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Chitwood is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bill Chitwood (1890–1961), American fiddler * Christina Chitwood (born 1990), American ice dancer *Joie Chitwood (1912–1988), American racing driver and businessman * May Belle Hutson Chitwood (1908-1994), American author, nematologist, helminthologist, and zoologist * Randolph Chitwood, American surgeon *Whitney Chitwood Whitney Chitwood is a stand-up comedian from Chicago. Her debut album, 2019's ''The Bakery Case'', was produced by Grammy winner Dan Schlissel for Stand Up! Records. It reached No. 9 on the Billboard Comedy Albums chart, and No. 1 on the iTunes a ..., American stand-up comedian See also * Chitwood, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Oregon, United States {{surname, Chitwood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Chitwood
The Georgia Yellow Hammers were an old-time string and vocal quartet from Gordon County, Georgia from the 1920s. The group featured Charles Moody, Jr. on guitar; Bud Landress on banjo; Phil Reeve on guitar; and Bill Chitwood on fiddle. All members may have been multi-instrumentalists. Tony Russell's notes accompanying the 2004 compilation CD "Old Mountain" identify the personnel on "The Picture on the Wall" (Victor 20943, 9 Aug.1927) as Landress, fiddle and lead vocal; Reeve, guitar and vocal; C. Ernest Moody, banjo-ukulele and vocal; and Clyde Evans, guitar and vocal. Collaboration with the Baxters The group often played with Andrew and Jim Baxter from Curryville, GA (also in Gordon County). Curryville was also home to music legend Roland Hayes. Andrew Baxter's unique style of fiddle is heard an early recording of a band favorite entitled "G-Rag". The Baxters were African Americans, which was an unusual collaboration for the time period. The band released one of the top selli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Chitwood
Christina Chitwood (born 21 March 1990) is an American former competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain with Mark Hanretty. They are two-time (2008, 2010) British bronze medalists and competed at the 2009 European Championships, placing 18th. Competitive career Early in her career, Chitwood competed in pair skating with her brother, Will Chitwood. She later switched to ice dancing and competed with Stephen Chasman. Chitwood and Scottish ice dancer Mark Hanretty decided to team up on 31 December 2005 and began training together properly in May 2006. Their training was disrupted by Chitwood's contraction of glandular fever (also known as mononucleosis). They made their debut at the 2007 British Championships at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, Great Britain, in January 2007, finishing in 7th place. Chitwood and Hanretty won bronze at the 2008 British Championships at IceSheffield in Sheffield in January 2008. In the summer of 2008, they were selected by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joie Chitwood
George Rice Chitwood (April 14, 1912 – January 3, 1988), nicknamed "Joie", was an American racecar driver and businessman. He is best known as a daredevil in the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show. Background Chitwood was born in Denison, Texas; he was of Cherokee Indian ancestry. He was orphaned as a 14-year-old and he ended school after 8th grade. He lived in the Dust Bowl-era at Topeka, Kansas and was seeking employment during the Great Depression. His main job was a shoe shiner and he was a candy butcher at a burlesque show to earn more money. He started learning a trade by helping at a welding shop. Nickname He was dubbed "Joie" during his racing career after a newspaper reporter mis-took and misspelled his name in an article. The writer confused St. Joe, Missouri (where Chitwood's race car was built) with "George", and when it was typeset, added an "i" by mistake to spell "Joie." The nickname stuck for life. Racing career Chitwood built his first racecar from an Essex and dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Belle Hutson Chitwood
May Belle Hutson Chitwood (September 17, 1908 – September 19, 1994) was an American author, nematologist, helminthologist, and zoologist at the Agricultural Research Service, curator of the National Parasite Collection, and director of the primate parasite registry at University of California at Davis. Chitwood specialized in the morphology of nematodes early in the research of this aspect of the species, and was considered a world authority. She published over 50 research papers about nematology, helminthology, and zoology. Early life and family Chitwood was born in Lubbock, Texas on 17 September 1908. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 1958, and received an honorary doctorate of science from Northern Michigan University in 1977. Chitwood was married on April 17, 1927, to Benjamin G. Chitwood on 17 April 1927. They had two children, Edward M. Chitwood and Marie D. Chapman, living in the Washington D.C. area from 1928 through 1973. She divorced from Benjamin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randolph Chitwood
Walter Randolph "Ranny" Chitwood, Jr. is known for his work as a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University located in Greenville, North Carolina. Chitwood is recognized as the first heart surgeon to perform robot-assisted heart valve surgery in the US. Biography Chitwood is a native of Wytheville, Virginia. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and received his medical degree from the University of Virginia. He obtained all of his surgical training at Duke University Medical Center under Dr. David C. Sabiston, where he spent 10 years training in general and cardiothoracic surgery, as well as basic science research. He was the first house staff member at Duke to be selected to Alpha Omega Alpha. After his chief residency at Duke in 1984, he was selected to develop and head the new cardiac surgery program at the East Carolina University School of Medicine. His initial appointment was as a full professor of surgery. Except for a two-year hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney Chitwood
Whitney Chitwood is a stand-up comedian from Chicago. Her debut album, 2019's ''The Bakery Case'', was produced by Grammy winner Dan Schlissel for Stand Up! Records. It reached No. 9 on the Billboard Comedy Albums chart, and No. 1 on the iTunes and Amazon comedy charts. Early life Chitwood grew up in a small town near Peoria, Illinois. As a child, Chitwood was heavily involved in the stage-theater world; both her parents ran theaters, and she spent much of her childhood around the stage, as well as her grandfather's farm. She performed in her first show at six months old. Career She studied theater in college but left early to pursue an acting career in New York City, then decided to focus on stand-up comedy at age 21. She worked as a comic in New York and Los Angeles before settling in Chicago. Her comedy is sometimes surreal and often deals with political topics and LGBT issues like sexuality and gender identity, but also personal issues like infidelity and her relatives in rur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |