a lengthy and competitive process. In almost all cases, the outgoing prime minister hands over power directly

title: John Turner

text: suffered for a governing party in the federal parliament. Turner stepped down as prime minister on September 17. The election having been called just over a week after his being sworn in, Turner held the office of prime minister for two months and seventeen days, the second-shortest stint in Canadian history, ahead of only Sir Charles Tupper, who took office after dissolution of parliament. Turner, along with Tupper and later Kim Campbell, were the only PMs who never faced a parliament and never implemented any legislative initiatives. Turner managed to defeat the Tory incumbent in Vancouver Quadra by 3,200 votes,

title: Electoral history of William Lyon Mackenzie King

text: was elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 1919, by the first leadership convention for a federal party in Canada. King was the longest-serving Prime Minister, in office for a total of 21 years, 154 days. He led the Liberal Party of Canada in seven consecutive general elections, winning six times (1921, 1925, 1926, 1935, 1940, 1945) and losing once (1930). He won minority governments three times (1925, 1926 1945) and majority governments three times (1921, 1935, and 1940). He is in a three-way tie with Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Wilfrid Laurier for the number of

title: William Lyon Mackenzie King

text: the next Canadian Prime Minister three years later. On January 20, 1948, King called on the Liberal Party to hold its first national convention since 1919 to choose a new leader. The August convention chose St. Laurent as the new leader of the Liberal Party. Three months later, King retired after 22 years as prime minister. King also had the most terms (six) as Prime Minister. Sir John A. Macdonald was second-in-line, with 19 years, as the longest-serving Prime Minister in Canadian history (1867–1873, 1878–1891). King was not charismatic and did not have a large personal following. Only eight Canadians

title: Prime Minister of Canada

title: Pierre Trudeau

text: Pierre Trudeau Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (; ; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), often referred to by the initials PET, was a Canadian statesman who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979 and 1980–1984). He was the third longest-serving Prime Minister in Canadian history (behind William Lyon Mackenzie King and John A. Macdonald), having served for 15 years, 164 days. Trudeau rose to prominence as a lawyer, intellectual, and activist in Quebec politics. In the 1960s he entered federal politics by joining the Liberal Party of Canada. He was appointed as Lester B. Pearson's

title: Wilfrid Laurier

text: placed Laurier first. Canada's first francophone prime minister, Laurier holds a number of records. He is tied with Sir John A. Macdonald for the most consecutive federal elections won (four), and his 15-year tenure remains the longest unbroken term of office among prime ministers. In addition, his nearly 45 years (1874–1919) of service in the House of Commons is a record for that house. At 31 years, 8 months, Laurier was the longest-serving leader of a major Canadian political party, surpassing William Lyon Mackenzie King by over two years. Along with King, he also holds the distinction of serving as

title: Electoral history of Wilfrid Laurier

text: 1874 to enter federal politics. X Incumbent. Electoral history of Wilfrid Laurier This article is the Electoral history of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada. A Liberal, he was Canada's fourth longest-serving Prime Minister, with the longest consecutive time in office (over fifteen years, from 1896 to 1911). He won four general elections and lost three. He was succeeded by Sir Robert Borden. He died in 1919, having been the Leader of the Official Opposition for eight years. Laurier was the fourth-longest serving Prime Minister, serving from 1896 to 1911. His term in office of 15 years

title: Liberal Party of Canada

text: as Prime Minister, however he would only serve in the position until the next Liberal leader was chosen. Dion contacted Governor General Michaëlle Jean and advised her that he had the confidence of the House of Commons if Prime Minister Harper's government was to fall. However, before the fiscal update could be voted on in the House of Commons Prime Minister Harper requested the Governor General to prorogue parliament till January 26, 2009, which she accepted. While polls showed Canadians were split on the idea of having either a coalition government or having the Conservatives continue to govern, it was

title: Electoral history of Wilfrid Laurier

text: October 6, 1911) remains the longest unbroken term of a Canadian Prime Minister. He led the Liberals in seven general elections, winning four (1896, 1900, 1904, and 1908) and losing three (1891, 1911, 1917). He is in a three-way tie with Sir John A. Macdonald and Mackenzie King for the number of general elections he contested as leader of a party. His streak of four consecutive majority governments (1896, 1900, 1904, and 1908) is tied with Macdonald's identical record as the longest streak of general election victories at the federal level. Laurier was the second of eight prime ministers from

title: Prime Minister of Canada

text: Prime Minister of Canada The Prime Minister of Canada () is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and Canada's head of government. The current, and 23rd, Prime Minister of Canada is the Liberal Party's Justin Trudeau, following the 2015 Canadian federal election. Canadian prime ministers are styled as "The Right Honourable" (), a privilege maintained for life. The Prime Minister of Canada is in charge of the Prime Minister's Office. The Prime Minister also chooses the ministers that make up the Cabinet. The two groups, with the authority of the Parliament of Canada, manage the Government

title: Elections in Canada

text: the governor general also has the right to seek out another party leader who might be able to command the confidence of the House and ask him or her to form a government. This happened in 1926 and is referred to as the "King-Byng Affair". The five-year time limitation is strictly applied to the life of the parliament or assembly in question—this body is not deemed to have been formed until the return of the writs and ceases to exist the moment it is dissolved. It is therefore possible to run slightly longer than five years between election days, as

title: House of Commons of Canada

text: other parties. A prime minister may resign even if he or she is not defeated at the polls (for example, for personal health reasons); in such a case, the premiership goes to the new leader of the outgoing prime minister's party. The House of Commons scrutinizes the ministers of the Crown through "Question Period", a daily forty-five-minute period during which members have the opportunity to ask questions of the prime minister and of other Cabinet ministers. Questions must relate to the responding minister's official government activities, not to his or her activities as a party leader or as a private

title: Acting prime minister

text: Ministers in their own right. In Canada, the Deputy Prime Minister—a position that is not always in use—becomes acting head of government in the event that the Prime Minister is absent from Canada or incapacitated. Prior to the creation of this position, there was one notable and brief appointment made by a Canadian Prime Minister. In February 1958, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker appointed Ellen Fairclough as acting Prime Minister for two days while he was absent from Canada. The designated Acting Prime Minister takes the role of Prime Minister as Acting Prime Minister, for up to one hundred consecutive days,

title: 2008–09 Canadian parliamentary dispute

text: resignation as Liberal leader a week after the election, stating it was his intention to stay on as leader until a successor was chosen. On November 27, 2008, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty provided the House of Commons with a fiscal update, within which were plans to cut government spending, suspend the ability of civil servants to strike until 2011, sell off some Crown assets to raise capital, and eliminate the existing CAD$1.95 per vote subsidy parties garner in an election. Since money bills are matters of confidence, the opposition was forced to consider whether to accept the motion or bring

title: Prime Minister of Canada

text: 1925 federal election (that his party won), briefly "governed from the hallway" before winning a by-election a few weeks later. Similarly, John Turner replaced Pierre Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party in 1984 and subsequently was appointed prime minister while not holding a seat in the House of Commons; Turner won a riding in the next election but the Liberal Party was swept from power. Turner was the last serving prime minister to not hold a commons seat. Should a serving prime minister today lose his or her seat in the legislature, or should a new prime minister be

title: Prime Minister of Canada

text: the Governor General, after either winning a general election, forming a confidence and supply government, or forming an coalition government. The term does not apply to incumbent prime ministers. After exiting office, former prime ministers of Canada have engaged in various pursuits. Some remained in politics: Bowell continued to serve as a senator, Stephen Harper returned to the House of Commons as a backbench Member of Parliament, and Bennett moved to the United Kingdom after being elevated to the House of Lords. A number led Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Canadian parliament: John A. Macdonald, Arthur Meighen, Mackenzie King,

title: 1984 Canadian federal election

text: one year since 1963. Pierre Trudeau, who had been Prime Minister from 1968 to 1979 and since 1980, retired from politics in early 1984 after polls indicated that the Liberals would almost certainly be defeated at the next election had he remained in office. He was succeeded by John Turner, a former Cabinet minister under both Trudeau and Lester Pearson. Turner had been out of politics since 1975. Upon assuming the leadership, he made immediate changes in an attempt to rebuild the Liberals' tattered reputation. For example, he announced that he would not run in a by-election to return to

title: Electoral history of Kim Campbell

text: one term of 132 days. Only Charles Tupper and John Turner had shorter terms in office. She was the second prime minister from British Columbia, the other being John Turner. Mulroney announced his retirement early in 1993, triggering a leadership convention in June, 1993. Campbell won on the second ballot, defeating Jean Charest. When she succeeded Mulroney as prime minister on June 25, 1993, there were only two months left in the five-year term of the 34th Canadian Parliament, which had been elected in 1988. Campbell was required to call a general election quickly. The election was a disaster for

text: fifth Prime Minister of Canada. After resigning as Prime Minister, he continued to serve in the Senate until his death in 1917, marking 50 years, 2 months, and 4 days of continuous service throughout the first half-century of Canada's history. John Dahmer died five days after being elected, before he could be officially sworn in as an MP. Records of members of parliament of Canada The youngest ever MP is currently Pierre-Luc Dusseault, elected in the general election of 2011 at the age of 19 years and 11 months for the riding of Sherbrooke. He succeeded former Liberal Party MP,

title: House of Commons of Canada

text: by the prime minister. The Constitution Act, 1867, provides that a Parliament last no longer than five years. Canadian election law requires that elections must be held on the third Monday in October in the fourth year after the last election, subject to the discretion of the Crown. Campaigns must be at least 36 days long. Candidates are usually nominated by political parties. It is possible for a candidate to run independently, although it is rare for such a candidate to win. Most successful independent candidates have been incumbents who were expelled from their political parties (for example, John Nunziata

title: Electoral history of Wilfrid Laurier

text: Electoral history of Wilfrid Laurier This article is the Electoral history of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada. A Liberal, he was Canada's fourth longest-serving Prime Minister, with the longest consecutive time in office (over fifteen years, from 1896 to 1911). He won four general elections and lost three. He was succeeded by Sir Robert Borden. He died in 1919, having been the Leader of the Official Opposition for eight years. Laurier was the fourth-longest serving Prime Minister, serving from 1896 to 1911. His term in office of 15 years and 86 days (July 11, 1896 to

title: Electoral history of Stephen Harper

text: out of twenty-three prime ministers for time in office, serving consecutive terms totalling nine years, 271 days. He is the third Conservative to win three elections, following Sir John A. Macdonald and John Diefenbaker, and the second-longest serving Conservative prime minister, after Macdonald. Harper was the third prime minister from Alberta, the others being R. B. Bennett and Joe Clark. Harper was originally from Ontario and a Liberal Party supporter, but in his early twenties he moved to Alberta. He became involved in Progressive Conservative politics and then gradually in the formation of the new Reform Party, working as Reform's

text: general elections he contested as leader of a party. His unbroken term in office from October 23, 1935 to November 14, 1948 (just over thirteen years) is the second-longest unbroken term, coming after Laurier's unbroken term in office of over fifteen years (July 11, 1896 to October 6, 1911) and just ahead of Macdonald's longest unbroken term of just under thirteen years (October 17, 1878 to June 6, 1891). King was the third of four prime ministers to serve non-consecutive terms, the others being Macdonald, Meighen, and Pierre Trudeau. King was the fourth of five prime ministers from Ontario, the

title: Prorogation in Canada

text: Ignatieff brushed off questions about the constitutionality of the proposed changes, saying if new rules are established, governors general "will respect those constitutional conventions" as they always have, adding: "The problem is not with the governor general. The problem is with the Prime Minister of Canada." These proposals echoed the arrangements within the Long Parliament of England, between 1640 and 1648, which could only be dissolved with the agreement of its members. The NDP presented a motion to the House of Commons requesting the prime minister not advise the governor general to prorogue parliament for more than seven days unless

title: Prime Minister of Canada

long_answer: The Canadian prime minister serves at Her Majesty's pleasure, meaning the post does not have a fixed term. Once appointed and sworn in by the governor general, the prime minister remains in office until he or she resigns, is dismissed, or dies. The lifespan of parliament was limited by the constitution to five years and, though the governor general may still, on the advice of the prime minister, dissolve parliament and issue the writs of election prior to the date mandated by the Canada Elections Act; the King–Byng Affair was the only time since Confederation that the governor general deemed it necessary to refuse his prime minister's request for a general vote. As of 2007, with an amendment to the Elections Act, Section 56.1(2) was changed to limit the term of a majority government to four years, with election day being set as the third Monday in October of the fourth calendar year after the previous polling date.