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Wide Open Spaces (2009 Film)
Wide Open Spaces may refer to: * ''Wide Open Spaces'' (album), a 1998 album by the Dixie Chicks ** "Wide Open Spaces" (song), a song from the Dixie Chicks album * ''Wide Open Spaces'' (1924 film), starring Stan Laurel * ''Wide Open Spaces'' (1947 film), starring Donald Duck *Wide Open Spaces, an outdoors website published by Publishers Clearing House See also *" Wide Open Space", a 1996 song by UK band Mansun * Wide Open Space (festival) in the Australian Northern Territory {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wide Open Spaces (album)
''Wide Open Spaces'' is the fourth studio album and the major label debut of American country music band Dixie Chicks. It was their first record with new lead vocalist Natalie Maines, and became their breakthrough commercial success. It received diamond status by the RIAA on February 20, 2003, in the United States, having shipped 13 million units worldwide, while spending more than six years in the Australian ARIA music charts Country Top 20. "Once You've Loved Somebody" had previously been recorded by John & Audrey Wiggins on their 1996 album, '' The Dream''. ''Wide Open Spaces'', as well as their next albums ''Fly'' (1999) and ''Home'' (2002), were released in the HDCD format. Critical reception Upon its release, ''Wide Open Spaces'' received favorable reviews from critics. Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a two-star honorable mention, simply stating that the "blonds have more brains (than they get credit for)." ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that "this traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wide Open Spaces (song)
"Wide Open Spaces" is a song written by Susan Gibson and recorded by the American country music group Dixie Chicks. It was released in August 1998 as the third single and title track from the band's album '' Wide Open Spaces''. The song hit number one on the U.S. Country singles chart and spent four weeks there in November 1998. It also placed to number 41 on the U.S. Pop singles chart. In 2001, the RIAA placed "Wide Open Spaces" at number 259 on its 365 Songs of the Century list. In 2003, CMT named it number 22 in its 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music list. History Amarillo, Texas-based Susan Gibson wrote the song's first lyrics in 1993, on her first visit back home after leaving for forestry school at the University of Montana. She left the notebook containing the lyrics at home by mistake when she returned to school; her mother found it and included it in a care package, inspiring Gibson to complete a song along the themes of leaving home. She first performed it in lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wide Open Spaces (1924 Film)
''Wide Open Spaces'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. It is a parody of the 1923 film ''Wild Bill Hickok'' and its original title was ''Wild Bill Hiccough''. Gabriel Goober thwarts a stagecoach robbery by Jack McQueen and his gang. Cast * Stan Laurel as Gabriel Goober * Ena Gregory * James Finlayson as Jack McQueen * George Rowe * Noah Young * Sammy Brooks * Billy Engle as Phil Sheridan * Charles Dudley as Abraham Lincoln * Al Forbes as George Armstrong Custer * Mae Laurel as Calamity Jane Martha Jane Cannary (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. In addition to many exploits she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok. Late ... References External links * 1924 films American black-and-white films 1924 comedy films 1924 short films Films directed by George Jeske American silent short films Silent American comedy films Cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wide Open Spaces (1947 Film)
''Wide Open Spaces'' is a 1947 Donald Duck short cartoon, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Jack King for Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio Pictures. Plot The short opens late at night in front of the "Hold-Up Motel" where Donald, exhausted and looking for a place to sleep, pulls his car over to spend the night. The motel owner informs him that all the beds are occupied and the only option he has is sleeping outside on the cot on the porch. Donald accepts, but before he can hop on the cot, the motel owner adds that it costs 16 dollars (), causing Donald to angrily refuse and tie the man's arm into a knot. In response, the motel owner kicks Donald, sending him flying into his car. Donald drives deeper into the woodland and finds a spot to sleep on an air mattress. After struggling to get the mattress inflated (failing twice with a floor pump before blowing it up himself), Donald gets ready to rest but is bothered by a rock underneath the mattress. He throws the rock aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishers Clearing House
Publishers Clearing House (PCH) is a direct marketing company that markets merchandise and magazine subscriptions with sweepstakes and prize-based games. It was founded in 1953 by Harold Mertz to replace door-to-door magazine subscription sales by a single vendor offering multiple subscriptions by mail. It introduced its sweepstakes in 1967. In the early 1990s, the company was the subject of concerns and legal actions regarding whether consumers were misled about their odds of winning the sweepstakes and whether purchases increased their chances. By 2010, the company had reached settlements with all 50 states. The company acquired search company Blingo in 2006, online gaming company Funtank in 2010, mobile marketing company Liquid Wireless in 2012, and internet news aggregator Topix in 2019. History Early history Publishers Clearing House was founded in 1953 in Port Washington, New York, by Harold Mertz, a former manager of a door-to-door sales team for magazine subscript ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wide Open Space
"Wide Open Space" is a song by Chester rock band Mansun, released as a single on 25 November 1996. The song was the lead track of ''Four EP''. The single's success led to alternative versions appearing on four of the next five Mansun singles. These versions were one live, one acoustic, and two remixes, the first and most popular by Perfecto, and a NRG version by The Trouser Enthusiasts. A completely different version credited to longtime engineer Mike Hunter was included as a hidden bonus track on their compilation ''Kleptomania''. The song also appears on ''The Sound of Gran Turismo'', a soundtrack album based on '' Gran Turismo''. Background Singer Paul Draper said, "I struggled for 6 months to find the lyrics from this song, I eventually got them from absorbing someone talking on TV which gave me the title, then I painted the imagery around that." History "Wide Open Space" was not the group's most successful single in terms of sales or UK chart position – reaching numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
