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Vesta Tilley

2006-10-28T10:21:36Z

195.93.21.7:

[[Image:Vesta Tilley (in and out of drag).jpg|thumb|300px|Cards of Vesta Tilley, out of drag and in a male role.]]

'''Vesta Tilley''' ([[May 13]], [[1864]] – [[September 16]], [[1952]]), born '''Matilda Alice Powles''', was an [[England|English]] [[Drag king|male impersonator]]. She was the most famous and well paid [[music hall]] male impersonator of her day, a star in England and the US for over thirty years.

__TOC__

==Early years==

Tilley was born in [[Worcester]], [[Worcestershire]], [[England]]. Her father was a comedy actor and sometimes theatre manager, and Tilley first appeared on stage at the age of three and a half. At the age of six she did her first role in male clothing under the name ''Pocket Sims Reeves'', a parody of then-famous music hall singer [[Sims Reeves]]. She would come to prefer doing male roles exclusively, saying that "I felt that I could express myself better if I were dressed as a boy". At the age of eleven she debuted in London under at Canterbury Hall the name ''Vesta Tilley''. "Tilley" being a nickname for Matilda, and "Vesta" referring a brand of safety-matches.

==Stardom==
[[Image:Vesta Tilley (poster).jpg|thumb|130px|right|A poster featuring Vesta Tilley]]

Vesta Tilley married [[Walter de Frece]], the son of a theatre owner, in 1890. By then she was already a famous entertainer, and her career would continue to blossom. Walter de Frece founded a chain of music halls called ''The Hippodrome'' where Tilley was a regular performer. A true professional, she would spend months preparing the new character types she wanted to represent on stage. These roles had a slightly mocking edge, furthering her popularity among the working class men in her audience. She was wildly popular among women as well, who viewed her as a symbol of independence. As a celebrated [[vaudeville]] star, she laid the foundation stone of the [[Sunderland Empire]] theatre in [[1906]], and as a result, has a bar named in her honour within the venue.

[[Image:Vesta Tilley (photograph).jpg|thumb|130px|left|Vesta Tilley as a foppish young man]]
Her career reached the US as well, and in England she made her first [[Royal Variety]] performance in [[1912]] as ''The Piccadilly Johnny with the Little Glass Eye'': "The most perfectly dressed young man in the house".

==Wartime effort==

Tilley's popularity reached its all-time high point during WWI, when she and her husband ran a military recruitment drive, as did a number of other music-hall stars. In the guise of characters like ''Tommy in the Trench'' and ''Jack Tar Home from Sea'', Tilley performed songs like "The army of today's all right" and "Jolly Good Luck to the Girl who Loves a Soldier". This is how she got the nickname "Britain's best recruiting sergeant" - young men were sometimes asked to join the army on stage during her show.
She was prepared to be a little controversial. Famously, for example, she sang a song "I've got a bit of a blighty one", about a soldier who was delighted to have been wounded because it allowed him to go back to England and get away from extremely deadly battlefields. ("A blighty one = a wound which sends you back to England").

''"When I think about my dugout / Where I dare not stick my mug out / I'm glad I've got a bit of a blighty one!"''

Tilley performed in hospitals and sold War Bonds. Her husband was knighted in 1919 for services to the war effort and switched careers to become an MP, and Tilley became Lady de Frece.

==Retirement==

Tilley made her last performance in [[1920]] at ''Coliseum'' in London, at the age of 56. For the rest of her life she lived as Lady de Frece, moving to Monte Carlo with her husband when her husband retired. She moved back to England after her husband's death in 1935. Her autobiography, ''Recollections of Vesta Tilley'', was published in 1934. Vesta Tilley died in [[London]] in [[1952]], aged 88.

==External links==
*[http://www.collectorspost.com/cgi-bin/ShopLoader.cgi?Actors/vesta_tilley.html Biography on Collectors' Post]
*[http://www.womenofbrighton.co.uk/vestatilley.htm Biography on Women of Brighton]
*[http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/guided_tours/music_hall_tour/music_hall_stars/tilley.php Biography on People Play UK]
*[http://www.casselden.webspace.unisonplus.net/ Mike Casselden's Vesta Tilley website]
*[http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?query=vesta+tilley&queryType=%40attr+1%3D1 Vesta Tilley cylinder recordings], from the [[Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project]] at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] Library.

[[Category:1864 births|Tilley, Vesta]]
[[Category:1952 deaths|Tilley, Vesta]]
[[Category:Drag kings|Tilley, Vesta]]
[[Category:Vaudeville performers|Tilley, Vesta]]
[[Category:Transgender and transsexual people|Tilley, Vesta]]

[[sv:Vesta Tilley]]

Vesta Tilley

2006-10-28T10:11:22Z

195.93.21.7:

[[Image:Vesta Tilley (in and out of drag).jpg|thumb|300px|Cards of Vesta Tilley, out of drag and in a male role.]]

'''Vesta Tilley''' ([[May 13]], [[1864]] – [[September 16]], [[1952]]), born '''Matilda Alice Powles''', was an [[England|English]] [[Drag king|male impersonator]]. She was the most famous and well paid [[music hall]] male impersonator of her day, a star in England and the US for over thirty years.

__TOC__

==Early years==

Tilley was born in [[Worcester]], [[Worcestershire]], [[England]]. Her father was a comedy actor and sometimes theatre manager, and Tilley first appeared on stage at the age of three and a half. At the age of six she did her first role in male clothing under the name ''Pocket Sims Reeves'', a parody of then-famous music hall singer [[Sims Reeves]]. She would come to prefer doing male roles exclusively, saying that "I felt that I could express myself better if I were dressed as a boy". At the age of eleven she debuted in London under at Canterbury Hall the name ''Vesta Tilley''. "Tilley" being a nickname for Matilda, and "Vesta" referring a brand of safety-matches.

==Stardom==
[[Image:Vesta Tilley (poster).jpg|thumb|130px|right|A poster featuring Vesta Tilley]]

Vesta Tilley married [[Walter de Frece]], the son of a theatre owner, in 1890. By then she was already a famous entertainer, and her career would continue to blossom. Walter de Frece founded a chain of music halls called ''The Hippodrome'' where Tilley was a regular performer. A true professional, she would spend months preparing the new character types she wanted to represent on stage. Her most famous character was the humorous tramp in her hit song ''Burlington Bertie'', a song about a man who sleeps under the stars and who 'hasn't eaten for so long, forgot where my face is'. These roles had a slightly mocking edge, furthering her popularity among the working class men in her audience. She was wildly popular among women as well, who viewed her as a symbol of independence. As a celebrated [[vaudeville]] star, she laid the foundation stone of the [[Sunderland Empire]] theatre in [[1906]], and as a result, has a bar named in her honour within the venue.

[[Image:Vesta Tilley (photograph).jpg|thumb|130px|left|Vesta Tilley as a foppish young man]]
Her career reached the US as well, and in England she made her first [[Royal Variety]] performance in [[1912]] as ''The Piccadilly Johnny with the Little Glass Eye'': "The most perfectly dressed young man in the house".

==Wartime effort==

Tilley's popularity reached its all-time high point during WWI, when she and her husband ran a military recruitment drive, as did a number of other music-hall stars. In the guise of characters like ''Tommy in the Trench'' and ''Jack Tar Home from Sea'', Tilley performed songs like "The army of today's all right" and "Jolly Good Luck to the Girl who Loves a Soldier". This is how she got the nickname "Britain's best recruiting sergeant" - young men were sometimes asked to join the army on stage during her show.
She was prepared to be a little controversial. Famously, for example, she sang a song "I've got a bit of a blighty one", about a soldier who was delighted to have been wounded because it allowed him to go back to England and get away from extremely deadly battlefields. ("A blighty one = a wound which sends you back to England").

''"When I think about my dugout / Where I dare not stick my mug out / I'm glad I've got a bit of a blighty one!"''

Tilley performed in hospitals and sold War Bonds. Her husband was knighted in 1919 for services to the war effort and switched careers to become an MP, and Tilley became Lady de Frece.

==Retirement==

Tilley made her last performance in [[1920]] at ''Coliseum'' in London, at the age of 56. For the rest of her life she lived as Lady de Frece, moving to Monte Carlo with her husband when her husband retired. She moved back to England after her husband's death in 1935. Her autobiography, ''Recollections of Vesta Tilley'', was published in 1934. Vesta Tilley died in [[London]] in [[1952]], aged 88.

==External links==
*[http://www.collectorspost.com/cgi-bin/ShopLoader.cgi?Actors/vesta_tilley.html Biography on Collectors' Post]
*[http://www.womenofbrighton.co.uk/vestatilley.htm Biography on Women of Brighton]
*[http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/guided_tours/music_hall_tour/music_hall_stars/tilley.php Biography on People Play UK]
*[http://www.casselden.webspace.unisonplus.net/ Mike Casselden's Vesta Tilley website]
*[http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?query=vesta+tilley&queryType=%40attr+1%3D1 Vesta Tilley cylinder recordings], from the [[Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project]] at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] Library.

[[Category:1864 births|Tilley, Vesta]]
[[Category:1952 deaths|Tilley, Vesta]]
[[Category:Drag kings|Tilley, Vesta]]
[[Category:Vaudeville performers|Tilley, Vesta]]
[[Category:Transgender and transsexual people|Tilley, Vesta]]

[[sv:Vesta Tilley]]

Vesta Tilley

2006-08-31T17:24:16Z

195.93.21.7:

[[Image:Vesta Tilley (in and out of drag).jpg|thumb|300px|Cards of Vesta Tilley, out of drag and in a male role.]]

'''Vesta Tilley''' ([[May 13]], [[1864]] – [[September 16]], [[1952]]), born '''Matilda Alice Powles''', was an [[England|English]] [[Drag king|male impersonator]]. She was the most famous and well paid [[music hall]] male impersonator of her day, a star in England and the US for over thirty years.

__TOC__

==Early years==

Tilley was born in [[Worcester]], [[Worcestershire]], [[England]]. Her father was a comedy actor and sometimes theatre manager, and Tilley first appeared on stage at the age of three and a half. At the age of six she did her first role in male clothing under the name ''Pocket Sims Reeves'', a parody of then-famous music hall singer [[Sims Reeves]]. She would come to prefer doing male roles exclusively, saying that "I felt that I could express myself better if I were dressed as a boy". At the age of eleven she debuted in London under at Canterbury Hall the name ''Vesta Tilley''. "Tilley" being a nickname for Matilda, and "Vesta" referring a brand of safety-matches.

==Stardom==
[[Image:Vesta Tilley (poster).jpg|thumb|130px|right|A poster featuring Vesta Tilley]]

Vesta Tilley married [[Walter de Frece]], the son of a theatre owner, in 1890. By then she was already a famous entertainer, and her career would continue to blossom. Walter de Frece founded a chain of music halls called ''The Hippodrome'' where Tilley was a regular performer. A true professional, she would spend months preparing the new character types she wanted to represent on stage. Her most famous character was the reprobate tramp - 'haven't eaten for so long, forgot where my face is' - in her hit song ''Burlington Bertie'', a risque song which includes a reference to the then British Prime Minister, Lord Rosebery, who had been suspected of having a homosexual affair with the elder brother of Lord Alfred Douglas (Oscar Wilde's lover)who subsequently committed suicide. The relevant line runs "Everyone knows me, from Smith to Lord Rosebery". These roles had a slightly mocking edge, furthering her popularity among the working class men in her audience. She was wildly popular among women as well, who viewed her as a symbol of independence. As a celebrated [[vaudeville]] star, she laid the foundation stone of the [[Sunderland Empire]] theatre in [[1906]], and as a result, has a bar named in her honour within the venue.

[[Image:Vesta Tilley (photograph).jpg|thumb|130px|left|Vesta Tilley as a foppish young man]]
Her career reached the US as well, and in England she made her first [[Royal Variety]] performance in [[1912]] as ''The Piccadilly Johnny with the Little Glass Eye'': "The most perfectly dressed young man in the house".

==Wartime effort==

Tilley's popularity reached its all-time high point during WWI, when she and her husband ran a military recruitment drive. In the guise of characters like ''Tommy in the Trench'' and ''Jack Tar Home from Sea'', Tilley performed songs like "The army of today's all right" and "Jolly Good Luck to the Girl who Loves a Soldier". She was prepared to be a little controversial. Famously, for example, she sang a song "I've got a bit of a blighty one", about a soldier who was delighted to have been wounded because it allowed him to go back to England and get away from extremely deadly battlefields. ("A blighty one = a wound which sends you back to England").

''"When I think about my dugout / Where I dare not stick my mug out / I'm glad I've got a bit of a blighty one!"''

Tilley performed in hospitals and sold War Bonds. Her husband was knighted in 1919 for services to the war effort and switched careers to become an MP, and Tilley became Lady de Frece.

==Retirement==

Tilley made her last performance in [[1920]] at ''Coliseum'' in London, at the age of 56. For the rest of her life she lived as Lady de Frece, moving to Monte Carlo with her husband when her husband retired. She moved back to England after her husband's death in 1935. Her autobiography, ''Recollections of Vesta Tilley'', was published in 1934. Vesta Tilley died in [[London]] in [[1952]], aged 88.

==External links==
*[http://www.collectorspost.com/cgi-bin/ShopLoader.cgi?Actors/vesta_tilley.html Biography on Collectors' Post]
*[http://www.womenofbrighton.co.uk/vestatilley.htm Biography on Women of Brighton]
*[http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/guided_tours/music_hall_tour/music_hall_stars/tilley.php Biography on People Play UK]
*[http://www.casselden.webspace.unisonplus.net/ Mike Casselden's Vesta Tilley website]
*[http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?query=vesta+tilley&queryType=%40attr+1%3D1 Vesta Tilley cylinder recordings], from the [[Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project]] at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] Library.

[[Category:1864 births|Tilley, Vesta]]
[[Category:1952 deaths|Tilley, Vesta]]
[[Category:Drag kings|Tilley, Vesta]]
[[Category:Vaudeville performers|Tilley, Vesta]]
[[Category:Transgender and transsexual people|Tilley, Vesta]]

[[sv:Vesta Tilley]]

Fly Like a Bird

2006-08-10T11:17:55Z

195.93.21.7: /* Commercial release */

{{Single infobox
| Name = Fly like a Bird
| Cover = Flabcover.jpg
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
| from Album = [[The Emancipation of Mimi]]
| Released = [[April 3]] [[2006]] ([[United States|U.S.]])
| Format = [[Digital download]]
| Recorded = [[New York City]], U.S. and [[Capri]], [[Italy]]; 2004
| Genre = [[R&B]]/[[Gospel music|Gospel]]
| Length = 3:52
| Label = [[Island Def Jam Records|Island/Def Jam]]
| Writer = Mariah Carey, [[James "Big Jim" Wright|James Wright]]
| Producer = Mariah Carey, James Wright
| Chart position = <ul><li>#104 (U.S.)</li></ul>
| Last single = "[[Say Somethin']]" (2006)
| This single = "Fly like a Bird" (2006)
| Next single = . . .
}}
"'''Fly like a Bird'''" is a song written and produced by American singer [[Mariah Carey]] and [[James "Big Jim" Wright]] for Carey's fourteenth album ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]'' (2005). It was released as a [[single (music)|single]] from the album in 2006 (see [[2006 in music]]). The song's protagonist speaks to [[God]]: "Fly like a bird, take to the sky, I need you now Lord, Carry me high!"

==Theme==
Carey created the chorus' main melody and lyrics, while Wright arranged its chord structure. Carey later wrote the rest of the lyrics and asked her pastor, Clarence Keaton, to speak on the track. Keaton read directly from the [[Bible]]: "Weeping may endure for the night, but joy will come in the morning." Carey named it "my favorite song on the album [...] mainly because it's very much a spiritual message.... And I just felt like the message was really important to include on the album and that's why it's the final song on the album. It kind of sums up everything. It kind of leaves you on a spiritual high moment."

''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' magazine called the song "a classic" <ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/single_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002275388 Billboard.com] </ref> and described it as "another career-redefining hit ... The flight of "Bird" from humble call for deliverance into a frenzied ecclesiastic hymn is utterly spine-tingling. A joyful noise." <ref>[http://www.mariahdaily.com/corantofiles/news-archive-2-2006.shtml Mariah Daily]</ref> In [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] a remake of the song was created in memory of [[Purvis Parker]] and [[Quadrevion Henning]], two [[Milwaukee]] boys that drowned in a lagoon in spring 2006. The remake includes news broadcasts and family speaking about the two missing boys.

==Commercial release==
"Fly like a Bird" was released on a two-song [[promotional single]] with "My Saving Grace", a track from ''[[Charmbracelet]]'' (2002), to gospel radio stations in the United States on [[May 18]] [[2005]]. It received little airplay and consequently was not released to other radio formats, but it was played by several urban, rhythmic, and urban adult contemporary stations across the U.S. Carey performed the song live in February at the [[Grammy Awards of 2006|2006 Grammy Awards]].

In April 2006 "Fly like a Bird" was released to urban and urban adult contemporary radio stations while "[[Say Somethin']]" was released to pop and rhythmic radio stations. It did not chart on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]] but did reach number four on Billboard's [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart, which represents the twenty-five singles below the Hot 100's number 100 position which have not yet appeared on the Hot 100. Plans for a [[music video]] for the single were cancelled.{{fact}} It performed well at urban radio, peaking at nineteen on Billboard's [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart and topping the Hot [[Adult R&B Airplay]] chart.

An official urban remix produced by [[Kanye West]] and Melonie Daniels was recorded but has yet to be released. The remix samples [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]'s "Keep Your Head to the Sky".{{fact}} [[Maurice Joshua]] and [[Tracy Young]] have produced remixes of the song.

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2006)
!align="left"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Bubbling Under
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot Adult R&B Airplay
|align="center"|1 (3 weeks)
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
|align="center"|19
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
|align="center"|19
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay
|align="center"|66
|}

==Notes==
<references/>

{{Mariah Carey2}}

[[Category:Mariah Carey songs]]
[[Category:2006 singles]]

[[pt:Fly Like a Bird]]

Fly Like a Bird

2006-08-10T11:17:10Z

195.93.21.7: /* Charts */

{{Single infobox
| Name = Fly like a Bird
| Cover = Flabcover.jpg
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
| from Album = [[The Emancipation of Mimi]]
| Released = [[April 3]] [[2006]] ([[United States|U.S.]])
| Format = [[Digital download]]
| Recorded = [[New York City]], U.S. and [[Capri]], [[Italy]]; 2004
| Genre = [[R&B]]/[[Gospel music|Gospel]]
| Length = 3:52
| Label = [[Island Def Jam Records|Island/Def Jam]]
| Writer = Mariah Carey, [[James "Big Jim" Wright|James Wright]]
| Producer = Mariah Carey, James Wright
| Chart position = <ul><li>#104 (U.S.)</li></ul>
| Last single = "[[Say Somethin']]" (2006)
| This single = "Fly like a Bird" (2006)
| Next single = . . .
}}
"'''Fly like a Bird'''" is a song written and produced by American singer [[Mariah Carey]] and [[James "Big Jim" Wright]] for Carey's fourteenth album ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]'' (2005). It was released as a [[single (music)|single]] from the album in 2006 (see [[2006 in music]]). The song's protagonist speaks to [[God]]: "Fly like a bird, take to the sky, I need you now Lord, Carry me high!"

==Theme==
Carey created the chorus' main melody and lyrics, while Wright arranged its chord structure. Carey later wrote the rest of the lyrics and asked her pastor, Clarence Keaton, to speak on the track. Keaton read directly from the [[Bible]]: "Weeping may endure for the night, but joy will come in the morning." Carey named it "my favorite song on the album [...] mainly because it's very much a spiritual message.... And I just felt like the message was really important to include on the album and that's why it's the final song on the album. It kind of sums up everything. It kind of leaves you on a spiritual high moment."

''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' magazine called the song "a classic" <ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/single_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002275388 Billboard.com] </ref> and described it as "another career-redefining hit ... The flight of "Bird" from humble call for deliverance into a frenzied ecclesiastic hymn is utterly spine-tingling. A joyful noise." <ref>[http://www.mariahdaily.com/corantofiles/news-archive-2-2006.shtml Mariah Daily]</ref> In [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] a remake of the song was created in memory of [[Purvis Parker]] and [[Quadrevion Henning]], two [[Milwaukee]] boys that drowned in a lagoon in spring 2006. The remake includes news broadcasts and family speaking about the two missing boys.

==Commercial release==
"Fly like a Bird" was released on a two-song [[promotional single]] with "My Saving Grace", a track from ''[[Charmbracelet]]'' (2002), to gospel radio stations in the United States on [[May 18]] [[2005]]. It received little airplay and consequently was not released to other radio formats, but it was played by several urban, rhythmic, and urban adult contemporary stations across the U.S. Carey performed the song live in February at the [[Grammy Awards of 2006|2006 Grammy Awards]].

In April 2006 "Fly like a Bird" was released to urban and urban adult contemporary radio stations while "[[Say Somethin']]" was released to pop and rhythmic radio stations. It did not chart on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]] but did reach number four on Billboard's [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart, which represents the twenty-five singles below the Hot 100's number 100 position which have not yet appeared on the Hot 100. Plans for a [[music video]] for the single were cancelled.{{fact}} It performed well at urban radio, peaking at twenty-two on Billboard's [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart and topping the Hot [[Adult R&B Airplay]] chart.

An official urban remix produced by [[Kanye West]] and Melonie Daniels was recorded but has yet to be released. The remix samples [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]'s "Keep Your Head to the Sky".{{fact}} [[Maurice Joshua]] and [[Tracy Young]] have produced remixes of the song.

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2006)
!align="left"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Bubbling Under
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot Adult R&B Airplay
|align="center"|1 (3 weeks)
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
|align="center"|19
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
|align="center"|19
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay
|align="center"|66
|}

==Notes==
<references/>

{{Mariah Carey2}}

[[Category:Mariah Carey songs]]
[[Category:2006 singles]]

[[pt:Fly Like a Bird]]

Mr. Hankey, der Weihnachtskot

2006-08-05T00:03:36Z

195.93.21.7: /* Plot */

{{Infobox South Park episode|
episode_name = Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo |
episode_no = 10 |
airdate = [[December 17]], [[1997]] |
image = [[Image:Hankey flush.gif|200px| ]] Mr. Hankey in his native habitat.|
season = 1 |
color = #DEDDE2
}}
'''"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo"''' is episode 110 of [[Comedy Central]]'s [[animated television series|animated series]] ''[[South Park]]'' which originally aired on [[December 17]], [[1997]].

==Plot==
{{spoiler}}

This classic [[Christmas]]-themed episode of South Park opens as the school children rehearse for their Christmas play. They are performing a [[Christian]] [[Nativity]], and Kyle's mother, Sheila Brovloski, is angered by the play because Kyle, a Jew, plays the role of [[Saint Joseph|Joseph]] (which would have technically been historically accurate). She demands that religious elements be taken out of the public school Christmas pageant. Kyle suggests the non-religious [[Mr. Hankey|Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo]] as a replacement, but is dismissed.

Mrs. Brovloski's demands trigger uproar in the town, and so it is decided that anything offensive to anyone will be removed from the Christmas celebrations, including Santa Claus, wreaths, trees, stars, lights, and candy canes.

Meanwhile, Kyle feels low for being "a lonely Jew on Christmas," and is embarrassed by his mother's actions. He turns to Mr. Hankey for solace, who, it turns out, is an actual piece of talking [[Feces|poo]]. Kyle tries to bring Mr. Hankey to the masses, but no one believes him. After flinging Mr. Hankey (who looks like a normal piece of poo to everyone else) at [[Cartman]] and slipping more poo into Mr. Mackey's coffee, Mackey declares Kyle a "clinically depressed fecalphiliac on [[Prozac]]" and has him committed.

Ultimately, the school Christmas pageant is stripped of all semblance of Christmas, as it is all deemed offensive by someone. Instead, the children present a minimalist song and dance created by [[Philip Glass]]. The parents, horrified by the terrible pageant, begin blaming one another for destroying Christmas, and a fight breaks out. Finally, Mr. Hankey reveals himself to everyone, restoring the spirit of Christmas. The town releases Kyle and apologizes to him, and they all watch Mr. Hankey fly away with [[Santa Claus]].

== Quotes ==
'''Cartman:''' Oh, look, Kyle's mom is going to ruin Christmas! 
'''Kyle:''' Shut up, fat boy! 
'''Cartman:''' I'm not fat! I'm festively plump.

'''Stan:''' Why are you a virgin on Christmas, Kyle?

'''Cartman:''' What the hell are you doing?! Jewish people can't eat Christmas snow! 
'''Kyle:''' We can, too! 
'''Stan:''' No, I think it's against the law, dude. 
'''Kyle:''' Officer Barbrady, is it illegal for Jewish people to eat Christmas snow? 
'''Officer Barbrady:''' Ummm..... Yes.

'''Kyle's Mom:''' Mayor, the school play is doing a Nativity scene! It isn't being sensitive to the Jewish community! 
'''Mr. Garrison:''' You ARE the Jewish community.

'''Mayor:''' Any other suggestions to make this a non-offensive Christmas play? 
'''Mr. Garrison:''' Can we get rid of all the Mexicans?

'''Cartman:''' How about we sing "Kyle's Mom is a Stupid Bitch, in D minor"?

'''Stan:''' I'm getting that John Elway football helmet for Christmas. 
'''Cartman:''' How do you know? 
'''Stan:''' I looked in my parent's closet last night. 
'''Cartman:''' Oh, yeah? Well, I looked in my mom's closet last night, too. And I'm getting the Ultravibe Pleasure 2000.

'''Mr. Mackey:''' I understand that you are Jewish, Kyle? 
'''Kyle:''' Well, not on purpose.

'''Mr. Garrison:''' Okay, children we've just received word from the mayor that we can't have any Christmas lights because they offend people with epilepsy.

:'''Cartman''': Well, I looked in my mom's closet and saw what I was getting for Christmas, an UltraVibe Pleasure 2000.

:'''Announcer''': And now, South Park Elementary presents the happy, non-offensive, non-denominational Christmas Play, with music and lyrics by New York minimalist composer, Philip Glass!
''[Glass waves to the audience, and then starts the synthesized music]''
''[The children are in green leotards, dancing about strangely.]''
:'''Philip Glass''': As I turn and look into the sun, the rays burn my eyes.
:'''Background Music''': Happy...happy...happy...everybody happy...
''[Audience members trade confused looks.]''
:'''Philip Glass''': How like a turtle the sun looks.
:'''Sheila Broflovski''': What the hell is this?!
:'''Background Music''': ...Happy...happy...
:'''Sheila Broflovski''': This is horrible!
:'''Father Maxi''': This is the most God-awful piece of crap I've ever seen!
:'''Mr. Garrison''': Hey, you're the ones who made it this way!
:'''Father Maxi''': Yeah, it's because the Jews said it couldn't be Christian!
:'''Gerald Broflowski''': It wasn't our idea to take out Santa Claus!
:'''Lead Treehugger''': All you bastards ruined Christmas!

==Trivia==
*The episode mimics the popular culture phenomenon of the Christmas Special. As a part of this, it is one of the few South Park episodes not to open with standard credits and title song.
*This was the first Christmas-themed South Park episode. Since ''Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo'', there has been a Christmas-themed episode in every season except Seasons 5 and 9. They are 216 [[Merry Christmas Charlie Manson!]], 315 [[Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics]], 417 [[A Very Crappy Christmas]], 617 [[Red Sleigh Down]], 715 [[It's Christmas in Canada]], and 814 [[Woodland Critter Christmas]]. Episodes 216, 315, 417, and 617 featured Mr. Hankey(though 216 only featured the merchandise/media versions of him), as did the non-Christmas-themed 209 [[Chef's Salty Chocolate Balls]].
*This is the first episode in which Kenny doesn't die. When the words "The End" appear before the credits, Kenny cheers enthusiastically.
*Three popular South Park songs debuted in this episode: "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo", "[[Kyle's Mom is a Stupid Bitch]]", and "The Lonely Jew on Christmas."
*After the credits run, we see a short scene where Jesus sings Happy Birthday to himself, over a cake. His tone has just a touch of sadness, as he is celebrating alone — it appears in the confusion, everyone has forgotten him. This motif will reappear in 617 [[Red Sleigh Down]].
*In the scene right before Kyle starts to sing "The Lonely Jew on Christmas", Stan, Kenny, and Cartman say that they were going to the mall to see Santa. Later in the song, you can see the children in the middle of the forest sitting on Santa's lap, not in a mall.
*During the scene in the auditorium where the town fights, a child who seems to look exactly like Token Black appears with the same shirt and hair, but he is white.
*The original Christmas episode was supposed to be [[Damien (South Park episode)|Damien]], with [[Jesus]] and [[Satan]] boxing each other.
*In the DVD intro, Trey Parker quotes this episode as being the first to feature Mr. Mackey, however, this is incorrect, as he previously appeared in the [[Damien (South Park episode)|Damien]] episode.

==See also==
*[[List of South Park episodes]]
*[[Drop Dead Fred]]

==External links==
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[[Category:South Park episodes: Season 1]]

SRF 1

2006-08-02T19:10:43Z

195.93.21.7:

'''SF 1''' ist das erste [[Fernsehprogramm]] des [[Schweizer Fernsehen]]s (SF). Es ist in der [[Deutschschweiz]] über [[Antenne (Technik)|Antenne]] und in der gesamten Schweiz über [[Kabelfernsehen]] empfangbar, sowie verschlüsselt über den [[Satellitenfernsehen|Satelliten]] [[Hot Bird 3]] auf 13° Ost.

== Programm ==
SF 1 bietet ein Programm mit vielen Informationssendungen, eigenproduzierten Unterhaltungssendungen, Sportübertragungen, [[Fernsehserie|Serien]] und [[Spielfilm]]en an. Die wichtigsten Sendungen sind:

* ''[[Tagesschau (SF)|Tagesschau]]'': [[Nachrichten]]sendung (täglich, Hauptausgabe 19:30 Uhr)
* ''[[Meteo (SF)|Meteo]]'': [[Wettervorhersage]] (täglich, 19:50 Uhr)
* ''[[10vor10]]'': [[Nachrichten]]magazin mit Hintergrundinformationen (Montag bis Freitag, 21:50 Uhr)
* ''[[Schweiz aktuell]]'': Regionale Nachrichten (Montag bis Freitag, 19:00 Uhr)
* ''[[Rundschau (SF)|Rundschau]]'': Hintergrundmagazin (Mittwochs, 20:50 Uhr)
* ''[[Kassensturz (Fernsehsendung)|Kassensturz]]'': Konsumentenmagazin (Dienstags, 21:05 Uhr)
* ''Puls'': [[Gesundheit]]smagazin (Montags, 21:05 Uhr)
* ''MTW'': Wissenschaftssendung (Menschen, Technik, Wissenschaft; Donnerstags, ca. 20:55 Uhr)
* ''5GEGEN5'': Gameshow mit [[Sven Epiney]] (Montag bis Freitag, ca. 18:15 Uhr)
* ''Quer'': Magazin mit Talks mit Patrick Rohr (Freitags, 20:30 Uhr)
* ''Aeschbacher'': [[Talkshow]] mit [[Kurt Aeschbacher]] (Donnerstags, 22:20 Uhr)
* ''[[Arena (Fernsehsendung)|Arena]]'': Politische Diskussionsrunde (Freitags, 22:20 Uhr)
* ''Der Club'' (früher ''Zischtigsclub'', Standarddeutsch: Dienstagsclub): Diskussionssendung (Dienstags, 22:20 Uhr)
* ''[[Literaturclub]]'': Literatursendung mit [[Roger Willemsen]] (einmal im Monat an Stelle des Clubs)
* ''Eiger, Mönch und Maier'': Quizshow mit [[Anna Maier]] (jeden 2. Montag, 20:00 Uhr, im Wechsel mit ''al dente'')
* ''al dente'': Koch- und Quizshow mit [[Sven Epiney]] (jeden 2. Montag, 20:00 Uhr, im Wechsel mit ''Eiger, Mönch und Maier'')
* ''DOK'': Dokumentarfilme
* ''Benissimo'': [[Unterhaltungsshow]] mit [[Beni Thurnheer]] (Samstags)
* ''[[MusicStar]]'': Schweizer Musik-Casting-Sendung
* ''[[Lüthi und Blanc]]'': Einzige Schweizer TV-[[Soap]] mit über 200 Folgen (Sonntags, 20:00 Uhr)
* ''[[Samschtig-Jass]]'': Seit Jahrzehnten populäre Spielshow in welcher [[Jass|Karten gespielt]] werden (Samstags, 18:45 Uhr)
* ''[[Schöni Uussichte]]'': Sitcom (Freitags, 20:00 Uhr)
* ''Sportpanorama'': Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten Sportereignisse des Wochenendes (Sonntags, 18:10 Uhr)

===RTR===
Das [[Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha]] (RTR) sendet Beiträge in [[Bündnerromanisch|rätoromanischer]] Sprache auf SF 1, so die ''Telesguard'' (Tagesschau) und ''Cuntrasts''.

== Weblinks ==
*[http://www.sf.tv/sf1/ Offizielle Website]

[[Kategorie:Fernsehsender (Schweiz)]]
[[en:SF 1]]

Fly Like a Bird

2006-07-20T13:48:08Z

195.93.21.7: /* Charts */

{{CurrentSingles}}
{{Single infobox
| Name = Fly like a Bird
| Cover = Flabcover.jpg
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
| from Album = [[The Emancipation of Mimi]]
| Released = [[April 3]] [[2006]] ([[United States|U.S.]])
| Format = [[Digital download]]
| Recorded = [[New York City]], U.S. and [[Capri]], [[Italy]]; 2004
| Genre = [[R&B]], [[Gospel music|Gospel]]
| Length = 3:52
| Label = [[Island Def Jam Records|Island/Def Jam]]
| Writer = Mariah Carey, [[James "Big Jim" Wright|James Wright]]
| Producer = Mariah Carey, James Wright
| Chart position = <li>#104 ([[U.S.]])</li></ul>
| Last single = "[[Say Somethin']]" (2006)
| This single = "Fly like a Bird" (2006)
| Next single =
}}
"'''Fly like a Bird'''" is a song written and produced by American singer [[Mariah Carey]] and [[James "Big Jim" Wright]] for Carey's fourteenth album, ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]''. It was released as a [[single (music)|single]] from the album in [[2006]] (see [[2006 in music]]). The song's protagonist speaks to [[God]]: "Fly like a bird, take to the sky, I need you now Lord, Carry me high!"

Carey created the chorus' main melody and lyrics, while Wright arranged its chord structure. Carey later wrote the rest of the lyrics and asked her pastor, Clarence Keaton, to speak on the track. Keaton read directly from the [[Bible]]: "Weeping may endure for the night, but joy will come in the morning." Carey named it "my favorite song on the album [...] mainly because it's very much a spiritual message.... And I just felt like the message was really important to include on the album and that's why it's the final song on the album. It kind of sums up everything. It kind of leaves you on a spiritual high moment."

"Fly like a Bird" was released on a two-song [[promotional single]] with "My Saving Grace", a track from ''[[Charmbracelet]]'' (2002), to gospel radio stations in the United States on [[May 18]] [[2005]]. It received little airplay and consequently was not released to other radio formats, but it was played by several urban, rhythmic, and urban adult contemporary stations across the U.S. Carey performed the song live in February at the [[Grammy Awards of 2006|2006 Grammy Awards]].

In April 2006, "Fly like a Bird" was released to urban and urban adult contemporary radio stations while "[[Say Somethin']]" was released to pop and rhythmic radio stations. The song did not chart on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]] but did reach #4 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]]. A music video was planned to be released for the single but plans were later cancelled. Despite lack of promotion, the song performed well at urban radio, peaking at #22 on Billboard's [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart and #1 on Hot Adult R&B Airplay.

An official urban remix produced by [[Kanye West]] and Melonie Daniels was recorded but has yet to be released. The remix samples [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]'s "Keep Your Head to the Sky". {{fact}}

''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' magazine called the song "a classic" <ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/single_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002275388 Billboard.com] </ref> and described it as "another career-redefining hit ... The flight of "Bird" from humble call for deliverance into a frenzied ecclesiastic hymn is utterly spine-tingling. A joyful noise." <ref>[http://www.mariahdaily.com/corantofiles/news-archive-2-2006.shtml Mariah Daily]</ref>

It is rumored that Mariah & IDJ will helm the official video for "Fly Like a Bird" as a live performance from her ''Adventures of Mimi'' tour.

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2006)
!align="left"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Bubbling Under
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot Adult R&B Airplay
|align="center"|1 (2 weeks)
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
|align="center"|24
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
|align="center"|24
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay
|align="center"|66
|}

==Remixes==
{| class="wikitable"
#Maurice Joshua Remix (unfinished version) 7:25
#Tracy Young's Needin' You Radio Edit 3:30

==Notes==
<references/>

{{Mariah Carey2}}

[[Category:Mariah Carey songs]]
[[Category:2006 singles]]

[[pt:Fly Like a Bird]]

Fly Like a Bird

2006-07-20T13:17:53Z

195.93.21.7:

{{CurrentSingles}}
{{Single infobox
| Name = Fly like a Bird
| Cover = Flabcover.jpg
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
| from Album = [[The Emancipation of Mimi]]
| Released = [[April 3]] [[2006]] ([[United States|U.S.]])
| Format = [[Digital download]]
| Recorded = [[New York City]], U.S. and [[Capri]], [[Italy]]; 2004
| Genre = [[R&B]], [[Gospel music|Gospel]]
| Length = 3:52
| Label = [[Island Def Jam Records|Island/Def Jam]]
| Writer = Mariah Carey, [[James "Big Jim" Wright|James Wright]]
| Producer = Mariah Carey, James Wright
| Chart position = <li>#104 ([[U.S.]])</li></ul>
| Last single = "[[Say Somethin']]" (2006)
| This single = "Fly like a Bird" (2006)
| Next single =
}}
"'''Fly like a Bird'''" is a song written and produced by American singer [[Mariah Carey]] and [[James "Big Jim" Wright]] for Carey's fourteenth album, ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]''. It was released as a [[single (music)|single]] from the album in [[2006]] (see [[2006 in music]]). The song's protagonist speaks to [[God]]: "Fly like a bird, take to the sky, I need you now Lord, Carry me high!"

Carey created the chorus' main melody and lyrics, while Wright arranged its chord structure. Carey later wrote the rest of the lyrics and asked her pastor, Clarence Keaton, to speak on the track. Keaton read directly from the [[Bible]]: "Weeping may endure for the night, but joy will come in the morning." Carey named it "my favorite song on the album [...] mainly because it's very much a spiritual message.... And I just felt like the message was really important to include on the album and that's why it's the final song on the album. It kind of sums up everything. It kind of leaves you on a spiritual high moment."

"Fly like a Bird" was released on a two-song [[promotional single]] with "My Saving Grace", a track from ''[[Charmbracelet]]'' (2002), to gospel radio stations in the United States on [[May 18]] [[2005]]. It received little airplay and consequently was not released to other radio formats, but it was played by several urban, rhythmic, and urban adult contemporary stations across the U.S. Carey performed the song live in February at the [[Grammy Awards of 2006|2006 Grammy Awards]].

In April 2006, "Fly like a Bird" was released to urban and urban adult contemporary radio stations while "[[Say Somethin']]" was released to pop and rhythmic radio stations. The song did not chart on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]] but did reach #4 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]]. A music video was planned to be released for the single but plans were later cancelled. Despite lack of promotion, the song performed well at urban radio, peaking at #22 on Billboard's [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart and #1 on Hot Adult R&B Airplay.

An official urban remix produced by [[Kanye West]] and Melonie Daniels was recorded but has yet to be released. The remix samples [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]'s "Keep Your Head to the Sky". {{fact}}

''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' magazine called the song "a classic" <ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/single_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002275388 Billboard.com] </ref> and described it as "another career-redefining hit ... The flight of "Bird" from humble call for deliverance into a frenzied ecclesiastic hymn is utterly spine-tingling. A joyful noise." <ref>[http://www.mariahdaily.com/corantofiles/news-archive-2-2006.shtml Mariah Daily]</ref>

It is rumored that Mariah & IDJ will helm the official video for "Fly Like a Bird" as a live performance from her ''Adventures of Mimi'' tour.

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2006)
!align="left"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Bubbling Under
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot Adult R&B Airplay
|align="center"|1 (2 weeks)
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
|align="center"|24
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
|align="center"|24
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay
|align="center"|67
|}

==Remixes==
{| class="wikitable"
#Maurice Joshua Remix (unfinished version) 7:25
#Tracy Young's Needin' You Radio Edit 3:30

==Notes==
<references/>

{{Mariah Carey2}}

[[Category:Mariah Carey songs]]
[[Category:2006 singles]]

[[pt:Fly Like a Bird]]

Fly Like a Bird

2006-07-20T13:16:59Z

195.93.21.7:

{{CurrentSingles}}
{{Single infobox
| Name = Fly like a Bird
| Cover = Flabcover.jpg
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
| from Album = [[The Emancipation of Mimi]]
| Released = [[April 3]] [[2006]] ([[United States|U.S.]])
| Format = [[Digital download]]
| Recorded = [[New York City]], U.S. and [[Capri]], [[Italy]]; 2004
| Genre = [[R&B]], [[Gospel music|Gospel]]
| Length = 3:52
| Label = [[Island Def Jam Records|Island/Def Jam]]
| Writer = Mariah Carey, [[James "Big Jim" Wright|James Wright]]
| Producer = Mariah Carey, James Wright
| Chart position = <li>#104 ([[U.S.]])</li></ul>
| Last single = "[[Say Somethin']]" (2006)
| This single = "Fly like a Bird" (2006)
| Next single =
}}
"'''Fly like a Bird'''" is a song written and produced by American singer [[Mariah Carey]] and [[James "Big Jim" Wright]] for Carey's fourteenth album, ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]''. It was released as a [[single (music)|single]] from the album in [[2006]] (see [[2006 in music]]). The song's protagonist speaks to [[God]]: "Fly like a bird, take to the sky, I need you now Lord, Carry me high!"

Carey created the chorus' main melody and lyrics, while Wright arranged its chord structure. Carey later wrote the rest of the lyrics and asked her pastor, Clarence Keaton, to speak on the track. Keaton read directly from the [[Bible]]: "Weeping may endure for the night, but joy will come in the morning." Carey named it "my favorite song on the album [...] mainly because it's very much a spiritual message.... And I just felt like the message was really important to include on the album and that's why it's the final song on the album. It kind of sums up everything. It kind of leaves you on a spiritual high moment."

"Fly like a Bird" was released on a two-song [[promotional single]] with "My Saving Grace", a track from ''[[Charmbracelet]]'' (2002), to gospel radio stations in the United States on [[May 18]] [[2005]]. It received little airplay and consequently was not released to other radio formats, but it was played by several urban, rhythmic, and urban adult contemporary stations across the U.S. Carey performed the song live in February at the [[Grammy Awards of 2006|2006 Grammy Awards]].

In April 2006, "Fly like a Bird" was released to urban and urban adult contemporary radio stations while "[[Say Somethin']]" was released to pop and rhythmic radio stations. The song did not chart on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]] but did reach #4 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]]. A music video was planned to be released for the single but plans were later cancelled. Despite lack of promotion, the song performed well at urban radio, peaking at #22 on Billboard's [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart and #1 on Hot Adult R&B Airplay.

An official urban remix produced by [[Kanye West]] and Melonie Daniels was recorded but has yet to be released. The remix samples [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]'s "Keep Your Head to the Sky". {{fact}}

''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' magazine called the song "a classic" <ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/single_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002275388 Billboard.com] </ref> and described it as "another career-redefining hit ... The flight of "Bird" from humble call for deliverance into a frenzied ecclesiastic hymn is utterly spine-tingling. A joyful noise." <ref>[http://www.mariahdaily.com/corantofiles/news-archive-2-2006.shtml Mariah Daily]</ref>

It is rumored that Mariah & IDJ will helm the official video for "Fly Like a Bird" as a live performance from her ''Adventures of Mimi'' tour.

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2006)
!align="left"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Bubbling Under
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot Adult R&B Airplay
|align="center"|1 (2 weeks)
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
|align="center"|24
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
|align="center"|24
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay
|align="center"|67
|}

==Remixes==
{| class="wikitable"
#Maurice Joshua Remix (unfinished version) 7:25
#Tracy Young's Needin' You Radio Edit 3:30

==Notes==
<references/>

{{Mariah Carey2}}

[[Category:Mariah Carey songs]]
[[Category:2006 singles]]

[[pt:Fly Like a Bird]]

Southend Pier

2006-07-03T23:46:13Z

195.93.21.7: /* The pier railway */

[[Image:Southend_Pier.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Southend pier from the land]]
'''Southend Pier''' is a major landmark in [[Southend-on-Sea]]. Extending 2,158 m (a mile and a third) into the [[Thames Estuary]], it is the longest pleasure [[pier]] in the world. Sir [[John Betjeman]] is noted as saying that "the Pier is Southend, Southend is the Pier". The pier is a Grade II [[listed building]]. [http://www.southend.gov.uk/content.asp?content=1609]

==History==
===Why a pier was needed===
In the early [[19th century]], Southend was growing as a [[resort]]. At the time, it was thought that spending time at the seaside was good for one's health, and since it was close to the capital, many [[London]]ers would come to Southend for this reason. However the coast at Southend consists of large [[mudflat]]s, so the sea is never very deep even at full tide, and recedes for well over a mile at low tide. Because of this large boats were unable to stop at Southend and no boats at all were able to stop at low tide. This meant that many potential visitors would travel past Southend and go to [[Margate]], or other resorts where docking facilities were better.

In order to counter this trend local dignitaries pushed for a pier to be built. This would allow boats to reach Southend at all tides. The campaign was led by former [[Lord Mayor of London]] Sir [[William Heygate]], a resident of Southend. In [[1829]], Parliament passed an act giving authorisation for the construction of a pier at Southend. When Sir William brought the news back from London he was mobbed by enthusiastic crowds.

===The Wooden Pier===
Soon after authorisation was granted in 1829, the Lord Mayor of London laid the first foundations for the pier. By June [[1830]] a 600ft (182 m) wooden pier was opened, based on [[oak]] piles. However this was still too short to be usable at low tide, so by [[1833]] it had been exteneded to three times its length and by [[1848]] was the longest pier in Europe at 7,000ft (2,133.6 m). It was sold by the original owners for £17,000 in [[1846]] after getting into financial difficulties.

By the [[1850s]] the [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway]] had reached Southend, and with it a great influx of visitors from East London. The many visitors took their toll on the wooden pier and in [[1873]] it was sold to the local board (the local government in place at the time).

In [[1877]] the board decided to replace the pier with a new iron pier.

Part of the wooden structure of the old pier was used in the construction of a new mayoral chair in [[1892]].

===The Iron Pier===
The pier was designed by [[James Brunlees]], who had built the first iron pier at Southport in [[1860]]. Work began in [[1887]] and the new pier opened to the public in the summer of the same year, though it was only completed in [[1889]]. The cost was almost £70,000. It was an immediate success, so much so that demand outstripped the capabilities of the pier and a further extension was proposed. This extension was completed in November [[1897]] and formally opened the following January.

An upper deck was added to the pierhead in [[1907]], and the pier was further extended in [[1927]] to accommodate larger steamboats. It was formally opened on the [[July 8|8th July]] [[1929]] by HRH [[Prince George, Duke of Kent]]. This part of the pier was named the Prince George Extension.

In [[1931]] the Pier was the scene of a tragic accident. On [[June 27|27th June]] a Mr. Ernest Turner fell from and was run over by one of the electric trams on the railway. He was killed instantly. Mr Turner, who was 38 at the time, was one of a party of over 500 workers and family members on the annual works outing from Ansell's brewery in [[Birmingham]], where he worked as a Brewer's Drayman. The party had arrived at the pier having travelled down the [[River Thames]] from Tower Pier in [[London]] where they had arrived earlier that day. It was whilst travelling from the pier head into Southend that the accident occurred. At the inquest, which was held two days later, the Southend-on-Sea [[Coroner]], Mr. H. J. Jefferies, determined that there were no extenuating circumstances and the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. At the time of his death Mr. Turner was married to Elsie and was father to their daughter Ivy who was just 4 years old.

The Pier's centenary was celebrated on [[July 23|23rd July]] [[1935]], rather than [[1930]], as this date reflects the date the [[Admiralty]] began to include Southend Pier on their navigation charts.

===HMS ''Leigh''===
During [[World War II]], Southend Pier was taken over by the Royal Navy and was renamed (along with the surrounding area) '''HMS ''Leigh'''''. It was closed to the public from [[September 9|9th September]] [[1939]].

Its purpose in the war was twofold. Firstly it served as a mustering point for convoys. Over the course of the war 3,367 convoys, comprising 84,297 vessels departed from HMS Leigh. Secondly, it was Naval Control for the [[Thames Estuary]]. Notable in its career was the accidental sinking of the [[Liberty ship]] [[SS Richard Montgomery]] which, still containing several thousand tons of explosives, is visible from the North Kent coast at low tide, and continues to pose a potential threat to navigation over 60 years later.

===Post-war history===
In [[1945]] the pier reopened for visitors. Visitor numbers exceeded their pre-war levels, peaking at seven million in [[1949]]. In the fifties, more attractions on the pier opened including the Dolphin Cafe, Sun Deck Theatre, the Solarium Cafe and a Hall of Mirrors.

However the success was not to last. In [[1959]] a fire destroyed the Pavilion located at the shore end of the pier. Over 500 people were trapped on the other side of the fire and had to be rescued by boat.

The pavillion was replaced by a bowling alley the following year, however by the 60s, British holidaymakers were turning to [[package holiday]]s abroad. The use of the pier slowly began to decline and with it the structure began to deteriorate. In [[1971]], after a child was injured on the pier, a survey was undertaken and over the course of the next decade repairs had to be made including much of the replacement of the pier walkway.

In [[1976]] a fire destroyed much of the pier head. The massive blaze was battled by fire fighters working on the pier and from boats, and even using a [[crop-spraying]] [[light aircraft]]. The following year the bowling alley was damaged in another fire, and a year after that, the railway was deemed unsafe and had to be closed.

In [[1980]] the council announced that the pier was to close. Protests led the council to allow the pier to remain open until a solution could be found. This happened in [[1983]] when the Historic Buildings Committee gave a grant to allow repairs to be made. The work commenced in [[1984]] and was completed eighteen months later, when [[Princess Anne]] named the two new pier trains (commissioned to replace trains scrapped in [[1982]]) after Sir John Betjeman and Sir William Heygate. The total cost of the repair including new buildings and pier trains was £1.3 million.

However on [[June 20]] in that year, the MV ''Kingsabbey'' crashed into the pier, severing the new pier head from the rest of the pier, destroying the boathouse used by the lifeboat service and causing major structural damage due to the destruction of iron piles and supporting girders. This left a 70-foot gap in the pier. While this was temporarily bridged to restore access, full repairs were not completed until [[1989]].

On [[June 7]] [[1995]], the bowling alley burnt down. Fortunately, the pier museum and railway station were not severely damaged and access to the pier was reinstated three weeks later, with all the debris cleared in time for the summer of [[1996]].

==The 21st century==
[[Image:Southend Pier - shore end.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The new shoreward end of Southend Pier]]
In recent years Southend Council has invested in the pier to restore it as a visitor attraction. Funding for this has been co-ordinated by the "S-SHAPE" (Southend Seafront, High-street And Pier Enhancements) project with funding coming from European Objective 2 funding and National Government regeneration schemes.

The pier head was extensively redeveloped in [[2000]] creating a new sun deck and, in partnership with the [[RNLI]], a new lifeboat station was built. The new station is constructed in glass to give a strikingly modern style. It also houses a museum and giftshop relating to the history of the RNLI and lifeboats.

In [[2003]] the shoreward end of the pier was redeveloped in a similar style to the pier head. The pier bridge was raised to enable taller vehicles to pass under it (a recurring problem had been double decker buses getting stuck under the bridge) and a visitor centre/tourist information centre was built. This connected with the new Cliff Lift and redevelopment of Pier Hill that was constructed [[2004|the following year]].

==2005 Fire==
On [[October 9]] [[2005]] a [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4325430.stm fire] severely damaged much of the Old Pier Head including the railway station, pub, shell shop, snack bar and ice-cream shop.

Much of the wooden planking was destroyed, but the main iron structure was largely undamaged. Heat from the fire was so intense that the Pier Railway tracks buckled and trains can now only run to within approx. 15m of the old station.

The fire was thought to have started in the pub at around 10:45pm, but due to the extreme location and the damage (several buildings collapsed into the water), the cause has not yet been formally determined, although it is being [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4351378.stm treated as an accident]. No one was injured, but fire-fighters encountered difficulties extinguishing the blaze as, due to the low tide, pumps installed on the pier were rendered ineffective.

The Pier reopened to the public on [[1 December]] for the first time since the fire.

However, insurance and security demands mean access is limited to 48 people walking or taking the train at any one time. Visitors are only able to go along the first mile of the walkway.

The pierhead station was destroyed in the blaze so a temporary halt has been constructed to take the pier trains as close as possible to the area where the blaze took place. There is a temporary viewing platform but visitors are not allowed on the old pierhead, where cafes and shops were wrecked by the blaze. Nor can the public cross to the new pierhead, which houses the RNLI station. It is thought it will be two years before the whole of the pier is restored and reopened.

Shortly after the fire, pieces of charred pier planking have turned up for sale on [[eBay]] with the proceeds apparently going to the RNLI.
[http://www.sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery/picture_gallery/0,,30000-1198461,00.html Sky News] has some good pictures of the damaged section, as does the [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4327304.stm BBC].

==The pier railway==

[[Image:SouthendPier2005.jpg|thumb|250px|Trains pass on Southend Pier, 2005]]

The original wooden pier had employed a horse tramway to convey goods and visitors to the pier head. In 1890, with the construction of the iron pier, Cromptons installed an electric tramway with a single toast rack carriage and 0.75 miles of single track. By 1891, your mum was the one that couse it so that is not good is it. line ran the full 1.25 miles and carriages were in use. The system expanded, until eventually, by 1930, four trains, each made up of seven carriages, were running on a double track.

In 1949 the rolling stock was replaced with four new trains similar in design to the London Underground stock, built by AC Cars, of Thames Ditton, in Surrey. The stock was liveried in green and cream.

In 1978 the electric railway closed, due to deterioration and the cost of repairs and didn't reopen until 1986, when two new trains began plying the pier, on a simplified single track with a passing loop. Each train consists of a diesel-hydraulic locomotive at the southern end, five trailer coaches and at the northern end, a driver control unit with passenger space. The livery is now all-over burgundy with a white waist-band.who's the dady.

==Trivia==
Southend Pier featured in the end credits of the British television series ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''. The sequence showed unscrupulous businessman [[Arthur Daley]] and his bodyguard (or "minder") walking down the pier. When they reach the end Arthur realises he has left his lighter at the far end and they proceed to walk the return journey. The comic implication is that he is too mean to pay for the train ride!

==External links==
*[http://www.southendpier.co.uk/ southendpier.co.uk] - Southend Pier and Foreshore
*[http://www.southendpiermuseum.com/ southendpiermuseum.com] - Pier Museum

[[Category:Grade II listed buildings]]
[[Category:Piers in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Southend-on-Sea]]

Diskussion:Berlin-Frohnau

2006-06-29T21:31:05Z

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Bitte ein Bild des Richtfunkmasten Berlin-Frohnaus einfügen!
: Ich denk grad an nichts böses und setze ein Bild der Sendemasten rein - und dann lese ich die Bitte auf der Diskussionsseite hier :-) [[Benutzer:Saxo|Saxo]] 22:05, 27. Apr 2005 (CEST)

-zu wenig infos- !!! vielleicht kann jemand mehr über die geschichte schrieben z.B was für eine bedeutung hatte frohnau während des 2. welkrieges... (''vorstehender [[Wikipedia:Signatur|nicht signierter]] Beitrag stammt von'' [[Benutzer:87.123.104.43|87.123.104.43]] ([[Benutzer Diskussion:87.123.104.43|Diskussion]] • [[Spezial:Contributions/87.123.104.43|Beiträge]]) -- [[Benutzer:Jmsanta|jmsanta *<|:-)]] 14:01, 7. Jun 2006 (CEST))

Wenn ich mal wieder in meiner alten Heimat voreikomme und entsprechende Literatur in die Finger kriege, wäre das sicher eine Option... --[[Benutzer:Jmsanta|jmsanta *<|:-)]] 14:01, 7. Jun 2006 (CEST)

ich bin durch zufall auf diesen artikel gelandet und muss sagen das er keinerlei verwendbaren informationen enthaelt... und so wie ich das sehe bin ich nicht der erste dem das auffaehlt...

Michael McIntyre (Komiker)

2006-04-29T14:19:48Z

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{{unreferenced}}

'''Michael McIntyre''' is a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] councillor for [[North Tyneside Council]]. He represents the [[Whitley Bay]] ward with [[Alison Austin]] and [[Margaret Marshall (politician)|Margaret Marshall]].

He stood as the Conservative party candidate for [[Tynemouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tynemouth]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 UK General Election]] but lost to the [[Labour Party]] candidate [[Alan Campbell (politician)|Alan Campbell]] by over 4,000 votes. However, he more than halved the Labour majority from the 2001 election.

{{UK-poli-stub}}

South West Coast Path

2006-04-19T20:49:58Z

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[[image:swcoastpath.ilfracombe.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The South West Coast Path passes along the cliffs (seen in the distance) at [[Ilfracombe]], [[North Devon]]. The highest point in this view is Hillsborough (447 feet, 136 metres). Part of Ilfracombe is seen on the right.]]
[[Image:The_rumps.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Rumps, on [[Pentire Point]], [[North Cornwall]], site of Iron Age cliff fortifications.]]

At 630 miles (1014 km) long, the '''South West Coast Path''' is Britain's longest [[Long-distance footpaths in the UK|national trail]], running from [[Minehead]] in [[Somerset]] to [[Poole]] in [[Dorset]]. Since it rises and falls with every river mouth, it is also one of the more challenging.

The path has been a complete National Trail since [[1978]].

The path includes the 95 mile (155km) long [[Dorset]] and East [[Devon]] ''[[Jurassic Coast]]'' [[World Heritage Site]], the [[Dorset]] [[Heritage Coast]], the East [[Devon]] Heritage Coast, the South Devon Heritage Coast, the Rame Head Heritage Coast, the Gribbin Head - Polperro Heritage Coast, the Roseland Heritage Coast, the Lizard Heritage Coast, the Penwith Heritage Coast, the Godreavy - Portreath Heritage Coast, the Trevose Head Heritage Coast, the Pentire Point - Widemouth Heritage Coast, the Hartland Heritage Coast, the North Devon Heritage Coast, the [[Exmoor]] Heritage Coast and [[Exmoor National Park]].

===Places of interest===
*'''[[Cornwall]]'''
**[[Black Head]]
**[[Cadgwith]]
**[[Cape Cornwall]]
**[[Carbis Bay]]
**[[Crackington Haven]]
**[[Dodman Point]]
**[[Falmouth Bay]]
**[[Godrevy island]]
**[[Gribbin Head]]
**[[Gweek Seal Sanctuary]]
**[[Hayle Sands]]
**[[Helford River]]
**[[Land's End]]
**[[Lizard Point, Cornwall|Lizard Point]]
**[[Looe]]
**[[Mevagissey]]
**[[Minack Theatre]]
**[[Mullion]] Cove
**[[Pentire Point]]
**[[Polperro]]
**[[Rame Head]]
**[[St Agnes Head]]
**[[St Anthony Head]]
**[[St Ives, Cornwall|St Ives]] Island
**[[St Mawes]] Castle
**[[St Michael's Mount]]
**[[Tintagel]]
**[[Trevose Head]]
**[[Whitsound Bay]]
**[[Widemouth Bay]]
**[[Zone Point]]

*'''[[Devon]] (North)'''
**[[Exmoor National Park]]
**[[Hartland Point]]
**[[Ilfracombe]]
**[[Woody Bay]]

*'''[[Devon]] (South)'''
**[[Beer Caves]]
**[[Bolt Tail]]
**[[Dartmouth, England|Dartmouth]]
**[[Dawlish Warren]] ([[Spit]] and [[Estuary]])
**[[Kingsbridge Estuary]]
**[[Ladram Bay]]
**[[Otter Estuary]]
**[[Plymouth]] Hoe
**[[Plymouth Sound]]
**[[Sidmouth|Jacob's Ladder]]

*'''[[Dorset]]'''
**[[Ballard Down]] and [[Old Harry Rocks]]
**[[Chesil Beach]] and [[Chesil Beach#The Fleet Lagoon|The Fleet]] ([[Tombolo]] and [[Lagoon]])
**[[Durdle Door]] (Natural [[Arch]])
**[[Durlston Country Park]]
**[[Golden Cap]]
**[[Isle of Portland]]
**[[Kimmeridge]] ([[Wave Cut Platform]] and [[Rocky Shore]])
**[[Lulworth Cove]]
**[[Lyme Regis|The Cob and The Fossils at Lyme Regis]]
**[[Nothe Fort]]
**[[Poole Harbour]]
**[[Portland Bill]]
**[[Isle of Portland|Portland Harbour]]
**[[St Albans Head]]
**[[Studland]] Bay, Beach and [[Psammosere]]
**[[Tyneham]] ghost village
**[[River Wey|Wey Estuary]]

*'''[[Somerset]]'''
**[[Exmoor National Park]]

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== [[[[[[[[['''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''=== Towns and Villages ===
*'''[[Cornwall]]'''
**[[Bude]]
**[[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]]
**[[Fowey]]
**[[Hayle]]
**[[Looe]]
**[[Mevagissey]]
**[[Newlyn]]
**[[Newquay]]
**[[Padstow]]
**[[Par, Cornwall|Par]]
**[[Penzance]]
**[[Perranporth]]
**[[Polzeath]]
**[[Porthlevan]]
**[[Sennen]]
**[[St Agnes, Cornwall|St Agnes]]
**[[St Austell]]
**[[St Ives, Cornwall|St Ives]]
**[[St Just in Penwith|St Just]]
**[[St Mawes]]
**[[Torpoint]]

*'''[[Devon]] (North)'''
**[[Barnstaple]]
**[[Bideford]]
**[[Ilfracombe]]
**[[Lynmouth]]
**[[Westward Ho!]]

*'''[[Devon]] (South)'''
**[[Brixham]]
**[[Budleigh Salterton]]
**[[Dartmouth, England|Dartmouth]]
**[[Dawlish]]
**[[Exmouth, Devon|Exmouth]]
**[[Paignton]]
**[[Plymouth]]
**[[Salcombe]]
**[[Seaton]]
**[[Sidmouth]]
**[[Teignmouth]]
**[[Torquay]]
**[[Wembury]]

*'''[[Dorset]]'''
**[[Abbotsbury]]
**[[Bridport]]
**[[Fortuneswell]]
**[[Lyme Regis]]
**[[Swanage]]
**[[Poole]]
**[[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]]
**[[Worth Matravers]]

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=== External links ===
*[http://www.southwestcoastpath.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.swcp.org.uk/ South West Coast Path Association, with Photo Tour]
*[http://www.traildatabase.org/sww/index.html Photos and Information]

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[[Category:Devon]]
[[Category:Dorset]]
[[Category:Hiking trails in Europe]]
[[Category:Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Somerset]]

Can’t Let Go

2006-02-05T21:06:48Z

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{{Single infobox2 |
| Name = Can't Let Go
| Cover = CLG2.jpg
| Artist = [[Mariah Carey]]
| from Album = [[Emotions (album)|Emotions]]
| Released = [[October 23]], [[1991]] ([[United States|USA]])
| Format = [[CD single]] [[Cassette single]] [[Single (music)|7" single]]
| Recorded = —
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Length = 4:26
| Label = [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony]]
| Writer = Mariah Carey [[Walter Afanasieff]]
| Producer = Mariah Carey Walter Afanasieff
| Video director = [[Jim Sonzero]]
| Certification = [[Gold single|Gold]] ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]])
| Chart position = <ul><li>#2 (USA)</li></ul> <ul><li>#7 ([[Canada]])</li></ul> <ul><li>#20 ([[United Kingdom|UK]])</li></ul> <ul><li>#63 ([[Australia]])</li></ul>
| Reviews = <nowiki></nowiki>
* —
| Last single = "[[Emotions (song)|Emotions]]" (1991)
| This single = "Can't Let Go" (1991)
| Next single = "[[Make It Happen]]" ([[1992]])
}}

'''"Can't Let Go"''' was the second [[single (music)|single]] from [[Mariah Carey]]'s second album, ''[[Mariah Carey (album)|Emotions]]''.

It was released in the fourth quarter of [[1991]] in the United States and the first quarter of [[1992]] elsewhere (see [[1991 in music|1991]] and [[1992 in music]]), and was co-written and co-produced by Carey and [[Walter Afanasieff]]. The synthesizer-heavy [[ballad]] recalls Carey lamenting an ex-lover who has moved on, as though she tries she "can't let go". It broke her run of number-one singles in the U.S., but was still a strong hit there, though another commercial disappointment for Carey elsewhere. Like Carey's previous U.S. singles, "Can't Let Go" won a [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]] pop award in [[1993]].

==Making of the song==

Carey had a tough decision of whom to work with in writing and producing the ballads for her new album. With her songwriting partner Ben Margulies out of the picture owing to a financial dispute, her easier course was to take whoever Sony provided. Sony pushed for producers from her first album such as [[Rhett Lawrence]], [[Ric Wake]] and [[Narada Michael Walden]]; however Carey had not had such good experiences with these, and held Walden responsible for ruining her fourth single, "[[I Don't Wanna Cry]]". She chose Walter Afanasieff, who had produced her second single "[[Love Takes Time]]". They soon wrote this song.

==Chart performance==
The five singles Carey had released in the U.S. (most recently "[[Emotions (song)|Emotions]]") had all reached number one on [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]. Although this was unprecedented, Carey had not equalled or surpassed other achievements, such as having the most consecutive number one singles ([[Whitney Houston]] had had seven). "Can't Let Go" peaked at number two, under vocal quartet [[Color Me Badd]]'s "[[All 4 Love]]". Several skeptics assumed that [[Sony]]'s radio edit, which eliminated all of Carey's high notes and changed the feel of the song, was partly to blame for the song's relative lack of success as this was also the version contained in the single.

The song entered the Hot 100 at number forty-one, becoming her fourth consecutive single to debut in the top half of the Hot 100. It eventually stalled at number two, peaking there for only a week. It spent twenty weeks on the Hot 100, seventeen of them in the top forty. It became her first single to spend ten weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100. It was ranked twenty-third on the Hot 100 year-end charts of 1992, making it another big hit for Carey.

The single did not manage to top one of the two component charts. It became Carey's first single not to top the [[Hot 100 Airplay]] Chart, peaking at number two. Although still receiving heavy rotation on radio stations, the radio edit is blamed for a decline in what could have been a number one in airplay. Although sales were higher than those of "Emotions", peaking at eight (it also went onto achieve [[Single Certifications|Gold certification]]), the total sales and airplay figure led to a decline in the single's overall position. It peaked at number two on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]], and the same position on both its component charts. Though primarily a pop song, it became one of her more successful singles on the R&B charts. The song reached number one on the [[Adult Contemporary (Billboard Chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart, and became her fourth consecutive number one on that chart.

Outside the U.S., this remains a relatively forgotten single, in spite of moderate success in various markets, reaching the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]] top twenty and the [[Canada|Canadian]] top ten. It became her lowest peaking single at the time in all of the major anglophone singles markets, with the exception of the U.K., failing to make the [[Australia|Australian]] top fifty. It is likely that with the earlier release of ''Emotions'', lack of promotion outside the U.S., and a distinct lack of reputation (only two large hits outside the U.S.) were to blame for the lack of success.

==Music video and remixes==
[[Image:Mariah_CLG.jpg|right|thumb|Carey "can't let go" of a former love.]]
The [[music video|video]] of the song is one of Carey's simplest and most low-key. Wearing an elegant evening gown and her hair in a bun, Carey laments not being able to let go of her ex-lover, who has moved on to other women. Filmed in black and white, the video starts and closes with shots of a rose open and closed respectively.

The video was released to consumers on the ''MTV Unplugged+3 Home Video'', but it has never been released in DVD form.

A radio edit of this song, which eliminates the lengthy pre-intro and removes all of Carey's high notes at the beginning and at the end of the song, was released for commercial, radio, and video purposes. There are no known remixes of this song to date.

===Official remixes/versions list===
*"Can't Let Go" (album version)
*"Can't Let Go" (edit)

==Track listings of major single-releases==
===USA CD single (cassette single/7" single)===
#"Can't Let Go" (edit)
#"To Be Around You" (album version)

===UK cassette single===
#"Can't Let Go" (album version)
#"To Be Around You" (album version)

==Comprehensive chart==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
!align="left"|No. of chart topper
|-
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40
|align="center"|1 (2 weeks)
|align="left"|—
|-
|align="left"|1991
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100
|align="center"|2
|align="left"|—
|-
|align="left"|1991
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales
|align="center"|8
|align="left"|—
|-
|align="left"|1991
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay
|align="center"|2
|align="left"|—
|-
|align="left"|1991
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
|align="center"|2
|align="left"|—
|-
|align="left"|1991
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales
|align="center"|2
|align="left"|—
|-
|align="left"|1991
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
|align="center"|2
|align="left"|—
|-
|align="left"|1991
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary
|align="center"|1 (3 weeks)
|align="left"|4th
|-
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|U.K. Singles Chart
|align="center"|20
|align="left"|—
|-
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|Billboard Canadian Singles Chart
|align="center"|7
|align="left"|—
|-
|align="left"|1991
|align="left"|ARIA Singles Chart
|align="center"|63
|align="left"|—
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" bgcolor="white" colspan="31"|Billboard Hot 100 chart trajectory — "Can't Let Go"
|- style="background-color: #white;"
!align="center"|Week
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Chart position
|41
|29
|17
|8
|7
|6
|6
|4
|3
|3
|2
|5
|7
|10
|11
|20
|26
|35
|47
|56
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.lyrics007.com/Mariah%20Carey%20Lyrics/Cant%20Let%20Go%20Lyrics.html/ "Can't Let Go" lyrics] — [[lyrics]] for the album version of "Can't Let Go"

{{Mariah Carey2}}

[[Category: Mariah Carey singles]]
[[Category: 1991 singles]]
[[Category: 1992 singles]]

Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town

2005-07-27T05:36:37Z

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"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" is a song written by [[Mel Tillis]] and was made world famous by [[Kenny Rogers]] and The [[First Edition]] in [[1969]]. However, it was originally recorded some time prior by [[Johnny Darrell]], who scored a minor Country hit with it.

Other singers, [[Roger Miller]] among them, also cut the song, but no one had a major hit with it. However, in 1969, after their success with the hit's "Just Dropped In (Too See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "But You Know I Love You," Kenny Rogers wanted to take his group more and more into Country music.

The song itself is about a disabled soilder, who is dying and who is begging his lover not to cheat on him.

The group recorded their version of the song, with Rogers singing the lead, in one take. The record was yet another major hit for them. It made #1 in the UK, staying in the top 20 for 15 weeks and selling over a million copies by the end of [[1970]]. In the United States it made #6 and also sold more than 1 million copies, by [[1979]]. World-wide the single sold above 5 million copies.

In [[1977]], now a [[solo]] act (following The First Edition's spilt in early-[[1976]] ) , Rogers re-recorded the song, along with a number of other First Edition hit's for his greatest hit's package ''Ten Years Of Gold'' (later issued in the [[British Isles]] as ''The Kenny Rogers Singles Album''), which topped the U.S country charts and was just as successful in the [[U.K]].

Rogers also re-recorded the track for a 1990 collection of hit's, issued in the [[USA]] as ''20 Great Years''. It also appeared on live albums, other hit's collections and compilation albums.

All inclusive sales of Rogers' own recordings of the song are above 140 million. It also still receives regular airplay on [[Radio]] and [[Television|TV]] across the globe, making it one of the world's most popular songs of all-time.

* The U.K chart postion(s) used are from the charts printed in the ''New Musical Express''

Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town

2005-05-26T20:12:02Z

195.93.21.7:

"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" is a song written by [[Mel Tillis]] and was made world famous by [[Kenny Rogers]] and The [[First Edition]] in [[1969]]. However, it was originally recorded some time prior by [[Johnny Darrell]], who scored a minor Country hit with it.

Other singers, [[Roger Miller]] among them, also cut the song, but no one had a major hit with it. However, in 1969, after their success with the hit's "Just Dropped In (Too See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "But You Know I Love You," Kenny Rogers wanted to take his group more and more into Country music.

The group recorded their version of the song, with Rogers singing the lead, in one take. The record was yet another major hit for them. It made #1 in the UK, staying in the top 20 for 15 weeks and selling over a million copies by the end of [[1970]]. In the United States it made #6 and also sold more than 1 million copies, by [[1979]]. World-wide the single sold above 5 million copies.

In [[1977]], now a [[solo]] act (following The First Edition's spilt in early-[[1976]] ) , Rogers re-recorded the song, along with a number of other First Edition hit's for his greatest hit's package ''Ten Years Of Gold'' (later issued in the [[British Isles]] as ''The Kenny Rogers Singles Album''), which topped the U.S country charts and was just as successful in the [[U.K]].

Rogers also re-recorded the track for a 1990 collection of hit's, issued in the [[USA]] as ''20 Great Years''. It also appeared on live albums, other hit's collections and compilation albums.

All inclusive sales of Rogers' own recordings of the song are above 130 million. It also still receives regular airplay on [[Radio]] and [[TV]] across the globe, making it one of the world's most popular songs of all-time.

* The U.K chart postion(s) used are from the charts printed in the ''New Musical Express''

Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town

2005-05-26T20:09:46Z

195.93.21.7:

"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" is a song written by [[Mel Tillis]] and was made world famous by [[Kenny Rogers]] and The [[First Edition]] in [[1969]]. However, it was originally recorded some time prior by [[Johnny Darrell]], who scored a minor Country hit with it.

Other singers, [[Roger Miller]] among them, also cut the song, but no one had a major hit with it. However, in 1969, after their success with the hit's "Just Dropped In (Too See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "But You Know I Love You," Kenny Rogers wanted to take his group more and more into Country music.

The group recorded their version of the song, with Rogers singing the lead, in one take. The record was yet another major hit for them. It made #1 in the UK, staying in the top 20 for 15 weeks and selling over a million copies by the end of [[1970]]. In the United States it made #6 and also sold more than 1 million copies, by [[1979]]. World-wide the single sold above 5 million copies.

In [[1977]], now a [[solo]] act (following The First Edition's spilt in early-[[1976]] ) , Rogers re-recorded the song, along with a number of other First Edition hit's for his greatest hit's package ''Ten Years Of Gold'' (later issued in the [[British Isles]] as ''The Kenny Rogers Singles Album''), which topped the U.S country charts and was just as successful in the [[U.K]].

Rogers also re-recorded the track for a 1990 collection of hit's, issued in the [[USA]] as ''20 Great Years'.' It also appeared on live albums, other hit's collections and compilation albums.

All inclusive sales of Rogers' own recordings of the song are above 130 million. It also still receives regular airplay on [[Radio]] and [[TV]] across the globe, making it one of the world's most popular songs of all-time.

* The U.K chart postion(s) used are from the charts printed in the ''New Musical Express''

Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town

2005-05-26T20:08:47Z

195.93.21.7:

"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" is a song written by [[Mel Tillis]] and was made world famous by [[Kenny Rogers]] and The [[First Edition]] in [[1969]]. However, it was originally recorded some time prior by [[Johnny Darrell]], who scored a minor Country hit with it.

Other singers, [[Roger Miller]] among them, also cut the song, but no one had a major hit with it. However, in 1969, after their success with the hit's "Just Dropped In (Too See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "But You Know I Love You," Kenny Rogers wanted to take his group more and more into Country music.

The group recorded their version of the song, with Rogers singing the lead, in one take. The record was yet another major hit for them. It made #1 in the UK, staying in the top 20 for 15 weeks and selling over a million copies by the end of [[1970]]. In the United States it made #6 and also sold more than 1 million copies, by [[1979]]. World-wide the single sold above 5 million copies.

In [[1977]], now a [[solo]] act (following The First Edition's spilt in early-[[1976]] ) , Rogers re-recorded the song, along with a number of other First Edition hit's for his greatest hit's package ''Ten Years Of Gold'' (later issued in the [[British Isles]] as ''The Kenny Rogers Singles Album''), which topped the U.S country charts and was just as successful in the [[U.K]].

Rogers also re-recorded the track for a 1990 collection of hit's, issued in the [[USA]] as ''20 Great Years'.' It also appeared on live albums, other hit's collections and compilation albums.

All inclusive sales of Rogers' own recordings of the song are above 130 million. It also still receives regular airplay on [[Radio]] and [[TV]] across the globe, making it one of the world's most popular songs of all-time.

* The U.K chart postion used is from the charts printed in the ''New Musical Express''

Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town

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"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" is a song written by [[Mel Tillis]] and was made world famous by [[Kenny Rogers]] and The [[First Edition]] in [[1969]]. However, it was originally recorded some time prior by [[Johnny Darrell]], who scored a minor Country hit with it.

Other singers, [[Roger Miller]] among them, also cut the song, but no one had a major hit with it. However, in 1969, after their success with the hit's "Just Dropped In (Too See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "But You Know I Love You," Kenny Rogers wanted to take his group more and more into Country music.

The group recorded their version of the song, with Rogers singing the lead, in one take. The record was yet another major hit for them. It made #1 in the UK, staying in the top 20 for 15 weeks and selling over a million copies by the end of [[1970]]. In the United States it made #6 and also sold more than 1 million copies, by [[1979]]. World-wide the single sold above 5 million copies.

In [[1977]], now a [[solo]] act (following The First Edition's spilt in early-[[1976]] ) , Rogers re-recorded the song, along with a number of other First Edition hit's for his greatest hit's package ''Ten Years Of Gold'' (later issued in the [[British Isles]] as ''The Kenny Rogers Singles Album''), which topped the U.S country charts and was just as successful in the [[U.K]].

Rogers also re-recorded the track for a 1990 collection of hit's, issued in the [[USA]] as ''20 Great Years'.' It also appeared on live albums, other hit's collections and compilation albums.

All inclusive sales of Rogers' own recordings of the song are above 130 million. It also still receives regular airplay on [[Radio]] and [[TV]] across the globe, making it one of the world's most popular songs of all-time.

Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town

2005-05-26T20:05:48Z

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"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" is a song written by [[Mel Tillis]] and was made world famous by [[Kenny Rogers]] and The [[First Edition]] in [[1969]]. However, it was originally recorded some time prior by [[Johnny Darrell]], who scored a minor Country hit with it.

Other singers, [[Roger Miller]] among them, also cut the song, but no one had a major hit with it. However, in 1969, after their success with the hit's "Just Dropped In (Too See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "But You Know I Love You," Rogers wanted to take the group more and more into Country music.

The group recorded their version of the song, with Rogers singing the lead, in one take. The record was yet another major hit for them. It made #1 in the UK, staying in the top 20 for 15 weeks and selling over a million copies by the end of [[1970]]. In the United States it made #6 and also sold more than 1 million copies, by [[1979]]. World-wide the single sold above 5 million copies.

In [[1977]], now a [[solo]] act (following The First Edition's spilt in early-[[1976]] ) , Rogers re-recorded the song, along with a number of other First Edition hit's for his greatest hit's package ''Ten Years Of Gold'' (later issued in the [[British Isles]] as ''The Kenny Rogers Singles Album''), which topped the U.S country charts and was just as successful in the [[U.K]].

Rogers also re-recorded the track for a 1990 collection of hit's, issued in the [[USA]] as ''20 Great Years'.' It also appeared on live albums, other hit's collections and compilation albums.

All inclusive sales of Rogers' own recordings of the song are above 130 million. It also still receives regular airplay on [[Radio]] and [[TV]] across the globe, making it one of the world's most popular songs of all-time.

Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town

2005-05-26T19:54:31Z

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"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" is a song written by [[Mel Tillis]] and was made world famous by [[Kenny Rogers]] and The First Edition in [[1969]]. However, it was originally recorded some time prior by [[Johnny Darrell]], who scored a minor Country hit with it.

Other singers, [[Roger Miller]] among them, also cut the song, but no one had a major hit with it. However, in 1969, after their success with the hit's "Just Dropped In (Too See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "But You Know I Love You," Rogers wanted to take the group more and more into Country music.

The group recorded their version of the song, with Rogers singing the lead, in one take. The record was yet another major hit for them. It made #1 in the UK, staying in the top 20 for 15 weeks and selling over a million copies by the end of [[1970]]. In the United States it made #6 and also sold more than 1 million copies, by [[1979]]. World-wide the single sold above 5 million copies.

In [[1977]], now a [[solo]] act (following The First Edition's spilt in early-[[1976]] ) , Rogers re-recorded the song, along with a number of other First Edition hit's for his greatest hit's package ''Ten Years Of Gold'' (later issued in the U.K as ''The Kenny Rogers Singles Album''), which topped the U.S country charts and #1 in the [[U.K]] as well.

Rogers also re-recorded the track for a 1990 collection of hit's, issued in the [[USA]] as ''20 Great Years'.' It also appeared on live albums, other hit's collections and compilation albums.

All inclusive sales of Rogers' own recordings of the song are above 130 million. It also still receives regular airplay on [[Radio]] and [[TV]] across the globe, making it one of the world's most popular songs of all-time.

River Tyne (England)

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[[Image:Newcastle_Upon_Tyne_bridges.jpg|thumb|The Tyne in Newcastle]]
The '''River Tyne''' is a [[river]] in [[England]]. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers, the North Tyne and the South Tyne. These two rivers converge at [[Acomb (Northumberland)|Acomb]] in [[Northumberland]].

The '''South Tyne''' rises on [[Alston Moor]], [[Cumbria]] and flow through the towns of [[Haltwhistle]] and [[Haydon Bridge]], in a valley often called the [[Tyne Gap]]. [[Hadrian's Wall]] lies to the North of the Tyne Gap.

The '''North Tyne''' rises on the [[Scotland|Scottish]] border, north of [[Kielder Water]]. It flows through [[Kielder Forest]], and passes through no major settlements before Hexham.

The combined Tyne flows from Hexham through [[Corbridge]] in [[Northumberland]]. It enters the county of [[Tyne and Wear]] at [[Prudhoe]] and continues through [[Blaydon]], the seven bridges of [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], then [[Gateshead]] and [[Jarrow]] to the [[Tyne Tunnel]], [[North Shields]] and finally to [[Tynemouth]] and [[South Shields]] and the [[North Sea]]. As it passes through the [[Tyneside]] conurbation, the river marks the pre-1974 border between [[County Durham]] (to the south) and [[Northumberland]] (to the north).

[[Image:Tyne Bridge - Newcastle Upon Tyne - England - 2004-08-14.jpg|thumb|The Tyne Bridge across the River Tyne between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead. Taken from the deck of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, looking west.]]

The Tyne was a major route for the export of [[coal]] from the [[13th century]] until the decline of the [[coalfield]]s of North East England in the second half of the [[20th century]]. Dramatic [[wood]]en staithes (a structure for loading coal onto ships) have been preserved at [[Dunston]] in Gateshead.

The lower reaches of the Tyne were, in the late [[19th century|19th]] and early 20th centuries, one of the world's most important centres of [[shipbuilding]], and there are still major shipyards at [[Wallsend]] on the north of the river and [[Jarrow]] on the south.

To support the shipbuilding and [[export]] industries of [[Tyneside]], the lower reaches of the river were extensively remodelled during the second half of the 19th century, with islands removed and bends in the course of the river straightened.

==Crossings==
*[[Tyne Tunnel]]
*[[Gateshead Millennium Bridge]]
*[[Tyne Bridge]]
*Swing Bridge (a [[swing bridge]]!)
*[[High Level Bridge]]
*[[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] ([[Tyne and Wear Metro|Metro]]) Bridge
*Redheugh Bridge
*[[Scotswood]] Bridge
*[[Blaydon]] Bridge
*[[Newburn]] Bridge

==See also==
*[[Rivers of the United Kingdom]]

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[[Category:Rivers in Cumbria|Tyne, River]]
[[Category:Rivers in Northumberland|Tyne, River]]
[[Category:Scottish Borders|Tyne, River]]
[[Category:Tyne and Wear|Tyne, River]]
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River Tyne (England)

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