songwriter, record producer, and talent agent. Under the pseudonym Napoleon XIV, he achieved one-hit wonder status with the #3 hit novelty song "They're...
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Napoleon, napoleon, Napoléon, or Napóleon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Napoleon (1769–1821) was a French military leader and emperor. Napoleon...
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1966 novelty record written and performed by Jerry Samuels (billed as Napoleon XIV), and released on Warner Bros. Records. The song became an instant success...
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Battles of Napoleon 1000km 620miles Rochefort 18 Waterloo 17 Elba 16 Dizier 15 Leipzig 14 Berezina 13 Borodino 12 Wagram 11 Somosierra 10 Friedland 9 Jena...
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The Cowsills, Sam the Sham, Tommy James & The Shondells, Lee Michaels, Napoleon XIV, The Royal Guardsmen, Boyce and Hart, and other musical groups. He was...
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Charles XIV John (Swedish: Karl XIV Johan; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first...
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Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon, Prince of Montfort (born Jean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Napoléon Bonaparte; 11 July 1986, France) is the disputed...
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gnimoC er'yehT", Napoleon XIV (1966) The B-side of "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!," a novelty hit for Jerry Samuels as Napoleon XIV, consists solely...
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the 1966 novelty song "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!", by Napoleon XIV, has little music and is set to a rhythm tapped out on a snare drum,...
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Bernadotte is the royal family of Sweden, founded there in 1818 by King Charles XIV John of Sweden. It was also the royal family of Norway between 1818 and 1905...
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Great Nation: France from Louis XIV to Napoleon (1715–1799) (2002) Klaits, Joseph. Printed propaganda under Louis XIV: absolute monarchy and public opinion...
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complement it, and be a resource to samplers. The B-side of the 1966 Napoleon XIV single "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" is a reversed version...
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Acker Bilk Muddy Waters The Murmaids The Music Machine Nancy Sinatra Napoleon XIV The Nashville Teens Nazz Neil Christian Neil Diamond Neil Sedaka Neil...
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Back" by Jimmy Cross, and "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" by Napoleon XIV. Hansen also revived interest in the double entendre songs of 1940s Borscht...
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their own labels, such as the artist Jerry Samuels, who made songs under Napoleon XIV. Rock singer-guitarist George Harrison, for example, played guitar on...
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Whitehurst & the Jr. Science Club Marc with a C MC Lars Mega Ran Meth Wax Napoleon XIV Nick Lutsko Nuclear Bubble Wrap OK Glass Ookla the Mok Plasma Canvas...
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House of Bonaparte (redirect from Prince Napoleon)
was founded in 1804 by Napoleon I, the son of Corsican nobleman Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Buonaparte (née Ramolino). Napoleon was a French military...
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"They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!", originally performed by Napoleon XIV, with the addition of a guitar part and an extra verse (written by Jello...
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recorded by Jerry Samuels billed as Napoleon XIV. Some other versions of the song were made with lyrics referencing the Napoleon delusion (such as a Spanish version...
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Louis XIV, and runs west along the Champs-Élysées to La Défense and slightly beyond. Since 1988, the Louvre Pyramid in the middle of the Cour Napoléon has...
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Les Invalides (category Napoleon museums)
some of France's leading military figures, most notably the tomb of Napoleon. Louis XIV initiated the project by an order dated 24 November 1670 as a home...
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Palace of Fontainebleau (category Napoleon museums)
small for the court of Napoleon III, and a new theatre had been begun in 1854 at the far eastern end of the wing of Louis XIV. It was designed by architect...
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Louvre (redirect from Musée Napoleon)
postclassical era;: 201 Hyacinthe Rigaud's Louis XIV; Jacques-Louis David's The Coronation of Napoleon; Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa; and...
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"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!", written and performed by Jerry "Napoleon XIV" Samuels. "4th Dimension" contains samples of "What Will Santa Claus...
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Tuileries Palace (category Palaces and residences of Napoleon)
the usual Parisian residence of most French monarchs, from Henry IV to Napoleon III, until it was burned by the Paris Commune in 1871. Built in 1564, it...
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Tom "T-Bone" Stankus 6:14 Tom "T-Bone" Stankus 1979 18 "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" Napoleon XIV 2:10 N. Bonaparte (Jerry Samuels) 1966...
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Jerry Samuels Dies: One of Pop Music's Most Unique One-Hit Wonders as 'Napoleon XIV'. bestclassicbands.com. Retrieved 10 March 2023. "Rapper Costa Titch...
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Double-O Zeros (c. 1985) "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" by Napoleon XIV (c. 1982) Closing "Tortured Man" by Howard Stern and The Dust Brothers...
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Wild Thing The Troggs July 30 They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! Napoleon XIV August 6 Lil' Red Riding Hood Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs August 13 Summer...
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Napoleonic Wars (redirect from Napoleon wars)
Cundee. p. xiii–xiv. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023. Esdaile, Charles J. (2004). Fighting Napoleon: Guerrillas...
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