"Land of a Thousand Dances" (or "Land of 1000 Dances") is a song written and first recorded by the American rhythm and blues singer Chris Kenner in 1962...
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Headhunters had a hit with the 1962 Chris Kenner song Land of a Thousand Dances which included the names of such dances. One list of Fad Dances compiled in...
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except "Land of a Thousand Dances", written by Chris Kenner. Side one "Put Up or Shut Up" – 3:21 "Spontaneous Combustion" – 3:53 "My Love Is Like a Tire...
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album: "Land of a Thousand Dances?!!?" (in a shortened version with overdubbed saxophones), "Grab Them Cakes," and "Don't Go Messin' with a Country Boy...
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Horses (album) (category Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients)
Notes On CD reissues of the album, Chris Kenner is credited as the sole writer of part two of "Land" ("Land of a Thousand Dances"). Credits are adapted...
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Thee Midniters (category American artists of Mexican descent)
come out of East Los Angeles in the 1960s, with a cover of "Land of a Thousand Dances" that charted in Canada in 1965, and an instrumental track "Whittier...
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Cavaliere states that The Young Rascals recorded "Mustang Sally" and "Land of a Thousand Dances" before Pickett and that Atlantic Records "copped those two songs...
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The Action (category Cleanup tagged articles with a reason field from October 2018)
notably for their singles "I'll Keep Holding On" and "Land of a Thousand Dances". There was even a short documentary episode made on the band for the American...
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U.S.A.)", a song which Pickett had not on first hearing liked, reached No. 1 and No. 13. Pickett later redid the song "Land of a Thousand Dances", originally...
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Cannibal & the Headhunters (category American musicians of Mexican descent)
California. They were one of the first Mexican-American groups to have a national hit record, "Land of a Thousand Dances", recorded on the Rampart label...
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the end credits, Chet, Connie, Roman, Kate, and Wally dance to "Land of a Thousand Dances" in a bar. In the post-credits scene, the raccoon family (who...
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singing in ten of the sixteen songs. Produced by Bry Jones, the soundtrack contains songs from the 1960s, including: "Land of a Thousand Dances", "I Can't...
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"Hey Jude", a song by the English rock band the Beatles featuring a coda featuring a "Na-na-na na" refrain "Land of a Thousand Dances", a song written...
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Evans in the December 3 issue of New Musical Express. The saxophone playing by Lionel Kingham on "Land of a Thousand Dances" was also noted. It was an attempt...
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(from Freeze Frame) (Justman) – 4:03 "Land of a Thousand Dances" (Chris Kenner) – 5:41 Note: on the LP version of the album, the cross-fade between "Love...
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Josh Gruss (category Alumni of London Business School)
publishing rights to the song "Land of a Thousand Dances" by Chris Kenner which generated average royalties of $200,000 a year for the company. The next...
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Montez, "Harry the Hairy Ape" a 1963 Top-20 pop and R&B novelty hit by Ray Stevens, "Land of a Thousand Dances", "Having a Party" by Sam Cooke, "Do the...
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various programs in which she expressed a desire to return to the genre. Lake competed on the 13th season of Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with...
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Indian style cover version of "Land of a Thousand Dances," (No. 95, 1969) charted. No future releases were forthcoming. Many of the tracks on the LP were...
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Only half of the celebrities performed this week. Couples are listed in the order they performed. Group performance: "Land of a Thousand Dances" — Wilson...
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Charles Chalmers (category Year of birth missing (living people))
Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man"; and Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally" and "Land of a Thousand Dances." He also holds an Album of the Century award...
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The In Crowd (1988 film) (category 1980s dance films)
The period piece set in the 1960s features music of the era, including "Land of a Thousand Dances" and the instrumental "Cast Your Fate to the Wind"...
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Guy's disbandment. One of their final recordings during this period was a cover of Wilson Pickett's Land of a Thousand Dances for the 1992 animated film...
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Southern soul (category Culture of the Southern United States)
collaboration with the Stax team, and Pickett gained big hit "Land of a Thousand Dances" with FAME Studios musicians in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.. After...
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S. D. Jones (category WWE Hall of Fame Legacy inductees)
blue palm trees and the other was a red shirt. He also appeared in the WWF's music video for Land of a Thousand Dances. Jones last match was in New York...
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'Sana Birşey Olmuş' (Something Has Happened to You) is a cover of the song "Land of a Thousand Dances" in Turkish. The songs 'Nihansin Dideden' (You are Hidden...
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Chicano rock (category Music of California)
David; Waldman, Tom (1998). Land of a Thousand Dances: Chicano rock 'n' roll from Southern California. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0-8263-1929-7...
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bands such as Cannibal & the Headhunters ("Land of a Thousand Dances") and Thee Midniters played R&B music with a rebellious rock and roll edge. Sunny and...
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Latin rock (category Music of Latin America)
A Biography". Allmusic.com. David Reyes, Tom Waldman (1998). Land of a Thousand Dances: Chicano rock 'n' roll from Southern California. University of...
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Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (category Cultural depictions of Hulk Hogan)
recurring live action segment was the music video for the cover of "Land of a Thousand Dances" recorded by several WWF wrestlers for The Wrestling Album....
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