"agree to this, but the studio was happy to see the song released as a stand-alone single to promote the film. The song became a UK chart hit in 1960 and succeeded in publicising the film. The idea of a non-Asian playing the Peter Sellers role may now be considered in bad taste by some. A popular TV show ""Goodness Gracious Me"" was initially suggested as having the title ""Peter Sellers is Dead"" to identify that British Asian culture did not identify at all with this character. The Millionairess The Millionairess is a 1960 British romantic comedy film set in"
"the film ""The Millionairess"" which was being filmed at that time starring Sellers and Loren. However, the film's producers did not share his enthusiasm for including the song in the film's soundtrack and did not utilize it. The studio was however happy to see the song released as a stand-alone single to promote the film. In becoming a chart hit it succeeded in publicizing the film. Though the song did not feature in ""The Millionairess"" itself, some of the lyrics in the song refer to the film; for example, ""There's nothing the matter with it; put it away please"" referring"
"The Millionairess The Millionairess is a 1960 British romantic comedy film set in London, directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers. It is a loose adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's 1936 play of the same name. By the terms of her late father's will, spoiled London heiress Epifania Ognissanti di Parerga, the richest woman in the world, cannot marry unless her prospective husband is able to turn £500 into £15,000 within a three-month period. When Epifania becomes smitten with Alastair, a muscular tennis player, she rigs the contest by giving him £500 in stock and then"
"the white characters were played by Dave Lamb and Fiona Allen; in the radio series those parts were played by the cast themselves. Some of the white characters were also played by Amanda Holden, Fiona Allen and Emma Kennedy. The show's title and theme tune is a bhangra rearrangement of a hit comedy song of the same name. The original was performed by Peter Sellers (portraying an Indian doctor, Ahmed el Kabir) and Sophia Loren, reprising their characters from the 1960 film, ""The Millionairess"". Sellars performs the song in a cod-Indian accent, acceptable as a comic device at the time"
"1960 Sellers portrayed an Indian doctor, Dr Ahmed el Kabir in Anthony Asquith's romantic comedy ""The Millionairess"", a film based on a George Bernard Shaw play of the same name. Sellers was not interested in accepting the role until he learned that Sophia Loren was to be his co-star. When asked about Loren, he explained to reporters ""I don't normally act with romantic, glamorous women ... she's a lot different from Harry Secombe."" Sellers and Loren developed a close relationship during filming, culminating in Sellers declaring his love for her in front of his wife. Sellers also woke his son"
"Billionaire (song) ""Billionaire"" is the debut single by American recording artist Travie McCoy, featuring guest vocals from Bruno Mars. It is the lead single from McCoy's debut studio album, ""Lazarus"". The song was produced by The Smeezingtons, which consists of Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine. Lyrically, McCoy imagines what would happen if he became a billionaire, referencing all the good he would do to others with the money along with his desire to be on the cover of ""Forbes"" magazine, ""smiling next to Oprah and The Queen"". As of July 2011, the song has sold 3 million digital downloads,"
"her sons. Loren has recorded more than two dozen songs throughout her career, including a best-selling album of comedic songs with Peter Sellers; reportedly, she had to fend off his romantic advances. Partly owing to Sellers's infatuation with Loren, he split with his first wife, Anne Howe. Loren has made it clear to numerous biographers that Sellers's affections were reciprocated only platonically. This collaboration was covered in ""The Life and Death of Peter Sellers"" where actress Sonia Aquino portrayed Loren. The song ""Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?"" by Peter Sarstedt was said to have been inspired by Loren."
"Be Zoo"" was originally recorded by Sophia Loren as publicity associated with the film ""The Millionairess"" (1960) on the album ""Peter and Sophia"". Several sources, including a posting at AMC's website, state that Hills did not produce her version, with Rivgauche's lyrics, until 1961, after Loren's October 1960 movie. Another version of the song, by Israeli-French performer Maya Casabianca, appeared on France's ""Billboard"" chart in September 1961. Additional cover versions have been produced by the Pennies and Kerstin Dahl. At the time of the ""Mad Men"" performance, Hills was working as a professional artist and illustrator married to Stewart Young,"
"1960 poster for ""The Millionairess"", which promoted the film as: ""The sultry story of the beautiful babe in the Balmain gown who pants for romance"". Peter Sarstedt's 1969 hit single ""Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)"" contains the line: ""Your clothes are all made by Balmain"". Balmain's vintage couture gowns remain popular and have been seen on Angelina Jolie, Penélope Cruz, Alexandra Kerry, Tatiana Sorokko, Kate Moss and Kristin Davis, among others. Rappers Akillezz, Kid Cudi and Singer Tory Lanez have a song named after Balmain. Balmain, Pierre, ""My Years and Seasons"", Cassell, London 1964 Pierre Balmain Pierre Alexandre"
"Millionaire (Beady Eye song) ""Millionaire"" is a single from English band Beady Eye, released on 2 May 2011. All songs written by Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, and Andy Bell. ""Man of Misery"" was originally used, in demo form, in a promotional video for the Liam Gallagher run clothing line Pretty Green, and was originally credited as a Liam Gallagher solo song. The song was originally available as an iTunes exclusive for those who downloaded the album. The accompanying promotional music video, directed by Charlie Lightening, was shot while the band were touring in Spain. In it, all four members of"
"The Millionaires (band) The Millionaires were a Dutch pop group founded 1968 best known for their song at the Nationaal Songfestival of 1982, ""Fantasy Island"". Their first major success was the song for the 1980 Summer Olympics ""Never Give In"", written by the Italian singer Toto Cutugno. The single was released under the name of the band's original singer Jay Delmore (Jaap van der Mooren), who died the same year. After Delmore's death the band had two female singers, Carmen Montana and Angela Irrgang. The next major success, ""Fantasy Island"" , was written by Martin Duiser and Piet Souer, and"
"as The Doctor. The Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario has performed the play a number of times: in 1965, 1977, 1991 and 2001. Most recently, the play was presented by the Court House Theatre in 2012 and was directed by Blair Williams, with set design by Cameron Porteous, lighting design by Louise Guinard and sound design by Dmitri Marine. A film version of ""The Millionairess"" was made in 1960, directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers, with substantial alterations made to the text. The BBC Sunday Night Theatre broadcast a production on 6 September 1959 starring"
"released in both Dutch and English versions, but covered again in English by British group Tight Fit. The Millionaires (band) The Millionaires were a Dutch pop group founded 1968 best known for their song at the Nationaal Songfestival of 1982, ""Fantasy Island"". Their first major success was the song for the 1980 Summer Olympics ""Never Give In"", written by the Italian singer Toto Cutugno. The single was released under the name of the band's original singer Jay Delmore (Jaap van der Mooren), who died the same year. After Delmore's death the band had two female singers, Carmen Montana and Angela"
"Millions (song) ""Millions"" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Pusha T, which was originally released as a promotional single for his then-upcoming album ""My Name Is My Name"", on January 29, 2013. It was later revealed that the song would not be featured on the album. It was also included on his 2013 mixtape ""Wrath of Caine"". The song, which features a guest appearance from fellow American rapper Rick Ross, peaked at number 47 on the ""Billboard"" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The music video for ""Millions"" was directed by Samuel Rogers, and filmed during late January 2013."
"The musical includes such hits as ""Super Trouper"", ""Lay All Your Love on Me"", ""Dancing Queen"", ""Knowing Me, Knowing You"", ""Take a Chance on Me"", ""Thank You for the Music"", ""Money, Money, Money"", ""The Winner Takes It All"", ""Voulez-Vous"", ""SOS"" and the title track. Over 60 million people have seen the show, which has grossed $2 billion worldwide since its 1999 debut. A film adaptation starring Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Stellan Skarsgård and Julie Walters was released in July 2008. As of 2018, the show has productions in London's West End, where it is"
"film was critically panned, the soundtrack album hit a respectable No.4 and generated two more Top 10 hits for Madonna; ""Causing a Commotion"" (No.4, September) and ""The Look of Love"" (No.9, December). Soul singer Ben E. King got a surprise number 1 with a re-release of 1961's ""Stand by Me"", which was used in an advert for Levi Jeans. Long running band The Bee Gees also got their first number 1 of the decade with ""You Win Again"", their fifth overall in a 20-year career, and Michael Jackson released the multi-million selling ""Bad"" which as of 2008 is one of"
"Millionaires (duo) Millionaires is an American electronic music duo consisting of sisters Melissa Marie Green and Allison Maria Green. The group, formed in August 2007, are widely known for mixing heavily explicit lyrics with a heavy electropop backing. Dani Artaud was in the original line-up. Their image and lyrics have generated strong controversy (mainly for using explicit words in nearly all of their songs). The group has released three EPs, several singles—including ""Stay the Night"", which managed to chart for a short time in the UK—and their debut album, ""Tonight"", released in March 2013. In March 2016 they released a"
"The song was written for promotional appearances with Dolores del Río (star of the film) but not featured in the film itself. The Blue Diamonds up-tempo version of it reached the American ""Billboard"" Hot 100 at number 72 in 1960. It sold over 250,000 copies in the Netherlands (the first record to ever do so) and over one million copies in Germany by 1961. Although their last hit was in 1971, they continued to perform together up until Ruud de Wolff died from bladder cancer at the end of the year 2000. Riem de Wolff continued to perform and release"
"Celluloid Heroes ""Celluloid Heroes"" is a song performed by The Kinks and written by their lead vocalist and principal songwriter, Ray Davies. It debuted on their 1972 album ""Everybody's in Show-Biz"". The song names several famous actors of 20th century film, and also mentions Los Angeles's Hollywood Boulevard, alluding to its Hollywood Walk of Fame. The actors mentioned are Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Bela Lugosi, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, George Sanders, and Mickey Rooney although some versions of the song, including recorded concert versions, are performed with fewer verses and, thus, Marilyn Monroe, George Sanders, and Mickey Rooney are left"
"Millionaire"" at the 81st Academy Awards. Music critics responded generally favorably to ""Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"". Bill Lamb from About.com gave the song 4.5 out of five stars. ""The addition of the Pussycat Dolls to the song may have seemed a questionable decision at first glance, but it is this move that is likely to get the joyful explosion on to pop radio playlists. ""Jai Ho!"" abundantly deserves its place, and the vocals of head Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger will have pop fans singing as well as dancing along. Look for this song to set up a long"
"II song ""We'll Meet Again"". Columbia Pictures agreed to finance the film if Peter Sellers played at least four major roles. The condition stemmed from the studio's opinion that much of the success of Kubrick's previous film ""Lolita"" (1962) was based on Sellers's performance in which his single character assumes a number of identities. Sellers had also played three roles in ""The Mouse That Roared"" (1959). Kubrick accepted the demand, later explaining that ""such crass and grotesque stipulations are the ""sine qua non"" of the motion-picture business"". Sellers ended up playing three of the four roles written for him. He"
"million. Elia Cmiral composed the score for the film. Peter Debruge wrote in Variety that ""More ambitious sound design and score, rather than the low-key filler from composer Elia Cmiral and music supervisor Steve Weisberg, might have significantly boosted the pic's limited scale."" The film had a very low marketing budget and was not marketed in conventional methods. Prior to the film's release on the politically symbolic date of Tax Day, the project was promoted throughout the Tea Party movement and affiliated organizations such as FreedomWorks. The ""National Journal"" reported that FreedomWorks, the Tea Party-allied group headed by former House"
"vocalist. As the song catches on and Bobby's reputation grows, Theodora decides it is not to the boy's benefit and decides to sell the radio station. Bobby is then drafted into the Army, saying goodbye to all at a farewell party in his honor. Teenage Millionaire Teenage Millionaire is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Lawrence Doheny and written by Lawrence Doheny and Harry Spalding. The film stars Jimmy Clanton, Rocky Graziano, ZaSu Pitts, Diane Jergens, Valerie Ziegler, Cheyenne Boyer, Gabriella Taliani, Maurice Gosfield and Eileen O'Neill. The film was released on August 17, 1961, by United Artists. Bobby"
"Hundred Million ""Hundred Million"" is the first and most popular single from Treble Charger's fourth album, ""Detox"". The song features backing vocals by Deryck Whibley and percussion by Steve Jocz, both from Sum 41. The song received a CASBY Award for ""Favourite New Single"" in 2002. The song is featured in the EA Sports hockey game ""NHL 2003"". The music video was directed by Wendy Morgan and features cameos from Avril Lavigne, Gob, Sum 41, and Swollen Members. It became one of the top music videos of 2002 in Canada. It features several other Canadian punk bands and artists as"
"to the scene when Epifania shows Dr. Kabir her tongue, pretending to be ill. The song proved so popular in the United Kingdom that a follow-up song, ""Bangers and Mash"", was released. Sellers sang and spoke the part of a Cockney asking for plain and simple English cooking, Loren singing the part of his Italian wife wanting to serve him traditional Italian food. Both are featured on collections of Sellers' comedy recordings. Since early 2010, videos have been created and posted using the scene of Sellers and Loren from the film, with the audio recording of the song as the"
"for Audrey Hepburn. Both Andrews' and Nixon's versions are available on the original cast and soundtrack albums, respectively, and Hepburn's original version is available in the specials for the DVD of the film. Andy Williams released a version of the song on his 1964 album, ""The Great Songs from ""My Fair Lady"" and Other Broadway Hits"". In the late 1980s and early 1990s the song was used in television advertisements for Commonwealth Bank of Australia home mortgages. Wouldn't It Be Loverly ""Wouldn't It Be Loverly"" is a popular song by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, written for the 1956"
"the band - plus live bassist, Jeff Wootton - drive through the Spanish countryside and along the coast, before ending up at a pub. Millionaire (Beady Eye song) ""Millionaire"" is a single from English band Beady Eye, released on 2 May 2011. All songs written by Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, and Andy Bell. ""Man of Misery"" was originally used, in demo form, in a promotional video for the Liam Gallagher run clothing line Pretty Green, and was originally credited as a Liam Gallagher solo song. The song was originally available as an iTunes exclusive for those who downloaded the album."
"on the U.S. Pop Singles chart. Bert Berns wanted Van Morrison, who he was producing at the time, to record the song, but Morrison decIined, wanting to do his own material instead. In the UK, the single was re-released in 1992, due to a successful Levi's jeans commercial (""Cinderella"" AKA ""Night and Day"" directed by Tarsem Singh), when it peaked in the UK Singles Chart at number nine. The version was included on the soundtrack of the 2005 comedy film Romance & Cigarettes. The song became a bigger pop hit when recorded by Big Brother and the Holding Company in"
"the U.S and Canada, and $9.3 million worldwide. ""Secretary"" was nominated for a number of awards and won several, with numerous wins for Maggie Gyllenhaal's breakthrough performance. The film's soundtrack album was released on CD on October 8, 2002, with an MP3 download version released on July 11, 2006. The soundtrack album contains Angelo Badalamenti's score as well as two songs that were notably featured over erotic montages in the film: Leonard Cohen's ""I'm Your Man"" and Lizzie West's ""Chariots Rise"". The song ""Chariots Rise"" was changed slightly for the film, with the lyric ""what a fool am I, to"
"Millionaire (Cash Cash and Digital Farm Animals song) ""Millionaire"" is a song by American DJ trio Cash Cash and British DJ Digital Farm Animals. It features vocals from American rapper Nelly, and was released digitally as the eighth single from their fourth studio album, ""Blood, Sweat & 3 Years"" (2016), on June 3, 2016. The song was written by Nelly, Nicholas Gale, Eldra Debarge, Etterlene Jordan, Jason Epperson, Alexander Makhlouf, Jean Paul Makhlouf, Lavell Webb, and Samuel Frisch, with production being handled by Cash Cash and Digital Farm Animals. A music video for the song, directed by Sesan Ogunro, was"
"Millionaire (Chris Stapleton song) ""Millionaire"" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton for his third studio album """" (2018). It was written by Kevin Welch in 2002, and soul singer Solomon Burke included it on his 2006 country music tribute album ""Nashville"". The song was released as a promotional single of ""Volume 2"" on October 20, 2017, and was released to country radio as the album's first single on April 23, 2018. The song received a nomination for Best Country Solo Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. ""Millionaire"" is a mid-tempo soul-influenced heartland rock and country rock"
"along to it. Rod Stewart uses the chorus of ""Ain't Got No Home"" in his 1984 single ""Some Guys Have All the Luck"". It achieved fresh notoriety in the 1990s through its use as the ""Homeless Update"" theme music on ""The Rush Limbaugh Show"", and is still used as recently as December 7, 2017. The song is in the movie ""Casino"" playing in the background as Joe Pesci asks Robert De Niro for a 50K chip marker. Jimmy Buffett referenced Henry in his song ""Saxophones"". Henry made a cameo appearance on the third season opening episode of the HBO series"
"connect with its target audience - and it's Oscarworthy compared to the 1981 version - yet it remains overwrought and pointless for fans of the novel. Moreover, Lionel Richie's title tune - the only memorable aspect of the original - is sorely missed here."" End title track ""Don't Find Another Love"" was sung by Tegan and Sara and written by Golden Globe award-winning composer Julie Frost. Singer/songwriter Skylar Grey's cover of Robert Palmer's ""Addicted to Love"" was used for the trailer of the film. In addition, the song ""Explosions"" by Ellie Goulding was used in trailers adapted as television commercials."