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Hilly
Hilly may refer to: * a place with hills * a place with hill country People Surname * Francis Billy Hilly (born 1948), Solomon Islands politician * Jed Hilly, American musician * Pat Hilly (1887–1953), American baseball player Given name * Hilly Bardwell, wife of Alastair Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock * Hilly Elkins (1929–2010), American producer * Hilly Flitcraft (1923–2003), American baseball player * Hilly Hathaway (born 1969), American baseball player * Hilly Hicks Sr. (born 1950), American actor * Hilly Hicks Jr. (born 1970), American playwright and screenwriter * Hilly Kristal (1931–2007), American musician and club owner * Hilly Michaels, American musician * Hilly Rose, American radio personality Other uses * Hilly Creek, a creek in Halifax County, Virginia, U.S. See also * * Hillier (other) * Hillies (other) * Hillyer (other) * Hillyfields (other), including Hilly Field(s) * Hill (other) Hill usually refers to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilly Kristal
Hillel Kristal (September 23, 1931August 28, 2007) was an American club owner, manager and musician who was the owner of the iconic New York City club CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute. Early years Kristal was born in New York City in 1931, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. His father, Shamai Kristal, was a Russian pogrom survivor. Shamai whose namesake was Shammai, named his son after Shammai's contemporary, Hillel the Elder. His family moved to Hightstown, New Jersey when he was an infant. He studied music from a young age and eventually attended the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia. Kristal also spent a period of time in the Marines. Venturing into music He moved back to New York City, where he worked as a singer, appearing on stage in the men's choral group at Radio City Music Hall. He later became the manager of the Village Vanguard, a jazz club in Greenwich Village, where he booked Miles Davis and other musicians. He marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilly Michaels
Hilly Michaels, also known as Hilly Boy Michaels, is an American drummer and musician who is best known for playing drums with Sparks in the 1970s. Then a New York-based session drummer, he performed on Sparks' 1976 album ''Big Beat'', which was produced by Rupert Holmes. Michaels was the only session musician to go on the North American tour with Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks. Michaels released two solo albums in the early 1980s, '' Calling All Girls'' (1980) and ''Lumia'' (1981). History His first music experience came with playing in a band called Joy, featuring a young Michael Bolton. Later, Michaels played with artists such as The Cherry Vanilla Band, Peach & Lee, Sparks, Ellen Foley, The Hunter/ Ronson Band, Dan Hartman, John Mellencamp, Marianne Faithfull, and Ronnie Wood. In 1979, Jake Hooker worked with Michaels to capture a million dollar deal with Warner Bros. Records and a music video to promote '' Calling All Girls'' in 1980 with Roy Thomas Baker as the produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillyfields (other)
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Hillyfields or Hilly Fields may refer to: Places * Hilly Fields, Colchester, a local nature reserve in Colchester, England * Hilly Fields, Lewisham, a park in Lewisham, England * Hilly Fields, a park in Enfield, England * Hillyfields, Derbyshire, part of the village of North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England * Hillyfields, Hampshire, a suburb of Southampton, England Other uses * "Hilly Fields", a 1982 song by Nick Nicely See also * , including Hillyfields * , including Hilly Fields * Hillfield (other), including Hill Field(s) * Hill (other) * Hilly (other) * Hilly Flanks, areas around the Fertile Crescent * Field (other) * Fields (other) Fields may refer to: Music *Fields (band), an indie rock band formed in 2006 *Fields (progressive rock band), a progressive rock band formed in 1971 * ''Fields'' (album), an LP by Swedish-based indie rock band Junip (2010) * "Fields", a song by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilly Rose
Hilly Rose was an American radio personality and a pioneer of the talk radio format. His professional career has spanned seven decades. He was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame as a "Living Legend" pioneer broadcaster in 2016. Early career Rose began working as a child radio actor in Chicago during the 1940s, appearing on shows such as ''Ma Perkins'' and ''The First Nighter Program''. His career was interrupted by military service, but he returned to the air on KCBS in San Francisco hosting one of the earliest talk radio programs. As a reporter for the station, he also landed a rare interview with the Beatles in 1964. Career highlights Rose has hosted talk radio programs on KFI, KABC, and KMPC in Los Angeles as well as KGO-AM and KCBS in San Francisco. He won the California State Fair award for investigative reporting. During the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, Rose solicited AT&T to build a communications infrastructure so that troops could contact their families. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jed Hilly
Jed Hilly is the American Executive Director of the Americana Music Association. Hilly was formerly the vice-president of Digital Asset Management and Marketing Services at Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. Career Orbison Records Following the 9/11 disaster, Hilly relocated his family to Nashville, Tennessee. There he was hired by Barbara Orbison, widow of singer Roy Orbison as Vice President of Orbison Records, where he steered numerous initiatives that re-monetized the catalog of the artist. He coordinated museum exhibits and helped to produce the American Music Master Series at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; oversaw the campaign to encourage the US Postal Service to issue a commemorative stamp to honor Roy Orbison; and initiated numerous other projects and re-releases of the Orbison catalog that resulted in tripling sales over previous years. Americana Music Association In the spring of 2007, Hilly accepted the position as Executive Director of the Americana Music Association, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Hilly
William Edward Hilly (February 22, 1887 – July 25, 1953) was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ... in . Hilly's actual last name was Hilgerink. External links 1887 births 1953 deaths Philadelphia Phillies players Major League Baseball right fielders Baseball players from Ohio Dayton Flyers baseball players Keokuk Indians players People from Fostoria, Ohio {{baseball-right-fielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilly Hicks Jr
Hilly may refer to: * a place with hills * a place with hill country People Surname * Francis Billy Hilly (born 1948), Solomon Islands politician * Jed Hilly, American musician * Pat Hilly (1887–1953), American baseball player Given name * Hilly Bardwell, wife of Alastair Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock * Hilly Elkins (1929–2010), American producer * Hilly Flitcraft (1923–2003), American baseball player * Hilly Hathaway (born 1969), American baseball player * Hilly Hicks Sr. (born 1950), American actor * Hilly Hicks Jr. (born 1970), American playwright and screenwriter * Hilly Kristal (1931–2007), American musician and club owner * Hilly Michaels, American musician * Hilly Rose, American radio personality Other uses * Hilly Creek, a creek in Halifax County, Virginia, U.S. See also * * Hillier (other) * Hillies (other) * Hillyer (other) * Hillyfields (other), including Hilly Field(s) * Hill (other) Hill usually refers to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Country
The Texas Hill Country is a geographic region of Central and South Texas, forming the southeast part of the Edwards Plateau. Given its location, climate, terrain, and vegetation, the Hill Country can be considered the border between the American Southeast and Southwest. The region represents the very remote rural countryside of Central Texas, but also is home to growing suburban neighborhoods and affluent retirement communities. The region is notable for its karst topography and tall rugged hills of limestone or granite. Many of the hills rise to a height of above the surrounding plains and valleys, with Packsaddle Mountain rising to a height of above the Llano River in Kingsland. The Hill Country also includes the Llano Uplift and the second-largest granite dome in the United States, Enchanted Rock. The terrain throughout the region is characterized by a thin layer of topsoil and many exposed rocks and boulders, making the region very dry and prone to flash flooding. Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct Summit (topography), summit. Terminology The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally considered to be not as tall, or as Grade (slope), steep as a mountain. Geographers historically regarded mountains as hills greater than above sea level, which formed the basis of the plot of the 1995 film ''The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain''. In contrast, hillwalkers have tended to regard mountains as peaks above sea level. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' also suggests a limit of and Whittow states "Some authorities regard eminences above as mountains, those below being referred to as hills." Today, a mountain is usually defined in the UK and Ireland as any summit at least high, while the official UK government's definition of a mountain is a summit of or higher. Some definitions include a topographical pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilly Hathaway
Hillary Houston Hathaway (born September 12, 1969) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Career Drafted by the California Angels in the 35th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft, Hathaway made his Major League Baseball debut with the Angels in September, 1992, pitching twice. He made eleven more pitching starts for the Angels in 1993. On March 29, 1994, he was traded to the San Diego Padres for Harold Reynolds Harold Craig Reynolds (born November 26, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from to , most prominently as a member of the Se .... He pitched for the Las Vegas Stars, the Padres top minor league affiliate in 1994. In 1995, his final professional season, he played for Las Vegas again and briefly for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. External links 1969 births Living people American expatriate baseball players in Canada Baseb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilly Flitcraft
Hildreth Milton "Hilly" Flitcraft (August 21, 1923 – April 2, 2003) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Flitcraft played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1942 season. In 3 career games, he had a 0–0 record with an 8.10 ERA. He batted and threw left-handed. Following the 1942 season, Flitcraft voluntarily retired from baseball in order to tend to the family dairy farm during World War II. Flitcraft was born in Woodstown, New Jersey, and died in Boulder, Colorado. Hildreth Milton Flitcraft is referenced in Allen W. Wood, Allen Woods' 2017 ''Formulas of the Moral Law'' as a seemingly random or stand-in name. The reference is found in footnote 7, and is used within the context of a Kantian maxim, maxim: “Make a false promise on a Tuesday to a person named Hildreth Milton Flitcraft”. References External links 1923 births 2003 deaths People from Woodstown, New Jersey Sportspeople from Salem County, New Jersey Philadelphia Phillies players Baseball players from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilly Elkins
Hillard (Hilly) Elkins (October 18, 1929 – December 1, 2010) was an American theatre and film producer. Life and career Born in Brooklyn in New York City, Elkins attended Erasmus Hall and Midwood High Schools and Brooklyn College. William Grimes"Hillard Elkins, Producer, Is Dead at 81" ''The New York Times'', December 7, 2010. At the age of eighteen he already had his degree and was studying law while working in the mail room at the William Morris Agency, quickly moving up the ranks to agent and then head of the theatrical department.David Rensin, '' The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up'' (Random House, reprint 2004), , pp. 3–15Excerpt availableat Google Books. After serving in the Korean War by making training films in Manhattan, he returned to agency work, but in 1953 left to open his own management company, where he represented James Coburn, Robert Culp, Steve McQueen, Mel Brooks, Herbert Ross, Charles Strouse, and Lee Adams. Elkins turned to Broadway theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
