The Melodians are a rocksteady band formed in the Greenwich Town area of Kingston, Jamaica, in 1963, by Tony Brevett (born 1949, nephew of The Skatalites...
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The Georgia Melodians were an early jazz band that was active in the 1920s and recorded for Edison. They were from Savannah, Georgia and the joint leaders...
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music journalist Ian Meldrum with Michael Gudinski and Amanda Pelman. The name Melodian is a combination of 'melody' and Meldrum and Ian. In July 1987, Australian...
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"Melodians in the Spotlight". London Mission Newsletter. 72: 28–29. "Melodians Charity Trustees". 12 April 2016. "Melodians Charity Date". "Melodians Henry...
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Rivers of Babylon (redirect from On the rivers of Babylon)
of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The lyrics are adapted from the texts of Psalms 19 and 137 in the Hebrew Bible. The Melodians' original...
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Tied & True (redirect from Tied and True (The Detroit Cobras album))
Other People Original by The Cookies The Hurt's All Gone Original by Irma Thomas It's My Delight Original by The Melodians On a Monday Original by Lead...
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Sampler (musical instrument) (redirect from Computer Music Melodian)
released in 1975. The first commercially available sampling synthesizer was the Computer Music Melodian by Harry Mendell (1976), while the first polyphonic...
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Stevie Wonder (redirect from So What the Fuss Records)
Computer Music Inc.'s early music sampler, the Melodian, on his soundtrack album Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants". This was his first...
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these artists include the Melodians, the Slickers, DJ Scotty, and seminal early reggae stars Desmond Dekker and Toots and the Maytals. Two songs are...
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Zion (category Articles needing the year an event occurred from January 2020)
Lion!"), The Melodians song "Rivers of Babylon" (based on Psalm 137, where the captivity of Babylon is contrasted with the freedom in Zion), the Bad Brains...
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Trojan skinhead (redirect from The Spirit of 69)
the early 1990s. Laurel Aitken Desmond Dekker Judge Dread The Ethiopians Tommy McCook Derrick Morgan The Pioneers Symarip The Upsetters The Melodians...
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Sensation (The Embassy album), 2013 Sweet Sensation (Stephanie Mills album) or the title song, 1980 Sweet Sensation, three albums by the Melodians, 1976,...
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– Martha & The Vandellas "I and I Survive (Slavery Days)" – Burning Spear "Rivers Of Babylon" – The Melodians "Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)"...
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Of The Universe Action Figures From The 1980s. First appearing the Masters of the Universe Classics toyline, Terroar is a sound being from Melodian who...
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Sublime (band) (redirect from Jah Won't Pay the Bills)
Toots & the Maytals, The Melodians, Wayne Smith, Tenor Saw, Frankie Paul, The Wailing Souls, Barrington Levy, Half Pint and Yellowman. The band additionally...
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including the first use of a digital sampling synthesizer, the Computer Music Melodian, used in most tracks of this album. Journey is an early digital recording...
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This Land Is Your Land (category Jay and the Americans songs)
reggae group The Melodians. A few other notable recordings are by: Peter, Paul and Mary – for their album Moving (1963) Bing Crosby – for the album America...
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1969. The first commercially available sampling synthesizer was the Computer Music Melodian by Harry Mendell (1976). First released in 1977–1978, the Synclavier...
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Winstanley and York Road Estate (category Housing estates in the London Borough of Wandsworth)
described being taken aback by the impressive musical band (the Melodians Steel Orchestra UK) that hailed from the estate in the late 1990s, which he described...
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Elizabeth II. Stevie Wonder – piano, Fender Rhodes, vocoder, drums, Bass Melodian Synthesizer, Fairlight Synthesizer Background Vocals: Linda Allen, Windy...
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Boney M. (redirect from The Collection (Boney M. Box Set))
The group is scheduled for a farewell tour in Australia in June and July, 2024. In 1978, "Rivers of Babylon", a cover of a track by The Melodians with...
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Tommy McCook Freddie McKay The Melodians Jackie Mittoo Derrick Morgan The Paragons Ken Parker Dawn Penn Dwight Pinkney The Pioneers Prince Buster Ernest...
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Rastafari (redirect from History of the Rastafarians)
critiques. Songs like The Wailers' "African Herbsman" and Peter Tosh's "Legalize It" referenced cannabis use, while tracks like The Melodians' "Rivers of Babylon"...
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Jimmy Cliff, composed by Jimmy Cliff "Rivers of Babylon" performed by The Melodians, composed by B. Dowe "Sitting Here in Limbo" performed by Jimmy Cliff...
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Peter Andre (category Actors from the London Borough of Harrow)
achieved success in the mid-1990s as a singer, topping the UK Singles Chart with "Flava" and "I Feel You" in 1996. After featuring in the third series of...
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originally performed by The Ziggens) "Boss D.J." – 3:05 "Garden Grove" – 1:58 "Rivers of Babylon" – 2:39 (originally performed by The Melodians) "Little District"...
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in the original version of the reggae song Rivers of Babylon by The Melodians but all mention of him was removed from the more popular version by Boney...
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Get Down on It (category Kool & the Gang songs)
June 22, 2013. Get Down on It (Australian CD1 liner notes). Peter Andre. Melodian. 1996. D1312.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media...
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"Holly Holy" (original by Neil Diamond) "It's My Delight" (original by The Melodians) "Come Back Darling" (original by Johnny Osbourne) "Never Let You Go"...
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Turn! Turn! Turn! (category The Byrds songs)
is set to music, other examples being the Melodians' (and Boney M's) "Rivers of Babylon", Sister Janet Mead's "The Lord's Prayer", U2's "40", Sinéad O'Connor's...
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