query: Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best.

pos: Ringo Starr Richard Starkey , ( born 7 July 1940 ) , known professionally as Ringo Starr , is an English drummer , singer , songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles . He occasionally sang lead vocals , usually for one song on an album , including `` With a Little Help from My Friends '' , `` Yellow Submarine '' and their cover of `` Act Naturally '' . He also wrote the Beatles ' songs `` Do n't Pass Me By '' and `` Octopus 's Garden '' , and is credited as a co-writer of others , including `` What Goes On '' and `` Flying '' .   Starr was twice afflicted by life-threatening illnesses during childhood , and as a result of prolonged hospitalisations fell behind in school . In 1955 , he entered the workforce and briefly held a position with British Rail before securing an apprenticeship at a Liverpool equipment manufacturer . Soon afterwards , he became interested in the UK skiffle craze , developing a fervent admiration for the genre . In 1957 , he cofounded his first band , the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group , which earned several prestigious local bookings before the fad succumbed to American rock and roll by early 1958 .   When the Beatles formed in 1960 , Starr was a member of another Liverpool group , Rory Storm and the Hurricanes . After achieving moderate success with that band in the UK and Hamburg , he quit the Hurricanes and joined the Beatles in August 1962 , replacing Pete Best . Starr played key roles in the Beatles ' films and appeared in numerous others . After the band 's break-up in 1970 , he released several successful singles including the US number four hit `` It Do n't Come Easy '' , and number ones `` Photograph '' and `` You 're Sixteen '' . In 1972 , he released his most successful UK single , `` Back Off Boogaloo '' , which peaked at number two . He achieved commercial and critical success with his 1973 album Ringo , which was a top ten release in both the UK and the US . He has been featured in a number of documentaries and hosted television shows . He also narrated the first two series of the children 's television programme Thomas & Friends and portrayed `` Mr Conductor '' during the first season of the PBS children 's television series Shining Time Station . Since 1989 , he has toured with twelve variations of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band .   Starr 's creative contribution to music has received praise from other drummers such as Phil Collins , who described him as `` a great musician '' , and Steve Smith , who commented : `` Before Ringo , drum stars were measured by their soloing ability and virtuosity . Ringo 's popularity brought forth a new paradigm ... we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect ... His parts are so signature to the songs that you can listen to a Ringo drum part without the rest of the music and still identify the song . '' He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1998 . In 2011 , Rolling Stone readers named Starr the fifth-greatest drummer of all time . Starr , who was previously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Beatle in 1988 , was inducted for his solo career in 2015 , making him one of 21 performers inducted more than once .

neg: John Peel John Robert Parker Ravenscroft , OBE ( 30 August 1939 -- 25 October 2004 ) , known professionally as John Peel , was an English disc jockey , radio presenter , record producer and journalist . He was the longest serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs , broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004 .   He was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive rock records on British radio , and he is widely acknowledged for promoting artists working in various genres , including pop , reggae , indie pop , indie rock , alternative rock , punk , hardcore punk , breakcore , grindcore , death metal , British hip hop , electronic music , jungle and dance music . Fellow DJ Paul Gambaccini described Peel as `` the most important man in music for about a dozen years '' . In 2012 he was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork -- the Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover .   Peel 's Radio 1 shows were notable for the regular `` Peel sessions '' , which usually consisted of four songs recorded by an artist live in the BBC 's studios , and which often provided the first major national coverage to bands that would later achieve great fame . Another popular feature of his shows was the annual Festive Fifty countdown of his listeners ' favourite records of the year .   Peel appeared occasionally on British television as one of the presenters of Top of the Pops in the 1980s , and he provided voice-over commentary for a number of BBC programmes . He became popular with the audience of BBC Radio 4 for his Home Truths programme , which ran from the 1990s , featuring unusual stories from listeners ' domestic lives .

neg: Classic Albums Live Classic Albums Live is a concert series based in Toronto , Ontario , in which musicians perform a classic rock album in its entirety . The series was founded in 2003 by Craig Martin , a musician who had previously produced a series of boutique cabaret shows as well as composed music for television and film .   The musicians go to great lengths to faithfully recreate every sound on the original album . They have performed with orchestras , sitarists , choirs and schools . The shows are treated like recitals with the album being performed in its entirety followed by a ` greatest hits ' set of the featured artist .   Albums that have been performed include Led Zeppelin 's Led Zeppelin , Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin IV , Bruce Springsteen 's Born to Run , Supertramp 's Crime of the Century and Breakfast in America , the Rolling Stones ' Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St. , Fleetwood Mac 's Rumours , Eagles ' Hotel California , Guns N ' Roses ' Appetite for Destruction , Pink Floyd 's The Dark Side of the Moon , Wish You Were Here , The Wall and Animals , Queen 's A Night at the Opera , and the Beatles albums Rubber Soul , Revolver , Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band , The Beatles ( AKA the `` White Album '' ) , and Abbey Road .   In recent years , the series has presented concerts in a variety of cities , including Orlando , Florida , Los Angeles , Philadelphia , Akron , La Mirada , Jacksonville , Gainesville , Lakeland , Coral Springs , New York , New Jersey , Dallas , Houston , Uncasville , Connecticut , Las Vegas , Nevada , and Rochester , New York . On December 17 , 2006 , Classic Albums Live performed the entire 213-song Beatles song catalogue in one 13-hour concert at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto .   A different lineup performs each album . There is a group of core musicians who are frequently part of the performances , including Nick Hildyard , Rob Phillips , Lindsay Clark , Leslea Keurvorst , Troy Feener , Clifton David , Dom Polito and Marty Morin . Occasionally , more famous Canadian musicians are brought in as well , including Mia Sheard , Kim Bingham , Nicholas Walsh , and ex-members of Moist . In some venues , they will bring in local musicians to fill needed spots . For example , on June 16 , 2006 , the group performed the Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper album at the Hard Rock Live in Orlando ; they brought in the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra to fill in on the orchestral parts .   When performing in Toronto , they usually play at Massey Hall . The producer of Classic Albums Live has created a musical called Gig which will run in 2016 .   List of albums performed :   The Beatles ' catalogue  Led Zeppelin  Led Zeppelin II  Led Zeppelin IV  Houses of the Holy  Physical Graffiti  In Through the Out Door  Meddle  The Dark Side of the Moon  Animals  Wish You Were Here  The Wall  A Night at the Opera  Who 's Next  Are You Experienced  Boston  Crime of the Century  Breakfast in America  The Last Waltz  Rust Never Sleeps  Harvest  The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars  OK Computer  Ten  Nevermind  Regatta de Blanc  Outlandos d'Amour  The Joshua Tree  London Calling  Band on the Run  Texas Flood  Let It Bleed  Sticky Fingers  Some Girls  Exile on Main St.  Appetite for Destruction  Highway to Hell  Back in Black  Born to Run  Hotel California  Rumours  The Doors  L.A. Woman  Legend  Pearl  Paranoid  Van Halen  Thriller  Purple Rain  Nothing 's Shocking  Woodstock  2112  Saturday Night Fever  A Very Lennon Christmas  Elton John Greatest Hits

neg: The Very Best of Supertramp The Very Best of Supertramp is a best of album by the English rock band Supertramp , originally released by A&M Records in June 1990 .

neg: Rollercoaster Tour The Rollercoaster Tour was a 1992 co-headlining concert tour by the English Britpop band Blur , the American indie rock band Dinosaur Jr. , the Irish alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine and the Scottish noise pop band the Jesus and Mary Chain . A one-leg 11-date tour of the United Kingdom , the tour was in support of all four bands ' current releases : Blur 's debut album Leisure ( 1991 ) , Dinosaur Jr. s fourth album Green Mind ( 1991 ) , My Bloody Valentine 's second album Loveless ( 1991 ) and The Jesus and Mary Chain 's fourth album Honey 's Dead ( 1992 ) .   The tour was curated by the Jesus and Mary Chain 's vocalist Jim Reid , who `` wanted to break the routine '' of performing in small , frequently played venues -- such as Nottinghams Rock City -- and `` cater to all strands of independent rock music '' . Reid was inspired by , and considered the Rollercoaster Tour a British equivalent to , the North American festival Lollapalooza , which the Jesus and Mary Chain performed at in 1991 and which he considered `` fairly disastrous '' . Each band performed a 45-minute set with no encore and the line-up changed each night of the tour , although the Jesus and Mary Chain performed as the final act on all 11 dates .   My Bloody Valentine ceased live performances in the UK after the tour and did not play again until their 2008 reunion tour . The band 's set , which ended with a noise section of their song `` You Made Me Realise '' referred to as the `` holocaust section '' , reportedly caused attendees ' pint glasses to fall out of their hands due to excessive sound pressure levels . Reflecting on the tour , Jim Reid referred to it as `` a lot -LSB- like a -RSB- competition -- who could be the loudest ? Whose was the best film show ? And then there was , who could be most off their tits and still play a show ? '' The Rollercoaster EP , containing material from Blur , My Bloody Valentine , Dinosaur Jr. and the Jesus and Mary Chain , was issued in Melody Maker in March 1992 to promote the tour .

neg: Plastic Man (song) `` Plastic Man '' is a song written by Ray Davies and recorded by The Kinks in 1969 .   The song is in a similar style to earlier tracks such as `` Dedicated Follower of Fashion '' . It was written and recorded specifically as an attempt at a hit single , released only days after being recorded . The previous year had been commercially disastrous for The Kinks . Their two singles had failed to reach the top 10 in the UK and failed to chart at all in the US . The album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society had also failed to chart in both the UK and US .   The plan for a hit backfired when the use of the word ` bum ' ( in the line '' ... plastic legs that reach up to his plastic bum '' ) meant that the BBC refused to play the song . The single only managed to reach # 31 in the UK and the following two Kinks singles failed to chart altogether .   The single was not released in the US and , although B-side `` King Kong '' was included on the Kink Kronikles compilation in 1972 , `` Plastic Man '' was left off , only being released in the US on The Great Lost Kinks Album in 1973 .   Both sides of the single ( as well as a stereo version of the A-side ) are included as bonus tracks on the CD reissue of Arthur ( Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire ) . In 2004 , the B-side appeared on the 3-disc Deluxe Edition of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society , while in 2011 , both the mono and stereo mixes of the A-side appeared on the Deluxe Edition of Arthur .   Both sides of the single were the final songs to be recorded with founding bassist Pete Quaife and therefore is the last recorded single with the original Kinks line-up , although many Quaife-era Kinks songs have been released since his departure . Shortly after the release of the single , Quaife quit the group and was replaced with John Dalton , who substituted for Quaife from June-October 1966 when Quaife was injured in a car accident . Quaife stated in 1998 that `` Plastic Man '' was his least favorite song that he recorded with The Kinks .

neg: Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records Come and Get It : The Best of Apple Records is a greatest hits compilation album containing songs by artists signed to the Beatles ' Apple record label between 1968 and 1973 . The first such multi-artist Apple compilation , it was released on 25 October 2010 . Among the artists are Badfinger , Mary Hopkin , James Taylor , Billy Preston , Jackie Lomax , Ronnie Spector and Hot Chocolate . In most cases , the recordings were produced by one of the Beatles , with George Harrison and Paul McCartney being the most heavily represented on the album .

neg: Ranking Roger Ranking Roger ( born Roger Charlery , 21 February 1963 ) is a British musician . He was a vocalist in the 1980s two-tone band , The Beat ( known in the U.S. as The English Beat ) and later General Public . He currently leads a re-formed Beat line-up with drummer Everett Morton .   The `` Ranking '' moniker is short for `` Top Ranking '' or `` High Ranking , '' and is a boast typical of many MCs .   Roger was born in Birmingham , England , the son of Jean Baptiste Charlery . He became a punk rock fan as a teenager and joined ska revival pioneers The Beat in the late 1970s . He had appeared on stage toasting and singing with them many times before officially joining the band . His energetic style and Jamaican-influenced vocals , paired with Dave Wakeling were crucial in distinguishing the band from the other second-wave ska bands . The Beat released three albums : the critically acclaimed and seminal I Just Ca n't Stop It ( 1980 ) , Wha ` ppen ? ( 1981 ) and Special Beat Service ( 1982 ) .   After The Beat 's 1983 break-up , he and Wakeling formed General Public with Mickey Billingham and Andy `` Stoker '' Growcott of Dexys Midnight Runners and Horace Panter of The Specials . They released the album All the Rage , aided by the single `` Tenderness '' . In 1986 they released Hand to Mouth which was significantly less successful , and the band soon split up .   In 1995 Roger and Wakeling reformed General Public with a new supporting band , and released the album `` Rub It Better '' . Roger and Wakeling also worked on various projects and reunited for the Threesome soundtrack , recording a cover of `` I 'll Take You There '' .   Roger has also released two solo albums . 1988 's Radical Departure album included band members Horace Panter and Fuzz Townshend . On 2001 's Inside my Head album , Roger pursued a more dance/electronic sound , including the song `` Muscle Ska '' that was co-written with Neville Staple of The Specials .   In the early 1990s , Roger joined members of The Specials to form the new band Special Beat which released two live albums . In 1996 Roger sang back-up and toasting on the new version of `` The Bed 's Too Big Without You '' on Sting 's `` Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot '' CD-Maxi single . The rock band Smash Mouth featured Roger on their song `` You Are My Number One '' in 2003 .   Roger collaborated with Pato Banton in 1987 on the song `` Pato and Roger Come Again '' . Included on Banton 's album Never Give In , the song was a follow-up to an earlier collaboration by the two singers on `` Pato and Roger a Go Talk '' , which appeared on Special Beat Service . Roger joined Banton again in 1995 on `` Bubbling Hot '' , which reached # 15 on the UK single charts .   Ranking Roger 's son , Matthew Murphy -- ` Ranking Junior ' , has followed in his father 's footsteps . In 2005 , he appeared on The Ordinary Boys ' hit single `` Boys Will Be Boys '' . In 2003 , The Beat 's original line-up , minus Cox and Steele , played a sold-out one-off gig at the Royal Festival Hall .  In 2005 , The Beat re-formed , counting Roger and Everett Morton of the original line-up , with Ranking Junior also on vocals . The Beat performed at Glastonbury the same year with new material written by Ranking Junior . The band is said to have the blessing of Cox , Steele and Saxa .   Roger appeared on two tracks ` Future Dub ' and ` Come Around ' from the 2008/9 album ` Turning Point ' by Snakestyle .   Roger sang on `` Roxanne '' on stage with The Police on their 2007 world tour , and has regularly recorded with Sting .   He was also a guest performer on Big Audio Dynamite 's seventh album , Higher Power , in 1994 , when the band were known as simply ` Big Audio ' . He later became a member of Big Audio Dynamite for their final studio album Entering a New Ride ( 1997 ) .   Roger has four sisters : Greta , Annie , Sandra , and Equilar , who was a backing singer for him . He also has a half brother and sister , Kevin and Sarah Charlery .

neg: Hear Me Lord `` Hear Me Lord '' is a song by English musician George Harrison , released on his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass . It appeared as the last track on side four of the original LP format and is generally viewed as the closing song on the album , disc three being the largely instrumental Apple Jam . Harrison wrote `` Hear Me Lord '' in January 1969 while still in the Beatles , but it was passed over for inclusion on what became the band 's final album , Let It Be ( 1970 ) .   Musically , the song is in the gospel-rock style , while the lyrics take the form of a personal prayer , in which Harrison seeks help and forgiveness from his deity . Along with `` My Sweet Lord '' , it is among the most overtly religious selections on All Things Must Pass . The recording was co-produced by Phil Spector and features musical contributions from Eric Clapton , Gary Wright , Billy Preston , Bobby Whitlock and other musicians from Delaney & Bonnie 's Friends band .   On release , Ben Gerson of Rolling Stone described `` Hear Me Lord '' as the album 's `` big statement '' and a `` majestic plea '' . Harrison performed the song at the Concert for Bangladesh on 1 August 1971 , during the afternoon show only , although the recording has never been issued officially .

neg: List of instrumental number ones on the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is a record chart compiled on behalf of the British record industry . Since 1997 , the chart has been compiled by the Official Charts Company ( formerly The Official UK Charts Company and the Chart Information Network ) and until 2005 ( when digital downloads were included in the chart compilation ) , the chart was based entirely on sales of physical singles from retail outlets . The UK Singles Chart originated in 1952 , when New Musical Express ( NME ) published the first chart of singles sales . The positions of all songs are based on week-end sale totals , from Sunday to Saturday , but pre-1987 the charts were released on a Tuesday because of the need for manual calculation .   Since inception there have been nearly 1,200 number ones ; of these , instrumental tracks ( i.e. those without any lyrics ) have topped the chart on 25 occasions for a total of 83 weeks . The Shadows have had the most instrumental number ones , with five between 1960 and 1963 . Three other artists have had more than one instrumental number one : Eddie Calvert ( in 1954 and 1955 ) , Winifred Atwell ( in 1954 and 1956 ) and Russ Conway ( both in 1959 ) . Calvert 's track `` O Mein Papa '' stayed at the top of the charts for nine weeks , longer than any other instrumental single . The single `` Cherry Pink ( and Apple Blossom White ) '' has been an instrumental number one for two different artists ( Calvert and Perez Prado ) in 1955 . To date , Martin Garrix is the most recent artist to have an instrumental number one , with `` Animals '' in November 2013 .

neg: Blue Jay Way `` Blue Jay Way '' is a song recorded by the English rock band the Beatles . Written by George Harrison , it was released in 1967 on the group 's Magical Mystery Tour EP and album . The song was named after a street in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles where Harrison stayed in August 1967 , shortly before visiting the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco . The lyrics document Harrison 's wait for music publicist Derek Taylor to find his way to Blue Jay Way through the fog-ridden hills , while Harrison struggled to stay awake after the flight from London to Los Angeles .   As with several of Harrison 's compositions from this period , `` Blue Jay Way '' incorporates aspects of Indian classical music , although the Beatles used only Western instrumentation on the track , including a drone-like Hammond organ part played by Harrison . Created during the group 's psychedelic period , the track makes extensive use of studio techniques such as flanging , Leslie rotary effect , and reversed tape sounds . The song appeared in the Beatles ' 1967 television film Magical Mystery Tour , in a sequence that visually re-creates the sense of haziness and dislocation evident on the recording .   While some reviewers have dismissed the song as monotonous , many others have admired its yearning quality and dark musical mood . The website Consequence of Sound describes `` Blue Jay Way '' as `` a haunted house of a hit , adding an ethereal , creepy mythos to the City of Angels '' . Among its continued links with Los Angeles , the song was one of the first Beatles tracks that cult leader Charles Manson adopted as the foundation for his Helter Skelter theory of an American race-related countercultural revolution . Artists who have covered the song include Bud Shank , Colin Newman , Tracy Bonham , Siouxsie and the Banshees and Greg Hawkes .

neg: The Best of Pink Floyd The Best of Pink Floyd may refer to :  The Best of the Pink Floyd / Masters of Rock , 1970 compilation album  Echoes : The Best of Pink Floyd , a 2001 compilation album  The Best of Pink Floyd : A Foot in the Door , a 2011 compilation album

neg: Only a Northern Song `` Only a Northern Song '' is a song by English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Yellow Submarine . Written by George Harrison , it was recorded mainly in February 1967 during the sessions for Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band but the Beatles chose not to include it on that album . Instead , it was one of the four new songs that the band provided for the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine , to meet their contractual obligations to United Artists .   Harrison wrote `` Only a Northern Song '' out of dissatisfaction with his status as a junior songwriter with the Beatles ' publishing company , Northern Songs . The lyrics and music convey his disenchantment at how the company retained the copyright for the songs it published , and at how , following its public listing in 1965 , the major shareholders profited more from his compositions than he did . The recording features Hammond organ , played by Harrison , and an overdubbed montage of assorted sounds including trumpet blasts and spoken voices , anticipating John Lennon 's 1968 sound collage `` Revolution 9 '' . Due to the difficulty in assembling the completed track from two tape sources , `` Only a Northern Song '' remained a rare song from the Beatles ' post-1963 catalogue that was unavailable in true stereo until 1999 . That year , it was remixed for inclusion on the album Yellow Submarine Songtrack .   The song has received a varied response from reviewers ; while Ian MacDonald dismisses the track as a `` self-indulgent dirge '' , the website Ultimate Classic Rock identifies it as one of the Beatles ' best works in the psychedelic rock genre . A version of the song with a different vocal part , and omitting the sound collage overdubs , was issued on the Beatles ' 1996 outtakes compilation Anthology 2 . Gravenhurst and Yonder Mountain String Band are among the artists who have covered `` Only a Northern Song '' .

neg: Seltaeb Seltaeb was a company set up in 1963 , by Nicky Byrne ( né Douglas Anthony Nicholas Byrne ) to exclusively look after merchandising interests on behalf of Brian Epstein , who managed NEMS Enterprises and The Beatles : John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison , and Ringo Starr .   Directly prior to The Beatles ' first American visit , Brian Epstein wanted someone to manage the escalating volume of merchandising requests that NEMS found itself unable to cope with , and asked his lawyer , David Jacobs , to oversee this task . Jacobs knew Nicky Byrne and asked him if he would be interested in taking over the merchandising subdivision from NEMS altogether , paying NEMS a commission . Byrne accepted the offer subject to a 90 % rate , leaving only 10 % for the Beatles and NEMS combined . Completely unaware of the potential market that existed , particularly in America , Epstein agreed to the deal , and subsequently lost The Beatles an estimated $ 100,000,000 in possible income .   In December 1963 Byrne took over the control of Stramsact in the UK , and then set up Seltaeb ( Beatles spelt backwards ) in the United States . Epstein was able to renegotiate a more favourable commission of 49 % in August 1964 , but then became embroiled in a three-year court battle with Byrne regarding payment of monies due , during which time potential sponsors lost interest . In August 1967 Epstein died , from what was ruled an accidental overdose of a prescribed drug . Jacobs was found hanged in his garage on 15 December 1968 . Byrne later retired to the Bahamas .

neg: The Best of The Art of Noise The Best of the Art of Noise is the name of a series of compilation albums with songs by the British synthpop band The Art of Noise . The first version was released on the China Records label in November 1988 .   The Best of the Art of Noise was released with at least ten different track listing variations from 1988 to 1997 . The first version was on LP format and contained 7 '' single mixes , while the corresponding compact disc release that year contained the extended or 12 '' single remixes of all of the tracks . However , LP releases in territories such as Korea and Argentina featured a combination of both tracks listings . A Japanese CD version from 1991 was identical to the standard CD but contained two more mixes of `` Kiss '' as bonus tracks .   In 1992 , China Records reissued The Best of and added `` Yebo , '' `` Instruments of Darkness '' and `` Robinson Crusoe , '' while omitting the three tracks that were licensed from ZTT Records and included on the 1988 release : `` Beatbox , '' `` Moments in Love '' and `` Close ( To the Edit ) . '' Once again , a number of different variations were issued . The United Kingdom and Holland issued a double disc limited edition version with both the standard disc of 7 '' mixes and a second disc of extended and 12 '' remixes .   The compilation has also been issued with two different color variations on the cover . All editions prior to 1992 were issued with a blue cover , while most editions afterward had a pink cover . The German and Australian editions as well as the UK/Holland limited edition two disc set all retained the blue cover .

neg: Gone to Earth (Barclay James Harvest album) Gone to Earth is an album by the English rock group Barclay James Harvest released in 1977 . It reached # 30 in the UK charts , but in Germany it peaked at # 10 and stayed for 197 weeks in the German album charts . As of 2011 it is ranked # 6 on the list of longest running albums in the German album charts . Only the My Fair Lady soundtrack and albums by Simon & Garfunkel ( Greatest Hits ) , The Beatles ( 1962 -- 1966 ) , Pink Floyd ( Wish You Were Here ) and Andrea Berg ( Best Of ) spent more weeks in the charts . It was the band 's largest selling album , eventually selling more than a million copies worldwide .   Hymn ( often misinterpreted as Christmas song but actually a song against the dangers of drug use and dedicated to musicians like Jimi Hendrix , Paul Kossoff and Janis Joplin ) was a successful turntable hit at German radio stations in the late 1970s .   `` Poor Man 's Moody Blues '' was written after a journalist angered the band by referring to Barclay James Harvest as a `` poor man 's Moody Blues '' . Shortly after , guitarist John Lees wrote a song that reminded him of the Moody Blues song `` Nights in White Satin '' , and decided to use the journalist 's phrase as the song title .   Other songs on the album deal with subjects like ended relationships ( `` Friend of Mine '' ) , alienation ( `` Leper 's Song '' ) the exploitation of animals for their fur ( `` Spirit on the Water '' ) and the space race ( `` Sea of Tranquility '' ) .   The original LP version of this album , designed by Maldwyn Tootill , featured die-cut outer cover and full-color inner album sleeve . On one side of the inner sleeve was an owl ( as shown in the picture ) ; on the other side was a picture of a sunset . The inner sleeve could be reversed so that either side would be displayed through the die cut .   The album 's title , Gone to Earth , refers to the fox hunter 's cry used to indicate that the quarry has returned to its lair .

neg: Really Love You `` Really Love You '' is a song written by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr -- their first-ever shared credit -- and originally released on McCartney 's 1997 album Flaming Pie . In 2005 , a remixed version was released as a limited edition 12 '' vinyl , from the album Twin Freaks .   The song was written during a jam session the day after McCartney and Starr recorded `` Beautiful Night '' , another song on Flaming Pie that features Starr on drums .

neg: Paul Rodgers Paul Bernard Rodgers ( born 17 December 1949 ) is an English singer , songwriter and musician , best known for his success in the 1960s and 1970s as vocalist of Free and Bad Company . He now lives in Canada as a naturalized Canadian citizen . After stints in two less successful bands in the 1980s and early 1990s , The Firm and The Law , he became a solo artist . He has more recently toured and recorded with Queen . Rodgers has been dubbed `` The Voice '' by his fans . A poll in Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 55 on its list of the `` 100 Greatest Singers of All Time '' . In 2011 Rodgers received the British Academy 's Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music .   Rodgers has been cited as a significant influence on a number of notable rock singers , including David Coverdale , John Waite , Steve Overland , Lou Gramm , Jimi Jamison , Eric Martin , Steve Walsh , Joe Lynn Turner , Paul Young , Bruce Dickinson , Robin McAuley , Jimmy Barnes , Richie Kotzen . Joe Bonamassa , and the late Ronnie Van Zant . In 1991 , John Mellencamp called Rodgers `` the best rock singer ever '' . Freddie Mercury , the original Queen vocalist , in particular liked Rodgers and his aggressive style .

neg: A Beginning `` A Beginning '' is an instrumental piece composed by the Beatles ' producer George Martin and intended as an introduction to `` Do n't Pass Me By '' , Ringo Starr 's first solo composition from the Beatles ' 1968 double album The Beatles ( also known as the `` White Album '' ) .   It was instead used as an incidental cue in the Beatles ' cartoon film Yellow Submarine and heard right before `` Eleanor Rigby . '' It was included on Anthology 3 as a replacement of a planned `` new Beatles song , '' `` Now and Then '' ( along with `` Free as a Bird '' and `` Real Love . '' )   A Beginning was scored by George Martin and recorded on 22 July 1968 , using the same orchestra that appeared on the Beatles ' song `` Good Night '' .

neg: The Better Beatles The Better Beatles were a short-lived post-punk band formed in Omaha , Nebraska in 1981 . The group consisted of Kurt Magnuson on bass , Dave Nordin on synthesizer , Jean pSmith on vocals , and Jay Rosen on drums and vocals . Their repertoire consisted entirely of cold , minimalist covers of the songs of The Beatles in an irreverent manner comparable to covers performed by The Residents .   Nordin has stated that he considered the Beatles `` an oppressive influence , '' and pSmith has said their goal was to `` -LSB- strip -RSB- the songs of their sacred status . '' After a handful of shows , they recorded an album 's worth of material in late 1981 . They broke up shortly before their debut single `` Penny Lane '' / `` I 'm Down '' was released on Woodgrain Records , leaving the bulk of their music unreleased .   The single received some play from John Peel in the UK and the band was mentioned in The Village Voice by critic Robert Christgau as a candidate for the Best Name Award in the annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll . There was some interest from labels , but the members had already moved on , with pSmith and Magnuson having relocated to Seattle . Attention died down and the band was largely forgotten for over two decades . Rosen went on to perform as a guitarist with the Altamont Boys , the backing band for The Legendary Stardust Cowboy . Due to a growing cult interest online , pSmith tracked down Rosen and the two of them compiled the `` Penny Lane '' single and the remaining recorded material into an album , Mercy Beat , which was released in 2007 . The cultural organization Hear Nebraska has described the album as `` some of the definitive Nebraska recordings of the punk-rock era . ''

neg: Greatest Hits ... And More Greatest Hits ... And More is the name of a 2006 compilation of songs by English pop group 10cc as well as pre-10cc and post-10cc work by its founding members , Graham Gouldman , Eric Stewart and Kevin Godley and Lol Creme , performing as Godley & Creme . The album was released as a double CD .   The album attracted criticism both from fans who complained about one track , `` Feel the Benefit '' , running at a slow speed and from Eric Stewart , who noted his post-10cc work had been overlooked , while a disproportionate number of tracks representing Gouldman 's career before and after 10cc had been included .   Stewart commented : `` Some fans seem to think that I may have vetoed the use of my own songs on the album , especially as Kevin and Graham have two new songs on there , but this definitely is n't the case . Lol and I were simply not consulted by Universal about the content of the release and did n't know anything until the advertising appeared . It does appear that the compilation has been hijacked , the number of Gouldman songs being completely disproportionate . Why no Frabjoy and the Runcible Spoon etc etc ? Anyone initially reading the track list could be forgiven for thinking that it should really have been called `` A History of Graham Gouldman 's Musical Associations '' ! ''   Stewart reproduced correspondence from Universal Music which indicated Harvey Lisberg , the former 10cc manager and long-time Gouldman manager , had had a significant role in the album 's track selection and added : `` I am very shocked and sad that this has happened , but again , like the recent tours , you will have to make up your own minds whether this album represents a real 10cc compilation or not . ''


query: Oscar Robertson is American.

pos: Oscar Robertson Oscar Palmer Robertson ( born November 24 , 1938 ) , nicknamed `` The Big O '' , is an American former National Basketball Association player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks . The 6 ft , 205 lb Robertson played point guard and was a 12-time All-Star , 11-time member of the All-NBA Team , and one-time winner of the MVP award in 14 professional seasons . In 1962 , he became the first of only two players in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season . In the 1970 -- 71 NBA season , he was a key player on the team that brought the Bucks their only NBA title . His playing career , especially during high school and college , was plagued by racism .   Robertson is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee , having been inducted in 1980 for his individual career , and in 2010 as a member of the 1960 United States men 's Olympic basketball team and president of the National Basketball Players Association . He also was voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996 . The United States Basketball Writers Association renamed their College Player of the Year Award the Oscar Robertson Trophy in his honor in 1998 , and he was one of five people chosen to represent the inaugural National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame class in 2006 . He was ranked as the 36th best American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN .   Robertson was also an integral part of Robertson v. National Basketball Ass 'n of 1970 . The landmark NBA antitrust suit , named after the then-president of the NBA Players ' Association , led to an extensive reform of the league 's strict free agency and draft rules and , subsequently , to higher salaries for all players .

neg: Alexander Payne Alexander Payne ( born Constantine Alexander Payne ; February 10 , 1961 ) is an American film director , screenwriter , and producer , known for the films Citizen Ruth ( 1996 ) , Election ( 1999 ) , About Schmidt ( 2002 ) , Sideways ( 2004 ) , The Descendants ( 2011 ) , and Nebraska ( 2013 ) . His films are noted for their dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society . Payne is a two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay , and a three-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director .

neg: Bob Robertson Robert Eugene `` Bob '' Robertson ( born October 2 , 1946 in Frostburg , Maryland ) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball . Robertson , who batted and threw right-handed , played for the Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1967 -- 1976 ) , Seattle Mariners ( 1978 ) and Toronto Blue Jays ( 1979 ) . He missed the entire 1968 season due to a kidney obstruction .

neg: 78th Academy Awards The 78th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , took place on March 5 , 2006 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST. . The ceremony was scheduled one week later than usual to avoid conflicting with the 2006 Winter Olympics . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2005 . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Jon Stewart hosted the show for the first time . Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills , California held on February 18 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Rachel McAdams .   Crash won three awards including Academy Award for Best Picture . Other winners included Brokeback Mountain , King Kong , and Memoirs of a Geisha also with three awards apiece , and Capote , The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe , The Constant Gardener , Hustle and Flow , March of the Penguins , The Moon and the Son : An Imagined Conversation , A Note of Triumph : The Golden Age of Norman Corwin , Six Shooter , Syriana , Tsotsi , Walk the Line , and Wallace & Gromit : The Curse of the Were-Rabbit with one each . The telecast garnered nearly 39 million viewers in the United States .

neg: Russ Robertson Russell Robertson ( born 1928 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player with the East York Lyndhursts . He won a silver medal at the 1954 World Ice Hockey Championships in Stockholm , Sweden .

neg: Robertson Formation The Robertson Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon . It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period .

neg: Ricky Robertson Ricky Robertson ( born September 19 , 1990 in Hernando , Mississippi ) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the high jump . Ricky will make his Olympic debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics . Ricky Robertson earned 10 NCAA Division I All-American awards and 14 Southern Conference all conference awards as an Ole Miss Rebel .

neg: Oscar Brown Oscar Brown , Jr ( October 10 , 1926May 29 , 2005 ) was an American singer , songwriter , playwright , poet , civil rights activist , and actor . He ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illinois state legislature and the U.S. Congress . Brown wrote numerous songs ( only 125 have been published ) , 12 albums , and more than a dozen musical plays .

neg: Oscar Carré Trophy The Oscar Carré Trophy ( -LSB- Oscar Carré Trofee , links = no -RSB- ) is a circus award in Netherlands and is named after the Royal Netherland Cirque circus operator Oscar Carré . Most of the time it is based upon the complete oeuvre of the circus .

neg: Oscar Martinez (The Office) Oscar San Juan Martinez is a fictional character from the US mockumentary-style television series The Office played by Cuban actor Oscar Nunez . Martinez was one of the few openly gay characters in broadcast television at the time that the series aired . Although Nunez , who is straight , did not know his character might be gay when he first signed on , he has no issues with the character 's sexuality as long as the material is funny . For the 2006 -- 2007 season , Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) reported he was the only LGBT ( lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender ) person of color character on a regular series . For the 2007 -- 2008 season he was the `` only remaining gay character on a half-hour comedy program '' and the only LGBT lead or supporting character who is a person of color . For the 2009 -- 2010 season , Martinez was one of four people of color LGBT regular series characters ; in 2010 -- 2011 there were six and in 2011 -- 2012 there were five.Along with doctor Callie Torres on Grey 's Anatomy , and gay nurse Angel Garcia on Mercy , Martinez are Latino/a , and forensic facial reconstruction artist Angela Montenegro on Bones , is an Asian-Pacific Islander . ( Where we are on TV : GLAAD 's 14th Annual Diversity Study Previews the 2009-2010 Primetime Television Season , Taj Paxton , Jonathan Rosales , Callan Koenig , Brian MacKough , Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation . ) For the 2009-2010 season there are zero black LGBT series regular characters and one non-human , American Dad 's Roger the alien on Fox . For the 2009-2010 season , LGBT media watchdog group Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) reported 3 percent of all regular characters were LGBT . ( Gay Characters on Network TV : 2009-10 , Hanh Nguyen and Rick Porter , Los Angeles Times , ) An increase from 2.6 percent in the 2008-2009 season and 1.1 percent in the 2007-2008 season . ( Gay Characters on Network TV : 2009-10 , Hanh Nguyen and Rick Porter , Los Angeles Times , ) For the 2010-2011 season there were six LGBT people of color characters . ( Where we are on TV : GLAAD 's Annual Diversity Study Previews the 2010-2011 Primetime Television Season , Taj Paxton , Matthew Kane , Lauren Mattia , Rob Avruch , Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation . ) For the 2011-2012 season there were five LGBT people of color characters . ( Where we are on TV : GLAAD 's Annual Diversity Study Previews the 2011-2012 Primetime Television Season , September 2011 , Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation . )   Martinez is an accountant at the Scranton , Pennsylvania , office of the paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin and gets his first name from Núñez ; series producer Greg Daniels felt that `` Oscar '' sounded like a good accountant 's name . He is a first-generation Mexican American . He is also openly gay after being outed by his then boss Michael Scott in `` Gay Witch Hunt '' , the third-season premiere episode devoted to the outing . However , the character was implied to be gay in the second-season episode `` The Secret '' , when Dwight catches him faking sickness to spend the day with his boyfriend ( Dwight remains oblivious to this detail as he was obsessed with proving that Oscar was not ill ) . As a result , in earlier episodes , many co-workers erroneously attribute to him various Mexican stereotypes ( e.g. being involved in drug cartels ) but after his outing , his stereotypes are more focused on his being gay , particularly by Michael , which may explain their conflicted relationship . Núñez explained in a 2008 interview that the character variously feels amusement , pity and hatred towards his fictional boss . He has no specific counterpart in the original British series .   Oscar is known for being a rational , quietly efficient , and intellectual worker in the office , often the one who will ask pointed financial questions that his colleagues will not or that Michael avoids answering . Martinez refers to himself as being in the `` Coalition for Reason '' with Jim and Pam Halpert . According to Núñez , the three `` are there to set up the comic situations '' for boss Michael and Dwight Schrute , Michael 's toady . He explained , `` We can still be funny but we are definitely the ` straight guys ' . '' He is often the one who is able to clearly see the reality and logic in situations , including financial ones such as when Michael started up his own paper company or Ryan Howard 's online startup business . Because of this , Oscar is considered to be a know-it-all by many of his co-workers . Oscar is frequently exasperated by the antics of his coworkers and tends to find their humor offensive . He is reserved , not really exhibiting a desire for close contact with any of his co-workers , although he is friendly when not outwardly pedantic . In an AfterElton.com interview , Núñez explained he plays the character like an accountant , who happens to be gay , and just trying to do his work and not really interested in what the documentarians are filming . Actor Núñez references the character as a Log Cabin Republican , though no mention of this has occurred in the show . In the episode `` Dwight Christmas '' , he is in fact openly acknowledged as a Democrat . His more balanced and normal personality makes him an everyman type character , contrasting with the generally extroverted people with whom he works . He 's also a charter member of the company 's three-person ( and exclusive ) `` Finer Things Club '' with Pam and Toby Flenderson . He and co-worker Kevin Malone seem to have a strong friendship with each other , often a dynamic where Oscar is often the calm , rational one while Kevin is the fun-loving one .

neg: American Express Gold card dress of Lizzy Gardiner Australian costume designer Lizzy Gardiner wore a dress made of 254 American Express Gold cards to the 67th Academy Awards on March 27 , 1995 , where she won an Oscar for Best Costume Design . All of the cards were genuine , but had expired . It has been called one of the worst Oscar dresses of all time .

neg: 25th Academy Awards The 25th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 19 , 1953 . It took place at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood , California , and the NBC International Theatre in New York City .   It was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be televised , and the first ceremony to be held in Hollywood and New York City simultaneously . It was also the only year that the New York ceremonies were to be held in the NBC International Theatre on Columbus Circle , which was shortly thereafter demolished and replaced by the New York Coliseum convention center .   A major upset occurred in the category of Best Picture . The heavily favored High Noon lost to Cecil B. DeMille 's The Greatest Show on Earth , eventually considered among the worst films to have won the Academy Award for Best Picture . The American film magazine Premiere placed the movie on its list of the 10 worst Oscar winners and the British film magazine Empire rated it # 3 on their list of the 10 worst Oscar winners . It has the lowest spot on Rotten Tomatoes ' list of the 81 films to win Best Picture . Of all the films nominated for the Oscar this year , only High Noon and Singin ' in the Rain would show up 46 years later on the American Film Institute list of the greatest American films of the 20th Century . For a film that only received two nominations , Singin ' in the Rain went on to be named as the greatest American musical film of all time and in the 2007 American Film Institute updated list as the fifth greatest American film of all time , while High Noon was ranked twenty-seventh on the same 2007 list , as well .   The Bad and the Beautiful won five awards , the most wins ever for a film not nominated for Best Picture . It was also the second Academy Awards in which a film not nominated for Best Picture received the most awards of the evening , excluding years where there were ties for the most wins . The only other film to do this was The Thief of Bagdad at the 13th Academy Awards ; as of the 87th Academy Awards , it has not happened since .   Until Spotlight won only Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay at the 88th Academy Awards , this was the last year in which the Best Picture winner won just two Oscars . It was also the second of three years to date in which two films not nominated for Best Picture received more nominations than the winner ( The Bad and the Beautiful and Hans Christian Andersen , both with six ) . This occurred again at the 79th Academy Awards .   Shirley Booth also became the last person to win an Oscar in a Leading Role to be born in the 19th century . She also holds the distinction of being the first woman in her 50s to win the award , at the age of 54 ( the second woman in her 50s to win , Julianne Moore , was 54 when awarded at the 87th Academy Awards ) .   John Ford 's fourth win for Best Director set a record for the most wins in this category that remains unmatched to this day .   For the first time since the introduction of Supporting Actor and Actress awards in 1936 , Best Picture , Best Director , and all four acting Oscars went to six different films . This has happened only three times since , at the 29th Academy Awards for 1956 , the 78th for 2005 , and the 85th for 2012 .

neg: 15th Academy Awards The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles . Best Picture honors went to the film Mrs. Miniver . The ceremony is most famous for the speech by the film 's Oscar-winning actress Greer Garson . Garson 's acceptance speech as Best Actress ran nearly 6 minutes and is generally considered to be the longest acceptance speech at an Academy Awards ceremony .   Mrs. Miniver was the second film ( after My Man Godfrey in 1936 ) to receive nominations in all four acting categories , as well as the first film to garner five acting nominations .   Also notable at the ceremony , Irving Berlin presented the Academy Award for Best Song , which he ended up winning for `` White Christmas '' .   Best Documentary had four winners , something that has not happened before or since .   A portion of the ceremony was broadcast by CBS Radio .

neg: Charles Robertson Charles , Charlie or Chuck Robertson may refer to :

neg: PT 109 (film) PT 109 is a 1963 biographical war film which depicts the actions of John F. Kennedy ( JFK ) as an officer of the United States Navy in command of Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 during the Pacific War of World War II . The film was adapted by Vincent Flaherty and Howard Sheehan from the book PT 109 : John F. Kennedy in World War II by Robert J. Donovan , and the screenplay was written by Robert L. Breen . Cliff Robertson stars as Kennedy , with featured performances by Ty Hardin , James Gregory , Robert Culp , and Grant Williams .   PT 109 was the first commercial theatrical film about a sitting United States President released while he was still in office and still alive . It was released in the United States on June 19 , 1963 , five months before Kennedy was assassinated .

neg: Robertson Boulevard Robertson Boulevard is a street in Los Angeles , in the U.S. state of California , that also passes through the incorporated cities of West Hollywood , Beverly Hills , and Culver City .

neg: Alexander Robertson (artist) Alexander Robertson ( 1772-1841 ) was a Scottish-American artist . In the 1790s he founded the Columbian Academy of Painting in New York with his brother Archibald Robertson .

neg: Oscar Seaton, Jr. Oscar Seaton , Jr. ( also credited as Oscar Seaton ) is an American drummer and a long-time collaborator of Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis . He has also played and toured with other best-selling and award winning musicians including Lionel Richie , Lee Ritenour , David Sanborn , Boz Scaggs , George Benson , Yolanda Adams and Dianne Reeves , among many others .

neg: Academy Film Archive The Academy Film Archive is part of the Academy Foundation , established in 1944 with the purpose of organizing and overseeing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ' educational and cultural activities , including the preservation of motion picture history . Although the current incarnation of the Academy Film Archive began in 1991 , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences acquired its first film in 1929 . Located in Hollywood , California at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study , the Archive has a diverse range of moving image material . The Archive 's collection comprises 85,000 titles and 190,000 separate items , including early American cinema , a vast collection of documentary films , filmed and taped interviews , amateur and private home movies of Hollywood legends , makeup and sound test reels , and a wide selection of experimental film , as well as Academy Award-winning films , Academy Award-nominated films , and a complete collection of every Academy Awards show since 1949 . Since acquiring the Packard Humanities Institute Collection , the Archive has the world 's largest known trailer collection . The Archive is also concerned with the preservation and restoration of films , as well as new technologies and methods of preservation , restoring over 800 titles of historical and artistic importance .

neg: Michael Robertson (businessman) Michael Robertson ( born 1967 ) is the founder and former CEO of MP3.com , an Internet music site . In the years following his departure from MP3.com Robertson has launched several companies , including Linspire , SIPphone , MP3tunes , and Ajax13 . He is also founder of OnRad.io , a search engine for radio and DAR.fm , a website for recording audio from internet radio .

neg: Oscar (footballer, born 1991) Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior ( -LSB- oˈskaʁ duˈsɐ̃tus ẽˈbwabɐ ˈʒũnioɾ -RSB- ; born 9 September 1991 ) , better known as simply Oscar , is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chinese club Shanghai SIPG and the Brazil national team .   Oscar began his career at São Paulo , and in 2009 , he went to court against the club due to irregularities in his contract . After a series of controversies , he left for Internacional , where he spent the next three years of his career . His displays for club and country led to him signing for Chelsea for a fee of # 19.35 million . After four-and-a-half years with Chelsea , he signed for Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG for Asian transfer record # 60 million in December 2016 .   He is a Brazilian international and has represented his country at the under-20 level , at the 2012 London Olympics and at senior level . On 20 August 2011 , Oscar scored three goals in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup final win against Portugal , becoming the first player to score a hat-trick in the FIFA U-20 World Cup final . Oscar later described his performances at the tournament as being a `` gateway to the senior side . '' His playing style and ability have drawn comparison to compatriot Kaká .


query: Wyoming is the least populous state in the United States.

pos: Wyoming Wyoming -LSB- waɪˈoʊmɪŋ -RSB- is a state in the mountain region of the western United States . The state is the tenth largest by area , the least populous and the second least densely populated state in the country . Wyoming is bordered on the north by Montana , on the east by South Dakota and Nebraska , on the south by Colorado , on the southwest by Utah , and on the west by Idaho . Cheyenne is the capital and the most populous city in Wyoming , with a population estimate of 63,335 in 2015 . The state population was estimated at 586,107 in 2015 , which is less than the population of 31 of the largest U.S. cities .   The western two-thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the Rocky Mountains , while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High Plains . Almost half of the land in Wyoming is owned by the U.S. government , leading Wyoming to rank sixth in the United States in total acres and fifth in percentage of a state 's land owned by the federal government . The federal lands include two national parksGrand Teton and Yellowstonetwo national recreation areas and two national monuments , as well as several national forests , historic sites , fish hatcheries , and wildlife refuges .   The Crow , Arapaho , Lakota , and Shoshone were some of the original inhabitants of the region . Southwestern Wyoming was included in the Spanish Empire and then Mexican territory until it was ceded to the United States in 1848 at the end of the Mexican -- American War . The region acquired the name Wyoming when a bill was introduced to Congress in 1865 to provide a `` temporary government for the territory of Wyoming . '' The territory was named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania , with the name ultimately being derived from the Munsee word xwé : wamənk , meaning `` at the big river flat . ''   The mineral-extraction industryespecially coal , oil , natural gas , and tronaalong with the travel and tourism sector , are the main drivers behind Wyoming 's economy . Agriculture has historically been an important component of the state economy with the main commodities being livestock ( beef ) , hay , sugar beets , grain ( wheat and barley ) , and wool . The climate is generally semi-arid and continental , being drier and windier in comparison to the rest of the United States , with greater temperature extremes .   Except for the 1964 election , Wyoming has been a politically conservative state since the 1950s , with the Republican party winning every presidential election .

neg: Interstate 80 in Wyoming Interstate 80 ( I-80 ) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from San Francisco to Teaneck , New Jersey . In Wyoming , the Interstate Highway runs 402.780 mi from the Utah state line near Evanston east to the Nebraska state line in Pine Bluffs . I-80 connects Cheyenne , Wyoming 's capital and largest city , with several smaller cities along the southern tier of Wyoming , including Evanston , Green River , Rock Springs , Rawlins , and Laramie . The highway also connects those cities with Salt Lake City to the west and Omaha to the east . In Cheyenne , I-80 intersects I-25 and has Wyoming 's only auxiliary Interstate , I-180 . The Interstate runs concurrently with U.S. Route 30 ( US 30 ) for most of their courses in Wyoming . I-80 also has shorter concurrencies with US 189 near Evanston , US 191 near Rock Springs , and US 287 and Wyoming Highway 789 ( WYO 789 ) near Rawlins . The Interstate has business loops through all six cities along its course as well as a loop serving Fort Bridger and Lyman east of Evanston .

neg: Homa Hills, Wyoming Homa Hills is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Natrona County , Wyoming , United States . It is part of the Casper , Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 278 at the 2010 census .

neg: Elton Trowbridge Elton F. Trowbridge ( December 15 , 1904 -- April 1974 ) was a dairy farmer from Carbon County , Wyoming , who served as a Democrat in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1961 until his death during his seventh consecutive two-year term .   Trowbridge was born to Henry Albert Trowbridge and the former Etta Bradeen . The 1910 census shows 6-year-old Elton Trowbridge living in Holt in Gage County near Beatrice in southeastern Nebraska . On May 21 , 1927 , Trowbridge married the former Anna Irene Kohr . The 1930 census showed Trowbridge residing in Nuckolls County , Nebraska . In 1935 , Elton and Irene were teachers and farmers who moved with their son and daughter from Superior in Nuckolls County to Carbon County ( seat of government : Rawlins ) in southern Wyoming . There , the couple purchased a dairy farm on Cow Creek near the community of Saratoga . Elton and his son , Thomas E. Trowbridge , worked the farm for the remaining years of Elton 's life . Nearly five years after his father 's death , Thomas Trowbridge , an agriculture graduate of the University of Wyoming at Laramie , was elected to the same seat in the Wyoming House that Elton had previously held . By that time , Thomas Trowbridge had moved to Grand Encampment in Carbon County . Like his father , Thomas Trowbridge was a Democrat . After he served two terms in the House , the younger Trowbridge advanced to a single four-year term in the state Senate from 1983-1986 . He later served in the gubernatorial administration of Michael J. Sullivan and as Wyoming state director of the United States Department of Agriculture under U.S. President Bill Clinton .   During hs tenure in the Wyoming House , Trowbridge served on many committees though not all simultaneously , including ( 1 ) Public Lands & Water Resources , ( 2 ) House Rules and Procedures , ( 3 ) Education , ( 4 ) Game and Fish , ( 5 ) Livestock and Agriculture , and ( 6 ) City and County Affairs . In 1967 , Trowbridge and Republican Representative Harold Hellbaum , later the House Speaker , were part of a bipartisan coalition seeking to bring public television to Wyoming . Their pioneering work did not pay practical dividends until 1983 , when Wyoming launced its first PBS station in Riverton . Wyoming was the 49th state to have public television ; Montana followed in 50th place .   Trowbridge and his wife , who survived him , are interred at Saratoga Cemetery .

neg: Wyoming, Ohio Wyoming is a city in Hamilton County , Ohio , United States . The population was 8,428 at the 2010 census .

neg: Wright, Wyoming Wright is a town in Campbell County , Wyoming , United States . The population was 1,807 at the 2010 census .

neg: Wyoming Southern Baptist Convention The Wyoming Southern Baptist Convention ( WSBC ) is a group of churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention located in the U.S. state of Wyoming . Headquartered in Casper , Wyoming , it is made up of about 100 churches and 8 Baptist associations .

neg: Outline of Wyoming territorial evolution thumb | 240px | An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Paris in 1789  thumb | 240px | An enlargeable map of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803  thumb | 240px | An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams-Onís Treaty took effect in 1821  thumb | 240px | An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Treaty of 1846  thumb | 240px | An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848  thumb | 240px | An enlargeable map of the United States after the Compromise of 1850  thumb | 240px | An enlargeable map of the United States after the Wyoming Organic Act in 1868  thumb | 240px | An enlargeable map of the United States after Wyoming Statehood in 1890  thumb | 240px | An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since 1959  The following outline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Wyoming .

neg: Turnerville, Wyoming Turnerville is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Lincoln County , Wyoming , United States . The population was 192 at the 2010 census .

neg: Miner's Delight, Wyoming Hamilton City , or Miner 's Delight as it was commonly known , was a town in Fremont County , Wyoming , United States , on the southeastern tip of the Wind River Range , that prospered during the mining boom in the American West in the second half of the 19th century . It was a `` sister city '' of Atlantic City and South Pass City . Today a few buildings still stand as a reminder of an era in Wyoming 's past history .   Miner 's Delight went through several boom-bust periods , like many western mining towns did , with corresponding rises and falls in its population . Gold was discovered there in 1868 , and by 1870 , at the height of the mine 's operations , the population in Hamilton City was 75 , forty of which were miners . The original boom of mining activity `` busted '' , however , from 1872 to 1874 , but by the 1880s a new era of economic prosperity had dawned . Smaller booms occurred in 1907 and in 1910 , and then again during the Great Depression . The town was inhabited as late as 1960 . In 2015 , there were no residents in the town .

neg: Wyoming Constitution The Wyoming Constitution is the supreme governing document of the U.S. state of Wyoming . It was approved by a statewide vote of 6,272 to 1,923 on November 5 , 1889 . It was last amended in 2008 . It was the first constitution in the United States which explicitly gave women the right to vote ( though an earlier New Jersey constitution gave women who owned property the right to vote because of an ambiguity in its text ) .

neg: Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas . It is also the county seat of Pulaski County . It was incorporated on November 7 , 1831 , on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the geographic center of the state . The city derives its name from a rock formation along the river , named `` le petit rocher '' by the French in the 1720s . The capital of the Arkansas Territory was moved to Little Rock from Arkansas Post in 1821 . The city 's population was 193,524 at the 2010 census . The six county Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway , AR Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ) is ranked 75th in terms of population in the United States with 724,385 residents according to the 2013 estimate by the United States Census Bureau .   Little Rock is a cultural , economic , government , and transportation center within Arkansas and the South . Several cultural institutions are located in Little Rock , such as the Arkansas Arts Center , the Arkansas Repertory Theatre , and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra , in addition to the hiking , boating , and other outdoor recreational opportunities . Little Rock 's history is available through history museums , historic districts or neighborhoods like the Quapaw Quarter , and historic sites such as Little Rock Central High School . The city is the headquarters of Dillard 's , Windstream Communications , Acxiom , Stephens Inc. , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Heifer International , the Clinton Foundation , and the Rose Law Firm . Other large corporations , such as Dassault Falcon Jet and LM Wind Power have large operations in the city . State government is a large employer , with many offices being located in downtown Little Rock . Two Interstate highways , Interstate 30 and Interstate 40 , meet in Little Rock , with the Port of Little Rock serving as a shipping hub .

neg: United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 1992 The 1992 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming were held on November 3 , 1992 to determine who will represent the state of Wyoming in the United States House of Representatives . Wyoming has one , at large district in the House , apportioned according to the 1990 United States Census , due to its low population . Representatives are elected for two-year terms .

neg: South Dakota South Dakota ( -LSB- saʊθ_dəˈkoʊtə -RSB- -LSB- -LSB- ˌsɑʊθ dəˈko̞ɾə -RSB- -RSB- ) is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States . It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes , who compose a significant portion of the population and historically dominated the entire territory . South Dakota is the 17th most expansive , but the 5th least populous and the 5th least densely populated of the 50 United States . Once the southern portion of the Dakota Territory , South Dakota became a state on November 2 , 1889 , simultaneously with North Dakota . Pierre is the state capital and Sioux Falls , with a population of about 171,000 , is South Dakota 's largest city .   South Dakota is bordered by the states of North Dakota ( on the north ) , Minnesota ( to the east ) , Iowa ( to the southeast ) , Nebraska ( on the south ) , Wyoming ( on the west ) , and Montana ( to the northwest ) . The state is bisected by the Missouri River , dividing South Dakota into two geographically and socially distinct halves , known to residents as `` East River '' and `` West River '' . Eastern South Dakota is home to most of the state 's population , and fertile soil in this area is used to grow a variety of crops . West of the Missouri , ranching is the predominant agricultural activity , and the economy is more dependent on tourism and defense spending . Most of the Native American reservations are located in West River . The Black Hills , a group of low pine-covered mountains sacred to the Sioux , are located in the southwest part of the state . Mount Rushmore , a major tourist destination , is located there . South Dakota experiences a temperate continental climate , with four distinct seasons and precipitation ranging from moderate in the east to semi-arid in the west . The ecology of the state features species typical of a North American grassland biome .   Humans have inhabited the area for several millennia , with the Sioux becoming dominant by the early 19th century . In the late 19th century , European-American settlement intensified after a gold rush in the Black Hills and the construction of railroads from the east . Encroaching miners and settlers triggered a number of Indian wars , ending with the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890 . Key events in the 20th century included the Dust Bowl and Great Depression , increased federal spending during the 1940s and 50s for agriculture and defense , and an industrialization of agriculture that has much reduced family farming .   While several Democratic senators have represented South Dakota for multiple terms at the federal level , the state government is largely controlled by the Republican Party , whose nominees have carried South Dakota in each of the last 13 presidential elections . Historically dominated by an agricultural economy and a rural lifestyle , South Dakota has recently sought to diversify its economy in areas to attract and retain residents . South Dakota 's history and rural character still strongly influence the culture of the state .

neg: Southern Arizona Southern Arizona is a region of the United States comprising the southernmost portion of the State of Arizona . It sometimes goes by the name Gadsden or Baja Arizona , which means `` Lower Arizona '' in Spanish .

neg: Diamondville, Wyoming Diamondville is a town in Lincoln County , Wyoming , United States . The population was 737 at the 2010 census .

neg: List of state universities in the United States In the United States , a state college or state university is one of the public colleges or universities funded by or associated with the state government . In some cases , these institutions of higher learning are part of a state university system , while in other cases they are not . Several U.S. territories also administer public colleges and universities . The U.S. federal government does not run colleges or universities except for the service academies , the Community College of the Air Force , the Naval Postgraduate School , the Air Force Institute of Technology , the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , military war colleges and staff colleges , and Haskell Indian Nations University . Additionally , Georgetown University , Gallaudet University , Howard University , and American University are private universities that are federally chartered . However , the federal government does make grants to state universities .   These state , as well as private , universities are accredited by different regional , not national , accreditation agencies , including the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools , the New England Association of Schools and Colleges , the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities , the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools , the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools , and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges , depending on which region of the United States the university is located in . These accreditation agencies ' approvals are critical to a university 's operations and public reputation . If a university loses accreditation or is not accredited in the first place , students will be reluctant to either continue or enroll at the school because the degree will be seen as being worthless . In a worst-case scenario , a university can shut down completely . The aforementioned agencies are all recognized by the United States Department of Education .   Most state universities receive at least part of their funding from the state , although many have substantial income from tuition and fees , endowment proceeds , donations ( such as from alumni or philanthropists ) , and revenue from royalties . State universities usually offer lower tuition costs to in-state residents . According to the College Board , public four-year colleges charge on average $ 7,605 per year in tuition and fees for full-time in-state students and $ 11,990 for out-of-state students .   In some states , e.g. Maryland , Tennessee , Indiana , and Washington , there is a campus designated as the `` flagship '' campus in the state 's university system , which generally is the most prestigious campus and the largest campus in student population , e.g. the University of Maryland College Park campus in the University System of Maryland , the Indiana University Bloomington campus in the Indiana University System , the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus in the University of Tennessee System , and the University of Washington 's Seattle campus in the University of Washington System .   However , in some other states , the state universities are treated as equal partners ; therefore there is no officially recognized flagship campus in the state 's university system .   There are a number of states that have more than one university system , e.g. California with 2 ; Colorado with 2 ; New York with 2 ; and Texas with 6 ( the most ) .   Notes :  As a general rule , schools are not alphabetized by their complete names , but rather by the names by which they are normally called . For example , in a list alphabetized by normal rules , `` Auburn University '' would precede `` University of Alabama , '' but the schools are virtually always referred to in popular conversation as `` Auburn '' and `` Alabama '' ( followed by a campus identifier if required by the context ) . Therefore , in this article , `` Alabama '' precedes `` Auburn '' .  The list includes some of the more common academic nicknames or acronyms used for certain colleges or universities , e.g. `` Ole Miss '' for the University of Mississippi , `` Idaho State '' for Idaho State University , or `` UNF '' for the University of North Florida , not the `` Rebels '' , `` Bengals '' , or `` Ospreys '' , respectively .  To minimize any confusion regarding acronyms , either the first school listed or the school that is more nationally known having an acronym the same as another has the acronym provided , e.g. San Diego State University has the acronym `` SDSU '' included because it is listed before South Dakota State University , and Arizona State University has the acronym `` ASU '' given because it is better known nationally than Alabama State . In addition , only acronyms that are unique are given , e.g. `` UW Tacoma '' for the University of Washington 's Tacoma campus or `` UNH '' for the University of New Hampshire .  The list also includes schools that grant first-professional doctorates only ( e.g. , medical schools , law schools , or veterinary schools ) that are independent of any other school in a state system .  To see a list of community colleges and technical centers in the United States that offer only associate 's degrees , visit the community colleges list .  To see a list of tribal colleges and universities in the United States , visit the tribal colleges and universities list .

neg: Ranchester, Wyoming Ranchester is a town in Sheridan County , Wyoming , United States . The population was 855 at the 2010 census .

neg: Granger, Wyoming Granger is a town in Sweetwater County , Wyoming , United States . The population was 139 at the 2010 census . It is located near the confluence of the Blacks Fork and the Hams Fork rivers . The geography of the area is flat with semi-arid scrub .

neg: Lingle, Wyoming Lingle is a town in Goshen County , Wyoming , United States . The population was 468 at the 2010 census .   Former Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Richard V. Thomas was reared in Lingle .

neg: List of cities in Nevada Nevada is a state located in the Western United States . According to the 2010 United States Census , Nevada is the 36th most populous state with inhabitants but the 7th largest by land area spanning 109781.18 sqmi of land . Nevada is divided into 17 counties and contains 19 incorporated municipalities . Nevada 's incorporated municipalities cover only of the state 's land mass but are home to of its population .   Incorporated places in the state are legally described as cities , except for Carson City , which has no legal description . To incorporate , a petition for incorporation can be made to the board of county commissioners , who consider numerous geographic , demographic , and economic factors . Cities are categorized by population for the purpose of determining the number of wards and council election structure as well as the number of city clerks : cities with 50,000 or more inhabitants are population category one , cities with 5,000 or more but less than 50,000 inhabitants are population category two , and cities having less than 5,000 inhabitants are population category three .   The largest municipality by population in Nevada is Las Vegas with 583,756 residents , and the smallest municipality by population is Caliente with 1,130 residents . The largest municipality by land area is Boulder City which spans 208.52 mi2 , while Lovelock is the smallest at 0.85 mi2 .