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Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979, [5] by lead vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist Peter Olsson, and drummer Tony Reno.They obtained a major breakthrough in Sweden in 1982 by winning the televised competition "Rock-SM" (Swedish Rock Championships); it was the first time this competition was held, and Europe became a larger success than the ...
Hillbilly is a term for people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas in the United States, primarily in the Appalachian region and Ozarks. As people migrated out of the region during the Great Depression, the term spread northward and westward with them. The usage of the term hillbilly as a descriptor receives mixed perceptions, often in part ...
In the United States, the Motion Picture Production Code, or Hays Code, enforced after 1934, banned the exposure of the female navel in Hollywood films. [3] The National Legion of Decency, a Roman Catholic body guarding over American media content, also pressured Hollywood to keep clothing that exposed certain parts of the female body, such as bikinis and low-cut dresses, from being featured ...
According to historian Jeffrey Ostler, "Any discussion of genocide must, of course, eventually consider the so-called Indian Wars, the term commonly used for U.S. Army campaigns to subjugate Indian nations of the American West beginning in the 1860s. In an older historiography, key events in this history were narrated as battles.
"The Final Countdown" is a song by Swedish rock band Europe, released in 1986. Written by lead singer Joey Tempest, it was based on a keyboard riff he made in the early 1980s, with lyrics inspired by David Bowie's "Space Oddity". Originally made to just be a concert opener, it is the first single and title track from the band's third studio album.
Edwin Carewe(1883–1940), the most prolific Native American director of feature films in Hollywood history. Luther Standing Bear(1868–1939), Native American film actor. Dark Cloud, also known as Elijah Tahamont, was an Algonquinchiefborn in St. Francis Indian Village, Quebec, Canada who lived from 1861 to 1918.
Toplessness refers to the state in which a woman's breasts, including her areolas and nipples, are exposed, especially in a public place or in a visual medium. The male equivalent is known as barechestedness . Social norms around toplessness vary by context and location.
The Castellows are an American neotraditional country music trio consisting of sisters Eleanor, Lily, and Powell Balkcom. [1] Eleanor and Powell are two of triplets. [2] Lily is their younger sister, about eighteen months junior. [3] Born in Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia, [2] the sisters moved to Nashville in 2023 and signed a record deal ...