King Kong (1959) was a landmark South African jazz-influenced musical, billed at the time as an "all-African jazz opera". It has been called "an extraordinary...
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Kentucky King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa, a 1970 album King Kong (Gorilla Zoe album), released in 2011 King Kong (1959 musical), a...
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King Kong is an American monster media franchise that consists of thirteen films, as well as television, novels, comic books, video games, attractions...
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being a standard of most gumboots bands, and also featured in the musical 'King Kong' (1959). The song gained further popularity after South Africa won the...
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The Lion King is a stage musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and a book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, with additional music and...
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King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure romance monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, with special...
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The Kingdom and the Beauty (category Hong Kong drama films)
mei ren) is a 1959 Hong Kong musical-drama film directed by Li Han-hsiang. The film was set in Imperial China, directed by a Hong Kong based–Mainland...
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musical King Kong became a hit in Johannesburg. It used a jazz score to tell the tragic story of South African heavyweight boxer Ezekiel "King Kong"...
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Broadway-caliber short-form stage musical named Festival of the Lion King (formerly known as A Celebration of the Festival of the Lion King) is performed live in...
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Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. Based...
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Retrieved 21 May 2019. "Recorded a year after the international hit musical King Kong (1959), which provided many black South African musicians with the opportunity...
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portrayal of the king, including a line about his murder. The song is parodied by Peter Schickele (aka P. D. Q. Bach) as Good King Kong, though the melody...
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King Hu Jinquan (Chinese: 胡金銓, 29 April 1932 – 14 January 1997) was a Chinese filmmaker and actor, based in Hong Kong and Taiwan. He is known for directing...
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The Lion King is a 1994 American animated musical coming-of-age drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Buena Vista Pictures...
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won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1950. The song's first musical arrangement was in an orchestration by Nelson Riddle, and the orchestral...
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Kenny Ho (redirect from Kenny Ho Ka King)
Kenny Ho Kar-king (born 29 December 1959) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He was best known for his role as Zhan Zhao in the Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese...
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The following is a list of musical films by year. A musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative...
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Redbone (band) (category Pages using infobox musical artist with associated acts)
effect that Lolly Vegas used for his electric guitar amplifier and a "King Kong" style of drumming developed by drummer Peter DePoe. This Leslie effect...
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The Producers (2005 film) (redirect from The Producers: The Movie Musical)
million worldwide from a $45 million budget. In 1959, following the flop of the Broadway theatrical musical Funny Boy (based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet)...
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Pal Sinn (category CS1 Chinese (Hong Kong)-language sources (zh-hk))
Pal Sinn Lap-man (born 17 March 1959) is a Hong Kong musician and actor. Sinn is noted for his roles as Sai-Mun Hing in The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus...
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musician, Matshikiza is celebrated for composing the score of the jazz musical King Kong, as well as numerous choral works in South African traditional style...
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a list of musicals, including Broadway musicals, West End musicals, and musicals that premiered in other places, as well as film musicals, whose titles...
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List of plays adapted into feature films (redirect from List of films based on stage plays or musicals)
(1974) The King of Paris (1934 film) (1934) King of the Castle (1926 film) King of the Hotel (1932) King of the Ritz (1933, musical) The King on Main Street...
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Hong Kong, Doctor of Laws University of Mauritius, Doctor of Laws University of Liverpool, Doctor of Laws University of Lancaster, Doctor of Musical Arts...
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Tsui Hark (redirect from Tsui Man-kong)
1950), born Tsui Man-kong (Vietnamese: Từ Văn Quang), is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Tsui has directed several influential Hong Kong films such as Zu Warriors...
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Taiwanese film The Fantastic Magic Baby, a 1975 Hong Kong film directed by Chang Cheh. Monkey King With 72 Magic, a 1979 Taiwanese film directed and produced...
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Company, creator of the gorilla in King Kong among others. ‡ The award is presented to the producer(s) of the musical or play. The show received a mixed...
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List of sibling groups (section Sibling musical groups)
Villarreal The Watson Twins, American musical duo, identical twin sisters Chandra and Leigh Watson We Are King American R&B duo based in Los Angeles,...
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Hong Kong has submitted 37 films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since first entering the Oscar competition in 1959. The award...
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Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. It concentrates on the life of Argentine political leader, activist and actress...
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