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Humdinger (comics)
Humdinger can refer to: * Humdinger (computer), an 8 bit color computer from 1983 *''The Humdinger'', a 2008 album by US rap group Nappy Roots *''Humdinger'', a 2002 album by American soul and R&B singer Aaron Neville *''Humdinger'', a 2006 album by Irish banjo player Enda Scahill and The Brock McGuire Band * The Humdingers, a musical group that became the American doo-wop and R&B group The Showmen * The Humdingers, an a capella musical group formed by Joe Oliva prior to The Essentials (band), The Essentials * ''Humdinger'', a 1997 album by The Hoax, a group led by Robin Davey * "Humdinger", a song by J. J. Cale from the album ''Travel-Log'' * Humdinger, a brand of beer made by Joseph Holt's Brewery, England See also * {{Disambiguation, date=March 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humdinger (computer)
The Humdinger Color Computer was an 8-bit home computer introduced in 1983 by Venture Micro, Inc., of Cupertino, California, Cupertino, California. It had the following specifications: * Zilog Z80 microprocessor * 4 KB of main memory (expandable to 64 KB) * 58-key, Chiclet keyboard, chiclet-style keyboard with rubber keys * A 256×192 pixel, 8 color display with 12 modes * 4 channel, 5 octaves sound * Centronics Parallel interface, parallel printer interface * RS-232 serial port * Joystick port * ROM cartridge, Cartridge port The original retail price was US$129.95. It made its first appearance at the eighth annual West Coast Computer Faire, held from March 18 to March 20, 1983. It was released to retailers in the United States in mid-May 1983. Intended as a ZX Spectrum killer, the Humdinger computer proved short-lived in the marketplace, as Venture Micro dissolved in 1984. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Humdinger
''The Humdinger'' is the third studio album by American hip hop quintet Nappy Roots from Kentucky. It was released on August 5, 2008 under Nappy Roots Entertainment Group record label's partnership with Fontana Distribution. Recording sessions took place at Treesound Studios in Atlanta and at the Kitchen Studios. Production was handled by Sol Messiah, James "Groove" Chambers, 3 Kingz, Big Al, Count Justice, Joe Hop, Kevin Freeman, N.A., Vision and Willy Will. The album features guest appearances from Slick & Rose, Anthony Hamilton, Greg Nice, James "Groove" Chambers and Tracy Hill. The album peaked at number 73 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and at number 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. Its lead single, "Good Day", made it to #54 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on September 21, 2018. Album information ''The Humdinger'' was set to be released in 2005, a follow-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Neville
Aaron Joseph Neville (born January 24, 1941) is a retired American R&B and soul singer. He has had four platinum albums and four Top 10 hits in the United States, including three that reached number one on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. "Tell It Like It Is", from 1966, also reached the top position on the Soul chart for five weeks. He has also recorded with his brothers Art, Charles and Cyril as the Neville Brothers and is the father of singer/keyboards player Ivan Neville. Neville is of mixed African-American, Caucasian, and Native American (Choctaw) heritage. Career The first of his singles that was given airplay outside of New Orleans was "Over You" (Minit, 1960). Neville's first major hit single was " Tell It Like It Is", released on a small New Orleans label, Par-Lo, co-owned by local musician/arranger George Davis, a friend from school, and band-leader Lee Diamond. The song topped ''Billboard''s R&B chart for five weeks in 1967 and also reached on the ''Billboar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enda Scahill
Enda Scahill is an Irish banjo player from Corofin, County Galway. He is a four-time All-Ireland Champion and has performed with The Fureys, Frankie Gavin and The Chieftains. He is an ex-member of The Brock McGuire Band. In 2006 he released the album ''Humdinger'' with Paul Brock which was awarded Irish Music Album of the Year by ''The Irish Times'' and was released by Compass Records in Nashville, Tennessee. Scahill is the founder of the band We Banjo 3 whose members include Martin Howley, David Howley and his brother Fergal Scahill. Earle Hitchner, music writer for ''The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...'', describes We Banjo 3's playing as a "freshness and finesse bordering on the magical" and LiveIreland proclaiming them "the hottest gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brock McGuire Band
The Brock McGuire Band is an Irish Folk group fronted by Paul Brock and Manus McGuire. Residing in County Clare, button accordionist and melodeonist Paul Brock and fiddler Manus McGuire are two of Ireland’s most celebrated traditional musicians and have been at the forefront of Irish music for many years: They are joined by acclaimed composer Denis Carey on piano and dancer Dave Curley on banjo, mandolin and vocals. The Brock McGuire Band is a tenacious blend of instruments emphasizing mostly Irish music but also sprinkling in impressive arrangements of American Old Timey, Bluegrass, French-Canadian, and other Celtic traditions. In 2011, they collaborated with various Nashville musicians including 14 time Grammy Winner Ricky Skaggs to record, "Green Grass Blue Grass". An exploration of the connection between Irish Traditional Music and American Bluegrass and Appalachian music. The album was launched on the Grand Ole Opry, 11 March 2011. Green Grass Blue Grass featured Rick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Showmen
The Showmen were a New Orleans-based American doo-wop and R&B group formed in 1961. They are best remembered for their track "It Will Stand", issued on Minit Records. "It Will Stand" (Minit 632) reached #61 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1961, and when re-released in 1964 (Imperial 66033) re-charted and reached #80. They had another hit, the Carolina Beach Music standard "39-21-40 Shape;" the label on the single, however, was mistakenly printed "39-21-46," and this soon supplanted the official title. Unlike the majority of musicians that recorded for New Orleans record labels controlled by Joe Banashak, the Showmen were not from that locality. They all came from Norfolk, Virginia, moving to New Orleans in May 1961 and April 1962, to record fifteen titles under the studio supervision of Allen Toussaint. General Norman Johnson, at the age of twelve, formed the group the Humdingers that would eventually become the Showmen. In the late 1950s, Noah Biggs began managing the Humdinger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Essentials (band)
The Essentials was a Canadian a cappella group founded in London, Ontario, Canada in 1993, that were based out of Toronto from 2000 onward. Band co-founders Joon Nah and Joe Oliva attended London Central Secondary School where they co-founded a predecessor a cappella group to The Essentials, called The Humdingers. Biography The Essentials' first gig was singing ''a cappella'' doo-wop songs, weekly during the summer months, in the parking lot of an ice cream parlor called Merla-Mae Ice Cream in London, Ontario. In 1996, Dan Speck joined the band. Speck had been introduced to the band through The Essentials' then-manager Terry McManus via Emm Gryner. Dan Speck's younger brother Thom, formerly of Streetnix, then joined the band in 2005. Both Speck brothers and Gryner have known each other since their youth in the small town of Forest, Ontario. Janet Turner completed the quartet in 2009. Since their inception, The Essentials have focused mostly on performances in Canada a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Davey
Robin Davey (born 29 December 1975 in St Austell, Cornwall, England) is an English musician, record producer, musical director and photographer. Biography Davey was a founding member of the British blues band, The Hoax, who were signed to East West Records in 1994 and released their debut album ''Sounds Like This'' to critical acclaim. '' Q'' magazine likened the band to the Yardbirds and the Rolling Stones and gave the album a four star review. The album was produced by Mike Vernon whose early work included Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall's Blues Breakers (with Eric Clapton). Colin Larkin described them as "the great white hope of 1995". The Hoax split in 1999 having released four albums and shortly after Davey formed the Davey Brothers, a blues rock outfit with his older brother Jesse. The duo signed to Interscope records via David A. Stewart's Weapons of Mass Entertainment Label. The Davey Brothers' song "Heart Go Faster" was featured over the closing credits in the film '' L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travel-Log
The genre of travel literature encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs. One early travel memoirist in Western literature was Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias, a Greek geographer of the 2nd century CE. In the early modern period, James Boswell's ''Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides'' (1786) helped shape travel memoir as a genre. History Early examples of travel literature include the ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'' (generally considered a 1st century CE work; authorship is debated), Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias' ''Description of Greece'' in the 2nd century CE, ''Safarnama'' (Book of Travels) by Nasir Khusraw (1003-1077), the ''Itinerarium Cambriae, Journey Through Wales'' (1191) and ''Descriptio Cambriae, Description of Wales'' (1194) by Gerald of Wales, and the travel journals of Ibn Jubayr (1145–1214), Marco Polo (1254–1354), and Ibn Battuta (1304–1377), all of whom recorded their travels across the known world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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