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Where Was I
"Where Was I?" may refer to: Books *"Where Was I?", essay by David Hawley Sanford from ''The Mind's I'' *''Where Was I?'', book by John Haycraft 2006 *''Where was I?!'', book by Terry Wogan 2009 Film and TV *Where Was I? (film), 1925 film directed by William A. Seiter. With Reginald Denny, Marian Nixon, Pauline Garon, Lee Moran. *''Where Was I?'' (2001 film), biography about songwriter Tim Rose *Where Was I? (TV series) 1952–1953 Quiz show with the panelists attempting to guess a location by looking at photos *"Where Was I?" episode of Shoestring (TV series) 1980 Music *"Where was I", song by W. Franke Harling and Al Dubin performed by Ruby Newman and His Orchestra with vocal chorus by Larry Taylor and Peggy McCall 1939 *"Where Was I", single from Charley Pride discography 1988 * "Where Was I" (song), a 1994 song by Ricky Van Shelton *"Where Was I (Donde Estuve Yo)", song by Joe Pass from '' Simplicity (Joe Pass album)'' *"Where Was I?", song by Guttermouth from '' The Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mind's I
''The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul'' is a 1981 collection of essays and other texts about the nature of the mind and the self, edited with commentary by philosophers Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett. The texts range from early philosophical and fictional musings on a subject that could seemingly only be examined in the realm of thought, to works from the twentieth century where the nature of the self became a viable topic for scientific study. Summary The book's chapters are each made up of a previously published work by authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Alan Turing, Richard Dawkins, Raymond Smullyan, John Searle, Stanisław Lem, Thomas Nagel (as well as Hofstadter and Dennett themselves), each followed up by a commentary by Hofstadter and/or Dennett. Dennett and Hofstadter both support the idea that we can learn much about human minds and souls by exploring human mentality in terms of information processing. Dennett and Hofstadter are b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Haycraft
John Stacpoole Haycraft (11 December 1926 – 23 May 1996) was an English language teacher and author who founded the International House World Organisation, which has shaped the evolution of the profession of English language teaching (ELT). Early life He was born on 11 December 1926 in Quetta, British India. He was the son of William Church Stacpoole Haycraft (1891–1929), who was a British officer in the colonial Indian army. He was the grandson of John Berry Haycraft and nephew of Sir Thomas Haycraft. His mother was Olive Lillian Esmée (1901–1978). He had one younger brother, Colin Berry Haycraft (1929–1994). His father died when he was still young, killed by one of his soldiers. His mother supported her family on a small army pension and worked as a tennis player. Education He studied at Wellington, in Berkshire, where he showed his natural leadership qualities and became head boy. Later with his brother they came back to Britain, where they both studied at Oxfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Wogan
Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in December 2009, his BBC Radio 2 weekday breakfast programme ''Wake Up to Wogan'' regularly drew an estimated eight million listeners. He was believed to be the most listened-to radio broadcaster in Europe."Wogan's run – the King of banter finally goes blankety blank" by Kim Bielenberg, ''Irish Independent'', 12 September 2009 Wogan was a leading media personality in Ireland and Britain from the late 1960s, and was often referred to as a "national treasure". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Was I? (film)
''Where Was I?'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny. Based upon a short story by Edgar Franklin, it was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures under their Jewel banner. Plot As described in a film magazine reviews, Thomas Berford, so successful in business that he has but one rival, George Stone, announces that he will marry Alicia, who is Stone’s daughter. Furious, Stone threatens to break him, and hires Claire, an adventuress, who tells Berford that he married her on January 9, 1923. Berford starts out to prove an alibi, but learns that the man who knows where he was on the date named is in Africa. However, he finds a suitcase full of money. Berford works to keep Alicia and Claire from meeting each other. His troubles multiply when his fake wife installs herself in his home. When his sweetheart meets the adventuress, it seems that he is to be arrested. However, the other woman tells of the frameup and he a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Rose
Timothy Alan Patrick Rose (September 23, 1940 – September 24, 2002) (unofficial website by long-term correspondent of Rose's) was an American singer and songwriter who spent much of his life in London, England, and had more success in Europe than in his native country. Biography Early years Rose was born in Washington, D.C., and raised by his mother Mary, who worked for the Army Corps of Engineers, his aunt, and his grandmother in an area known as South Fairlington Historic District, in Arlington, Virginia, where he was to meet Scott McKenzie, who lived nearby. Rose learned to play the banjo and guitar, and won the top music award in high school. Rose graduated from Gonzaga College Prep School, a noted Jesuit institution in DC, class of 1958. From there he joined the United States Air Force (in the Strategic Air Command), in the pre-Vietnam era, and was stationed in Kansas. He later worked as a merchant seaman on the S.S. Atlantic and in a bank, before becoming involve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Was I? (TV Series)
''Where Was I?'' was an American panel show which aired on the DuMont Television Network Tuesdays at 9pm ET from September 2, 1952, to October 6, 1953. The series consisted of panelists would have to guess a location by listening to clues and viewing photos. Hosts included Dan Seymour, Ken Roberts, and John Reed King, and panelists included Bill Cullen, Nancy Guild, Virginia Graham, and Skitch Henderson. Episode status As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist. See also *List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network *List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts *1952-53 United States network television schedule Bibliography *David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) *Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoestring (TV Series)
''Shoestring'' is a British detective fiction drama series, set in an unnamed city in the West of England and filmed in Bristol, featuring the down-at-heel private detective Eddie Shoestring (Trevor Eve), who presents his own show on Radio West, a local radio station. Broadcast on BBC1, the programme lasted for two series, between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, featuring a total of 21 episodes. After the second series was broadcast Eve decided not to return to the role, as he "wanted to diversify into theatre roles". Subsequently, the production team began taking popular elements of the series and revising them for a new series, '' Bergerac'', set in Jersey and first shown in 1981. BBC Books published two novels written by Paul Ableman, ''Shoestring'' (1979) and ''Shoestring's Finest Hour'' (1980). ''Shoestring'' was repeated on terrestrial television in January 2002, with 14 of the 21 episodes being shown airing back to back on daytime BBC One. However, due to schedulin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Dubin
Alexander Dubin (June 10, 1891 – February 11, 1945) was an American lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren. Life Al Dubin came from a Russian Jewish family that emigrated to the United States from Switzerland when he was two years old. Born in Zürich, Switzerland, he grew up in Philadelphia. Between ages of thirteen and sixteen, Dubin played hookey from school in order to travel into New York City to see Broadway musical shows. At age 14 he began writing special material for a vaudeville entertainer on 28th Street between 5th and Broadway in New York City, otherwise known as Tin Pan Alley. Dubin was accepted and enrolled at Perkiomen Seminary in September 1909, but was expelled in 1911, after writing their Alma Mater. After leaving Perkiomen, Dubin got himself a job as a singing waiter at a Philadelphia restaurant. He continued to write lyrics and tried selling them to area publishing firms. During this time, Dubin met composer Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charley Pride Discography
Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and professional baseball player. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid-1970s, when he was the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. During the peak years of his recording career (1966–1987), he had 52 top-10 hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart, 30 of which made it to number one. He won the Entertainer of the Year award at the Country Music Association Awards in 1971 and was awarded a Grammy for “Best Country Vocal Performance, Male” in 1972. Pride is one of three African-American members of the Grand Ole Opry (the others being DeFord Bailey and Darius Rucker). He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. Early life Pride was born on March 18, 1934, in Sledge, Mississippi, the fourth of eleven children of poor sharecroppers. His father intended to name him Charl Frank Pride, but owing to a clerical error on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Was I (song)
"Where Was I" is a song written by Gary Burr and Harry Stinson (musician), Harry Stinson, and recorded by American country music artist Ricky Van Shelton. It was released in January 1994 as the second single from the album ''A Bridge I Didn't Burn''. The song reached number 20 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs, Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and was the last top 40 country hit of his career. Chart performance "Where Was I" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 15, 1994. References 1994 singles Ricky Van Shelton songs Songs written by Gary Burr Song recordings produced by Steve Buckingham (record producer) Columbia Records singles Music videos directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions 1993 songs Songs written by Harry Stinson (musician) {{1994-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simplicity (Joe Pass Album)
''Simplicity'' is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was released in 1967. ''Simplicity'' was reissued with ''A Sign of the Times'' on CD by Euphoria Records in 2002. Reception Writing for AllMusic, music critic Ron Wynn wrote of the album: "smooth, fluent songs, crisp, polished solos, and sentimental material, and does everything with a modicum of effort and intensity". Track listing # "You and Me" (Vinicius de Moraes, Carlos Lyra) # " Tis Autumn" (Henry Nemo) # "Luciana" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, de Moraes, Gene Lees) # " I Had the Craziest Dream" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) # " Nobody Else but Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) # "Simplicity" (Joe Pass) # "The Sands of Time" (Timothy Barr, Jerry Leshay) # "Sometime Ago" (Sergio Mihanovich) # "The Gentle Rain" (Luiz Bonfá, Matt Dubey) # "Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) # "Where Was I (Donde Estuve Yo)" (Tommye Karen, Allan Reuss, Rainey Robinson) Personnel * Joe Pass Joe Pass (born Joseph An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Album Formerly Known As A Full Length LP (Guttermouth Album)
''Full Length LP'' is the debut album by the Huntington Beach, California punk rock band Guttermouth, released in 1991 by Dr. Strange Records. It introduced the band's style of fast, abrasive punk rock with tongue-in-cheek humor and sarcastic lyrics. The album was originally released as an LP but was repackaged the following year as a CD including tracks from the band's first 2 EPs ''Puke'' and '' Balls'', as well as the previously unreleased tracks "Malted Vomit" and "Ghost." It was re-released again in 1996 by Nitro Records under the title ''The Album Formerly Known as Full Length LP''. The album proved to be a success for the band, expanding their fan base and giving them opportunities to play shows all over southern California alongside other popular punk rock bands. An animated music video was made for the song “1, 2, 3…Slam!” and played on local punk rock and skateboarding video programs. Many of the songs from ''Full Length'' would remain staples in the band's liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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