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Easy Street
Easy Street may refer to: Film * ''Easy Street'' (1917 film), a Charlie Chaplin comedy * Easy Street (1930 film), by Oscar Micheaux, US * ''Easy Street'' (TV series), 1986–87 US sitcom Music *Easy Street (band), UK, 1970s **''Easy Street'', 1976, by the band * ''Easy Street'' (Eric Marienthal album), 1997 *''Easy Street'', a 2016 album by Eric Hutchinson Songs * "Easy Street" (Alan Rankin Jones song), a 1940 jazz standard * "Easy Street", from the musical ''Annie'' * "Easy Street", by Randy Newman from ''Harps and Angels'' * "Easy Street", by Soul Asylum from ''And the Horse They Rode In On'' * "Easy Street", by Edgar Winter from ''Shock Treatment'' * "Easy Street", by The Collapsable Hearts Club, in " The Cell", an episode of ''The Walking Dead'' Other *''Easy Street'', play by Nigel Williams (author) * ''Easy Street'' (book), a memoir by Susan Berman about her mobster father, David Berman See also * ''EZ Streets ''EZ Streets'' is an American crime drama television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Street (1917 Film)
''Easy Street'' is a 1917 short action-comedy film starring and directed by Charlie Chaplin. Plot In a slum area called Easy Street, the police are failing to maintain law and order. The Little Tramp, a down-and-out derelict, is sleeping rough outside the Hope Mission near the streets of a lawless slum. The sounds of a service in progress draws him wearily inside. After the sermon from the preacher, he is entranced by a beautiful mission worker and organist and he stays after the service. Holding his hand, she pleads him to join the mission, inspiring his religious "awakening". He vows to reform, returning the collection box that he slipped into capacious pants. Spotting a help-wanted ad for a job at the police station, the Tramp accepts and is assigned the rough-and-tumble Easy Street as his beat. Upon entering the street he finds a bully roughing up the locals and pilfering their money. The Tramp gets on the wrong side of the bully and after a brief chase, the Tramp finds him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Street (Eric Marienthal Album)
''Easy Street'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eric Marienthal released in 1997 and recorded for the Verve label. The album reached No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' Contemporary Jazz chart. Track listing # Easy Street (Lee Ritenour) – 5:17 # Tuesday's Delight ( John Beasley) – 4:41 # New Jack Saturday (Marienthal/Ritenour) – 5:07 # Until You Come Back to Me (Morris Broadnax/Clarence Paul/Stevie Wonder) – 4:24 # Glow (Ritenour) – 5:06 # Half and Half ( Charles Davis) – 4:36 # The Sun Died (Ray Charles) – 5:14 # Last Day of Summer (Rob Mullins) – 5:33 # Bourriquot (Beasley) – 4:35 # Secret Passions (Jeff Lorber/Marienthal) – 5:03 # Backstage (Marienthal/Mullins) – 4:59 Personnel * Eric Marienthal – saxophone * Rick Braun – trumpet * John Beasley – keyboards * Don Grusin – keyboards * Rob Mullins – keyboards * Russell Ferrante – piano * Lee Ritenour – guitar * Melvin Lee Davis – bass * Sonny Emory – drums * Hilary Jones – drums * Cassi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Street (1930 Film)
''Easy Street'' is a 1930 American film by Oscar Micheaux, an African American filmmaker. It features an African American cast. Known as the last silent achievement in his filmography, the film is considered lost. The plot reportedly revolved around a group of con artists trying to seize the savings of an old man. The cast included Richard B. Harrison and other actors from the Broadway production ''Green Pastures''. Micheaux's wife Alice B. Russell was part of the cast. William A. Clayton, Willor Lee Guilford and Lorenzo Tucker Lorenzo Tucker (June 27, 1907 – August 19, 1986), known as the "Black Valentino," was an American stage and screen actor who played the romantic lead in the early black films of Oscar Micheaux. Acting career Born in Philadelphia, Tucker s ... were also in the cast. A poster for the film is extant. References 1930 films 1930 lost films Lost American films African-American films {{1930s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Street (TV Series)
''Easy Street'' is an American sitcom television series created by Hugh Wilson and Andy Borowitz, starring Loni Anderson that aired for 22 episodes on NBC from September 13, 1986 to April 29, 1987. Overview The series stars Loni Anderson as L.K. McGuire, a onetime showgirl who manages to nab a young wealthy husband, Ned McGuire, only to have him die and leave her fending for herself against his embittered sister, who's out to get L.K. out of the picture and away from her inherited money. Meanwhile, L.K. reconnects with a down-on-his-luck uncle, Bully Stevenson (Jack Elam) who has been on and off the streets of Los Angeles. L.K. invites him and his pal, Ricardo Williams ( Lee Weaver), to move into her vast mansion, to the horror and consternation of her snobbish in-laws, Eleanor and Quentin Standard (Dana Ivey and James Cromwell). Quentin tends to be a bit more tolerant and friendly to L.K. and her family, but the snobbish Eleanor can't stand them, and does everything possibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Street (band)
Easy Street were an English soft rock Soft rock is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. S ... band which consisted of Ken Nicol, Peter Marsh (musician), Peter Marsh and Richard James Burgess. History Marsh had a long-standing musical partnership with his then brother-in-law, Ken Nicol, during the 1970s. They first signed to CBS in 1973, and were known as the duo Nicol & Marsh. In 1975, after the addition of Richard James Burgess, they became known as Easy Street, named after the duo's 1974 album ''Nicol & Marsh's Easy Street''. As the trio Easy Street, they released two albums, the eponymous ''Easy Street'' in 1976 and ''Under the Glass'' in 1977. The single "I've Been Lovin' You" reached No. 81 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 during the first week of August 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Street
Easy Street may refer to: Film * ''Easy Street'' (1917 film), a Charlie Chaplin comedy * Easy Street (1930 film), by Oscar Micheaux, US * ''Easy Street'' (TV series), 1986–87 US sitcom Music *Easy Street (band), UK, 1970s **''Easy Street'', 1976, by the band * ''Easy Street'' (Eric Marienthal album), 1997 *''Easy Street'', a 2016 album by Eric Hutchinson Songs * "Easy Street" (Alan Rankin Jones song), a 1940 jazz standard * "Easy Street", from the musical ''Annie'' * "Easy Street", by Randy Newman from ''Harps and Angels'' * "Easy Street", by Soul Asylum from ''And the Horse They Rode In On'' * "Easy Street", by Edgar Winter from ''Shock Treatment'' * "Easy Street", by The Collapsable Hearts Club, in " The Cell", an episode of ''The Walking Dead'' Other *''Easy Street'', play by Nigel Williams (author) * ''Easy Street'' (book), a memoir by Susan Berman about her mobster father, David Berman See also * ''EZ Streets ''EZ Streets'' is an American crime drama television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Street (Alan Rankin Jones Song)
"Easy Street" is a jazz standard and popular song with lyrics and music written by Alan Rankin Jones in 1940. It was first recorded by 'Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra.' Background The term 'easy street' originated in the late 1800s and is slang Slang is vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in spoken conversation but avoided in formal writing. It also sometimes refers to the language generally exclusive to the members of particular in-g ... for "a state in which everything is going well and one is comfortable.” It's usually meant momentarily. Musical characteristics Easy Street is in thirty-two bar form and includes a melody that moves the title line to different pitches whenever it recurs in a phrase. The song is usually played with a slow, slightly swinging melody. References {{authority control Jazz standards 1940 songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie (musical)
''Annie'' is a Broadway theatre, Broadway musical theatre, musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip ''Little Orphan Annie'' and loosely based on the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" written by James Whitcomb Riley. The musical includes music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a musical theater, book by Thomas Meehan (writer), Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre). It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won seven Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical's songs "Tomorrow (song from Annie), Tomorrow" and "It's the Hard Knock Life" are among its most popular musical numbers. Background Charnin first approached Meehan to write the book of a musical about ''Little Orphan Annie'' in 1972. Meehan researched by rereading prints of the comic strip, but was unable to fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harps And Angels
''Harps and Angels'' is the 10th studio album by Randy Newman. It was released on August 5, 2008, and was produced by Mitchell Froom and Lenny Waronker. It contains two updated versions of previously released compositions. “Feels Like Home” originally appeared on his musical album ''Randy Newman's Faust'', and a demo of "Laugh and be Happy" was included in the box set '' Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman''. Reception ''Harps and Angels'' debuted on the UK Albums Chart at #46. It placed 12th in the 2008 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll, and it made #48 in '' Qs 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008. The song "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" was named the sixth best song of the 2000s decade by music critic Robert Christgau. Track listing All songs written and arranged by Randy Newman # "Harps and Angels" - 5:07 # "Losing You" - 2:41 # "Laugh and Be Happy" - 2:17 # "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" - 4:14 # "A Piece of the Pie" - 2:41 # "Easy Street" - 3:14 # "Korean Parent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And The Horse They Rode In On
or AND may refer to: Logic, grammar, and computing * Conjunction (grammar), connecting two words, phrases, or clauses * Logical conjunction in mathematical logic, notated as "∧", "⋅", "&", or simple juxtaposition * Bitwise AND, a boolean operation in programming, typically notated as "and" or "&" * Short-circuit ''and'', a short-circuit operator, notated "&&", "and", "and then", etc. * Ampersand, the symbol "&", representing "and" * AND gate, in electronics Music albums * ''And'' (John Martyn album), 1996 * ''And'' (Koda Kumi album), 2018 * '' A N D'', a 2015 album by Tricot * ''And'', a 2007 album by Jonah Matranga Businesses and organizations * Alberta New Democrats, now Alberta New Democratic Party *Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, US * Automotive Navigation Data, digital map supplier * AND Corporation, biometrics * AND CO, software subsidiary of Fiverr Transportation * Anderson Regional Airport, South Carolina, US, IATA airport code * Anderston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shock Treatment (Edgar Winter Album)
''Shock Treatment'' is the fourth studio album by Edgar Winter and the second by the Edgar Winter Group. The album went to No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Albums chart, and had two charting singles: "Easy Street" (#83 Pop Singles) and "River's Risin'" (#33 Pop Singles). The album was certified gold July 18, 1974 by the RIAA. In Canada, the album reached #9 (2 weeks) and was #69 in the year end chart. Track listing Personnel *Edgar Winter - Clavinet, Mellotron, organ, piano, ARP 2600, vibraphone, saxophone, vocals *Rick Derringer - guitar, electric sitar, bass, vocals, producer *Dan Hartman - bass, guitar, percussion, autoharp, vocals * Chuck Ruff - drums Technical personnel *Teresa Alfieri - design *Vic Anesini - mastering *Jimmy Iovine - assistant engineer *Bill King - photography *Lou Schlossberg - assistant engineer *Shelly Yakus - engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cell (The Walking Dead)
"The Cell" is the third episode of the seventh season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series '' The Walking Dead'', which aired on AMC on November 6, 2016. The episode was written by Angela Kang and directed by Alrick Riley. The episode focuses on the Saviors living in an impressive community, the Sanctuary, that seems to have it all. Concurrently, Daryl (Norman Reedus) is held prisoner and psychologically tortured by Dwight ( Austin Amelio), a ruthless but reluctant member of the Saviors and one of Negan's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) top lieutenants, who forms a hostile rivalry with Daryl. Plot Under Negan's orders, Daryl is taken to the Saviors' home, the Sanctuary, and locked in a dark cell, to be converted to join the Saviors by Dwight. Dwight feeds Daryl only dog food sandwiches and forces him to listen to the song "Easy Street" played through the walls. Dwight shows that if Daryl refuses to join the Saviors, he could end up like other prisoners, who have become walk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
