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Desilu Productions produced "The Untouchables," which starred Robert Stack as Prohibition agent Eliot Ness, who assembled a team of federal agents to go up against the bootleg empire of “Scarface” Al Capone in 1920s Chicago. The theme music Riddle wrote for the series, said his biographer, “was one of the most fitting and identifiable ...
The Untouchables, a 1957 autobiography by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley; The Untouchable, a 1997 roman à clef by John Banville; The Untouchables: Who Were They? And Why they Became Untouchables, a 1948 history book by B. R. Ambedkar
In early 1984, they were signed to Stiff Records. [4] Concerts with The B-52's, Black Uhuru, Bow Wow Wow, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fishbone, No Doubt, R.E.M. and X all over California gave the group a disparate following of whites, blacks, mods, Latinos, Asians, punks, surfers and rockabilly fans, with the local performances drawing up to 1,500 ...
1 1920–1969. 2 1970–present. 3 See also. 4 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of crooners. 1 language. ... Justin Timberlake [69] [70] Mark Eitzel [71 ...
Still, it was the '70s that saw the R&B singer paving the way for future artists. During that decade, Wonder recorded five chart-topping singles, as well as his 1976 diamond platinum album "Songs ...
While the Big Band Era suggests that big bands flourished for a short period, they have been a part of jazz music since their emergence in the 1920s when white concert bands adopted the rhythms and musical forms of small African-American jazz combos.
He disappeared from the music scene in the 1970s, after working as a session player for Motown. [1] [2] In 1977, both his wife and mother died, and Ward relocated to Grantville, Georgia. [3] In the early 1990s he returned to the spotlight. He was rediscovered by Black Top Records and released his first solo album Fear No Evil in 1991.
The band had seven top 40 hits between 1973 and 1976. These included "Fire" (No. 1 on both the R&B and pop chart for two weeks and one week respectively in February 1975 and another million seller) and "Love Rollercoaster" (No. 1 on both the R&B and pop charts for one week in January 1976; another gold disc recipient). [13]