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Dawn Shadforth
Dawn Shadforth (born 11 October 1973) is a British director of music videos, TV, and film and a visual artist. She was originally a fine artist making work with objects, light, video and sound. She won the Whitworth Young Contemporaries Award for the installation "Sweet Dreams" in 1991 which was exhibited in Manchester and Sheffield. Shadforth later became a music-video and television director, receiving many awards for her work in music video including: Best New Director at The 1998 CAD Awards, Best Director at the 2001 CAD Awards. Visionary Video at the VH1/Vogue (magazine), Vogue Fashion Awards. The Icon Award at the 2010 UK Music Video Awards. And for dramatic work she won a BIFA for Best British Short Film at the 2018 British Independent Film Awards for the short film ''The Big Day'', and subsequently nominated for two BAFTAs in 2019 for Breakthrough talent for ''Trust (American TV series), Trust'' episode "Silenzio" and in 2021 for Best Mini-Series for ''Adult Material''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billericay
Billericay ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Basildon in Essex, England. It lies within the London Basin, east of the City of London. The town was founded in the 13th century by the Stratford Langthorne Abbey, Abbot of West Ham, in his Great Burstead, Manor of Great Burstead. During the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, the Essex rebels were defeated in a battle with Richard II's forces in the Battle of Billericay. In 1620 four local people were on board the Mayflower as it sailed to Massachusetts, to establish the first English settlement in what would become the north of the United States. The town has long taken a pride in this connection, and many businesses and other organisations use the name ''Mayflower'', with the Town Council and other local organisations using it as their emblem. Toponym The origin of the name Billericay is unclear. It was first recorded as "Byllyrica" in 1291.PH Reaney-Place Names of Essex- English Place name Society - V12 The urban settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under English rule in 1683 in what was then the Province of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population stood at 2,736,074, making it the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, and the most populous Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County, county in the state.Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2020 New York State Department of Health. Accessed January 2, 2024. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Believe The Truth
''Don't Believe the Truth'' is the sixth studio album by English rock band Oasis. It was released on 30 May 2005 by Big Brother Recordings. It reached number one in the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of 237,865, and is the 32nd fastest selling album ever in the UK. The album entered the US charts at number 12, with 65,000 copies sold in the first week, the highest any Oasis album had reached there since 1997's '' Be Here Now'', although its chart stay was brief. ''Don't Believe the Truth'' went triple platinum in the UK in the first week of 2006 (1,000,000+ sales), and in the US has sold more than 200,000 copies. As with the previous album, ''Don't Believe The Truth'' had significant writing contributions from members other than chief songwriter Noel Gallagher, and the album is the first where all duties were divided between the band members. On some of the tracks regular bass player Andy Bell handled guitar, while Gem Archer and Noel Gallagher contributed bass to othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oasis (band)
Oasis are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. The group initially consisted of Liam Gallagher (lead vocals), Paul Arthurs, Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (guitar), Paul McGuigan (musician), Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (bass guitar) and Tony McCarroll (drums). Liam asked his older brother Noel Gallagher (lead guitar, vocals) to join as a fifth member a few months later to finalise their formation. Noel became the ''de facto'' leader of the group and took over the songwriting duties for the band's first four studio albums. They are regarded as one of the defining and most globally successful groups of the Britpop genre. Oasis signed to independent record label Creation Records in 1993 and released their record-setting debut studio album ''Definitely Maybe'' (1994), which topped the UK Albums Chart and quickly became the fastest-selling debut album in British history at the time. The following year, they released ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'' (1995) with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Importance Of Being Idle (song)
"The Importance of Being Idle" is a song by English rock band Oasis. It was released on 22 August 2005 in the UK as the second single from their sixth studio album, ''Don't Believe the Truth'' (2005), written, produced, and sung by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. The song was written by Gallagher in mid-2004, before the band made their final attempt at recording what would become ''Don't Believe the Truth''. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for a week, marking the first time that Oasis had ever earned two successive number ones in the same calendar year (having also charted at number one earlier in 2005 with " Lyla"). "The Importance of Being Idle" would prove to be the band's last UK number one prior to their break-up in 2009. Noel Gallagher got the title from the book of the same name, which he found whilst cleaning out a garage. Background In an interview with ''Q magazine'', Noel Gallagher stated that "The Importance of Being Idle" so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can't Get You Out Of My Head
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album, ''Fever (Kylie Minogue album), Fever'' (2001). Parlophone, Parlophone Records released the song as the album's Single (music), lead single on 8 September 2001. "Can't Get You Out of My Head", which was written and produced by Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis (musician), Rob Davis, is a dance-pop, techno-pop and nu-disco song that is known for its "la la la" hook. Its lyrics are about obsession with a love interest. Music critics praised the song's production and Minogue's vocals and labelled it a highlight of ''Fever''. The song reached number one on the charts in 40 countries worldwide. It peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and was certified three-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It also topped the ARIA Charts, Australian Singles Chart and received a three-times Music recording certification, Platinum certificatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and fashion world as a major style icon. List of awards and nominations received by Kylie Minogue, Her accolades include two Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards and eighteen ARIA Music Awards. Minogue is the highest-selling Australian female artist of all time, with sales surpassing 80 million records worldwide. In 2024, ''Time (magazine), Time'' listed her in its annual list of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world. Born and raised in Melbourne, Minogue first achieved recognition starring as Charlene Robinson in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' (1986–1988). She began her music career in the late 1980s, releasing four dance-pop studio albums under Pete Waterman Entertainment, PWL. By the early 1990s, Minogue had amassed sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special (Garbage Song)
"Special" is a song by American Rock music, rock band Garbage (band), Garbage from their second studio album, ''Version 2.0'' (1998). It was released as the album's third single. The track contains a vocal Interpolation (popular music), interpolation of a lyric taken from "Talk of the Town (Pretenders song), Talk of the Town" by the Pretenders. Commercially, "Special" reached number 15 in the United Kingdom, number 52 on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number 54 in Australia. The song received nominations for Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, Best Rock Song and Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, 2000 Grammy Awards, and winning a Wisconsin Area Music Industry award for Song of the Year and a Citation of Achievement from the Broadcast Music, Inc., BMI Pop Awards. The sci-fi-inspired music video for "Special" also received nominations from music industry aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garbage (band)
Garbage is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 1993 in Madison, Wisconsin. The band's line-up consisting of Scottish musician Shirley Manson (vocals) and American musicians Duke Erikson (guitar, bass, keyboards), Steve Marker (guitar, keyboards), and Butch Vig (drums, percussion) has remained unchanged since its inception. All four members are involved in songwriting and production. Garbage has sold over 17 million albums worldwide. The band's 1995 Garbage (album), eponymous debut album was critically acclaimed, selling over four million copies and achieving music recording sales certification, double platinum certification in the UK, the US, and Australia. It was accompanied by a string of increasingly successful single (music), singles, including "Stupid Girl (Garbage song), Stupid Girl" and "Only Happy When It Rains". Follow-up ''Version 2.0'' (1998) was equally successful, topping the UK Albums Chart and receiving two Grammy Award nominations. The band followed this b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Seeing I
The All Seeing I are a British electronic music group from Sheffield, England, comprising Dean Honer, Jason Buckle and DJ Parrot (real name Richard Barratt). Biography The band released their first single "I Walk" in 1997, but it was not until the year after that they gained mainstream commercial success with the song "The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher song), Beat Goes On", a remixed cover version, cover of the Sonny Bono song, using the vocals from Buddy Rich's version, which were sung by his daughter Cathy. Their works were something of a Sheffield collective, and the trio worked with artists from the city including Tony Christie, Jarvis Cocker, Philip Oakey, Babybird and many others. Their regular live vocalist was Bozz, who later went on to form electronica duo Hiem. All Seeing I were asked in November 1998 to produce a cover of "The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher song), Beat Goes On" for Britney Spears' debut album ''...Baby One More Time (album), ...Baby One More Time''. They h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
