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That Was the Year That Was That Was the Year That Was (1965) is a live album recorded at the hungry i in San Francisco, containing performances by Tom Lehrer of satiric topical songs he originally wrote for the NBC television series "That Was The Week That Was", known informally as "TW3" (1964–65). All of the songs related to items then in the news.
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Tom Lehrer Thomas Andrew "Tom" Lehrer ( ; born April 9, 1928) is a retired American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater. He is best known for the pithy, humorous songs he recorded in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Bob Dylan, Performing Artist Bob Dylan, Performing Artist is a series of three books written by music critic Paul Williams concerning the music of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Unlike many other books about Dylan, these are not biographical but focus primarily on the performances delivered at various concerts over a period of almost forty years. The performances Williams analyzes were either personally attended or reviewed from audio-tapes (and sometimes from videotapes). In an interview published in "Isis" magazine's August 1990 issue, Williams told interviewer Derek Barker, "I didn't want to write about the person, I wanted to write about what this person has created, his art, his music." "Bob Dylan, Performing Artist" is considered one of the leading critical analyses of Dylan's songs and performances.
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Going for a Song Going for a Song was an antiques quiz show broadcast by the BBC from 1965-1977. It was a forerunner of the "Antiques Roadshow". The original television series was hosted by presenter Max Robertson, with Arthur Negus appearing as the resident expert and antique valuer. Revivals of the programme were made in the 1990s, hosted by Michael Parkinson (1995-1999), and Anne Robinson (2000), with Eric Knowles as the resident antiques expert, and in 2001 by Michael Aspel.
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Tim Janis Tim Janis is an American composer with 10 "Billboard" charting CDs, over one million albums sold, four National Public Television Specials, and a constant touring presence.
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The Big Record The Big Record is an American television music variety series which aired 1957 to 1958 on CBS. Originally it was an hour-long show (approx. 50 minutes excluding ads) but later was a half-hour show (approx. 25 minutes excluding ads, as can be seen on available episodes). It was hosted by Patti Page, who sang songs and introduced the guest performers. Most of the music was of the pop genre, although other styles of music were also featured, including jazz, rock and roll, and (very occasionally) country. Professional dancers also sometimes appeared as guests.
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List of songs in Glee (season 5) "Glee" is an American musical comedy-drama television series produced by Fox. It focuses on the glee club New Directions, at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio. The show was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, and features many cover versions of songs sung on-screen by the characters. Murphy is responsible for selecting all of the songs used, and strives to maintain a balance between show tunes and chart hits, as he wants there to be "something for everybody in every episode." Once Murphy selects a song, rights are cleared with its publishers by music supervisor P.J. Bloom, and music producer Adam Anders arranges it for the "Glee" cast. Numbers are pre-recorded by the cast, while the show's choreographers (Zach Woodlee in previous seasons; Brooke Lipton and Mandy Moore in season 5) construct the accompanying dance moves, which are then taught to the cast and filmed. Studio recordings of tracks is then made. The process begins six to eight weeks before each episode is filmed, and can end as late as the day before filming begins.
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Herb Sargent Herbert Sargent (July 15, 1923 – May 6, 2005) was an American television writer, a producer for such comedy shows as "The Tonight Show" and "Saturday Night Live", and a screenwriter ("Bye Bye Braverman"). During his tenure at "Saturday Night Live", he and Chevy Chase created Weekend Update, the longest-running sketch in the show's history, and one of the longest running sketches on television.
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Jerry Silverman Jerry Silverman is an American folksinger, guitar teacher and author of music books. He has had over 200 books published, which have sold in the millions, including folk song collections, anthologies and method books for the guitar, banjo and fiddle. He has taught guitar to hundreds of students. He has presented concerts and lectures at schools, universities and concert halls in the U.S. and abroad.
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Barry Farber Barry M. Farber (born May 5, 1930) is an American conservative radio talk show host, author, commentator and language-learning enthusiast. In 2002, industry publication "Talkers magazine" ranked him the 9th greatest radio talk show host of all time. He has also written articles appearing in the "New York Times, Reader's Digest," the "Washington Post, "and the "Saturday Review". He is the father of journalist Celia Farber and singer-songwriter Bibi Farber.
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Grace McKeaney Grace McKeaney is an American television writer, playwright and educator.
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Dave Cohen (writer) Dave Cohen is a writer for television and radio, as well as a columnist for "The Huffington Post". He has written for "Have I Got News For You" and contributes musically to the award-winning and hugely popular "Horrible Histories".
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Song A song, most broadly, is a single (and often standalone) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections. Written words created specifically for music or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs in a simple style that are learned informally are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical composers for concert or recital performances. Songs are performed live and recorded on audio or video (or in some, cases, a song may be performed live and simultaneously recorded). Songs may also appear in plays, musical theatre, stage shows of any form, and within operas.
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Russell Baker Russell Wayne Baker (born August 14, 1925) is an American writer known for his satirical commentary and self-critical prose, as well as for his Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography "Growing Up" (1982). He was a columnist for "The New York Times" from 1962 to 1998, and also hosted the PBS show "Masterpiece Theatre" from 1992 to 2004. The ""Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994" states:
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Jack Van Impe Jack Leo Van Impe (born February 9, 1931) is an American televangelist who is known for his half-hour weekly television series "Jack Van Impe Presents", an eschatological commentary on the news of the week through an interpretation of the Bible. The program airs throughout the United States, Canada, and several other countries through both religious broadcasters and the purchase of paid programming time on commercial television stations. Van Impe's website claims that he is known as the "Walking Bible" because of his extensive memorization of Bible verses. His wife Rexella Van Impe (born Rexella Mae Shelton on November 29, 1932, in Missouri) shares his TV ministry as co-host.
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Americana (game show) Americana is a weekly game show which ran on NBC from December 8, 1947 to July 4, 1949. The series was originally hosted by literary critic John Mason Brown and produced by Martin Stone Productions with NBC Television. Each week's show was sponsored by "Encyclopedia Americana". The 30-minute show aired Mondays at 8:10pm ET in the 1947-48 television season, and Mondays at 8:30pm ET in the 1948-49 season.
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John Merrow John Merrow (born June 14, 1941) is an American broadcast journalist who has reported on education issues since the 1970s. He serves as the education correspondent for the PBS NewsHour program. These features - often under the umbrella heading of "The Merrow Report" - have become a staple of education reporting on public broadcasting. Additionally, he is currently the executive producer, host and president of Learning Matters, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation that creates television, radio and online segments and documentaries, focusing primarily on education.
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Carolyn Graham Carolyn Graham is the creator of numerous English language teaching books, most notably "Jazz Chants" and "Let's Sing, Let's Chant", published by Oxford University Press. She wrote the songs for Susan Rivers' "Tiny Talk" series of ELT books, also published by OUP.
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The Dennis Day Show The Dennis Day Show is an American comedy/variety show that aired from 1953 to 1954 on NBC. The series stars singer and radio and television personality Dennis Day, whose career otherwise was rooted as a supporting cast member of the long-running "The Jack Benny Program" on CBS and later NBC.
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Brian Kelley (writer) Brian Kelley is an American television writer. He has written for "SNL", "Newsradio", "", "Futurama", "Joey" and "The Simpsons".
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Jeff Freundlich Jeff Freundlich is an American songwriter, producer and music industry executive. His music is heard in network, cable and syndicated TV shows, in major and independent films, and advertising campaigns.
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David Leaf David Leaf (born April 20, 1952) is an American writer, producer, and director known for documentaries, music programs, and pop culture retrospectives.