The image of which boxer appears on the cover of the Beatles 'Sergeant Pepper' album?
"Schenkel photographed a collage for the album cover, which parodied The Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"". Zappa spent US$4,000 () on the photo shoot, which he stated was ""a direct negative"" of the ""Sgt. Pepper"" album cover. ""[""Sgt. Pepper""] had blue skies ... we had a thunderstorm."" Jimi Hendrix, a friend of Zappa, took part in the photo shoot, standing where a wax sculpture of Sonny Liston had appeared on the Beatles album cover. Zappa phoned Paul McCartney, seeking permission for the parody. McCartney told him that it was an issue for business managers, but Zappa responded that"
"of the iconic sleeve cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. He is seen in the far left part of the row, wearing a white and gold robe, standing beside the original-look Beatle wax figures. As a homage to Sonny Liston, a bronze copy of a marble statue made by Alfred Hrdlicka in 1963/64 was put up in 2008 between Old Castle and Karlsplatz in downtown Stuttgart, Germany. In ""NCIS"", director Leon Vance, a former boxer, has a framed photo in his office of Ali gloating over the floored Liston at the end of the second fight."
"James Melville Babington Lieutenant General Sir James Melville Babington (31 July 1854 – 15 June 1936) was a British Army officer and a renowned leader of cavalry, making a name for himself for his actions in the Second Boer War. He was Commander of the New Zealand Defence Force and one of the most respected British generals in the First World War, in command of the 23rd Division. After the war he was Commander of the British Forces in Italy. General Babington's image was chosen by Paul McCartney and used by the Beatles to depict the fictional ""Sgt. Pepper"" for"
"Oscar Bonavena Oscar Natalio ""Ringo"" Bonavena (September 25, 1942 – May 22, 1976) was an Argentine heavyweight professional boxer with a career record of 58 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw. A rugged, wild-swinging puncher, he was nicknamed ""Ringo"" because of his Beatles haircut, and enjoyed professional success in both Argentina and the United States. He is most famous for giving both Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali tough battles. Oscar Natalio Bonavena was born in Buenos Aires to two Italian immigrants. He was a professional boxer, Argentinian and South American champion. He also participated in several Argentinian TV programs such"
"The Boxer ""The Boxer"" is a song recorded by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fifth studio album, ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" (1970). Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, it was released as the lead single from the album on March 21, 1969. The song, written by Paul Simon, is a folk rock ballad that variously takes the form of a first-person lament as well as a third-person sketch of a boxer. The lyrics are largely autobiographical and partially inspired by the Bible, and were written during a time when they felt they were being unfairly"
"Laurel and Hardy are featured on the cover of the Beatles' album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" (1967). In 1989, a statue of Laurel was erected in Dockwray Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, where he lived at No. 8 from 1897 to 1902. The steps down from the Square to the North Shields Fish Quay were said to have inspired the piano-moving scene in ""The Music Box"". In a 2005 UK poll, ""Comedians' Comedian"", Laurel and Hardy were ranked top double act, and seventh overall. Along with Hardy, Laurel was inducted into the Grand Order of Water"
"in prison. Bonavena's body was returned to Argentina to lie in state at the Luna Park sports arena in Buenos Aires, where 150,000 people filed by. He is buried in the La Chacarita Cemetery in Buenos Aires. Oscar Bonavena Oscar Natalio ""Ringo"" Bonavena (September 25, 1942 – May 22, 1976) was an Argentine heavyweight professional boxer with a career record of 58 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw. A rugged, wild-swinging puncher, he was nicknamed ""Ringo"" because of his Beatles haircut, and enjoyed professional success in both Argentina and the United States. He is most famous for giving both Joe"
"were requested by Lennon, but ultimately rejected. The actor Leo Gorcey's image was painted out after he requested a fee. When McCartney was asked why the Beatles did not include Elvis Presley among the musical artists, he replied: ""Elvis was too important and too far above the rest even to mention ... he was more than merely a ... pop singer, he was Elvis the King."" The final cost for the cover art was nearly £3,000 (), an extravagant sum for a time when album covers would typically cost around £50 (). ""Sgt. Pepper"" was previewed on the pirate radio"
"and it was named ""Aleph"" by his son Tosh, after the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet which had been adopted by his father as a monogram. Berman's likeness appears in the second row of the Beatles' 1967 ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" album cover. The portrait is from a photograph taken by Dean Stockwell. It is directly above John Lennon, two rows up, next to Tony Curtis. In 1992 Berman's papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by his son, Tosh Berman. Wallace Berman Wallace Berman (February 18, 1926 – February 18, 1976) was an American"
"Sgt. Pepper, a central figure, encounters many familiar faces, including Lucy in the Sky, Eleanor Rigby, Lady Madonna and Mr. Kite. In an exception to this stylistic choice, the ""Here Comes the Sun"" scene features a character resembling Krishna. Similarly, several scenes include mop-topped, dark-haired figures in black suits who resemble the Beatles. The international cast totals 65 performers. Each song or medley is the name of a scene. ""Love"" has a plethora of characters which are inspired by the music of the Beatles. ""Love"" features elaborate choreography and various acrobatic and aerial performances. Philippe Guilottel, ""Love""'s costume designer, wanted"
"Pat Roach Francis Patrick Roach (19 May 1937 – 17 July 2004) was an English actor, and professional wrestler. During an acting career in the 1970's - 1990's he appeared in multiple cinema films, usually cast as a support player strongman villain. He appeared in the ""Indiana Jones"" cinema films; as the West Country bricklayer Brian ""Bomber"" Busbridge in the 1980's British television series ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"", and in the role of Petty Officer Edgar Evans in the television production ""The Last Place on Earth"". Roach was born and brought up in Birmingham, West Midlands, the son of Francis ""Frank"""
"""Footloose"". His image was to appear on the cover of The Beatles album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" but he requested a fee and was painted out. Coincidentally, he died on the second anniversary of the album's US release. Years of alcoholism eventually caught up with Gorcey. He died of liver failure on June 2, 1969, one day short of his 52nd birthday. He is buried at Molinos Cemetery in Los Molinos, California. Leo Gorcey Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917– June 2, 1969) was an American stage and movie actor who became famous for portraying the leader of"
"B). Pat Roach Francis Patrick Roach (19 May 1937 – 17 July 2004) was an English actor, and professional wrestler. During an acting career in the 1970's - 1990's he appeared in multiple cinema films, usually cast as a support player strongman villain. He appeared in the ""Indiana Jones"" cinema films; as the West Country bricklayer Brian ""Bomber"" Busbridge in the 1980's British television series ""Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"", and in the role of Petty Officer Edgar Evans in the television production ""The Last Place on Earth"". Roach was born and brought up in Birmingham, West Midlands, the son of Francis"
"also did a select amount of acting on television from the 1950s through the 1980s. According to director Quentin Tarantino, Carey auditioned for the role of Joe Cabot in Tarantino's ""Reservoir Dogs"". Although Carey did not get the role, the screenplay was dedicated to him, among others. Carey's face (from the movie ""The Killing"") is positioned behind George Harrison on the cover of The Beatles album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"". Although Carey's image is not seen on the commercially released version of the cover, it can be seen on outtake photos from the ""Sgt. Pepper"" session. Carey wrote,"
"for the Beatles's 1966 album ""Revolver"", and on which the letters ER from the title are visible, along with a similar, updated drawing of Harrison 22 years later. The music video that accompanied the song was directed by Godley & Creme. Ringo Starr appears first as Harrison's ""assistant"" and then as the drummer. Also making guest appearances in the video are Jeff Lynne, Elton John (putting the coin in the cup), and Neil Aspinall (the Beatles' road manager and personal assistant, holding a copy of John Lennon's 1971 ""Imagine"" album). Paul McCartney is rumored to have appeared in the walrus"
"2009, Sassoon was appointed CBE by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. 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 – to celebrate the British cultural figures of the last six decades. Sassoon was born to Jewish parents in Hammersmith, west London, and lived nearby in Shepherd's Bush. His mother, Betty (Bellin) (1900–1997) was born in Aldgate, in the East End of London, in 1900. Although she was surrounded by grinding"
"Babington who emigrated to Argentina in 1889 and who is an ancestor of Carlos Babington. William Babington (1756-1833)'s eldest son was William Babington (1789-1828) who was the father of Lieutenant-Colonel William Babington (1826-1913) who lived at Brooklands House in Sarisbury Green. Colonel Babington (1826-1913) had nine children, including Lieutenant-General Sir James Melville Babington, who commanded the 1st Cavalry Brigade as a Major-General during the Second Boer War and commanded the 23rd Division during the First World War . General Babington's image was used by The Beatles as the fictional ""Sgt. Pepper"" for the album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band"""
"his son from his first marriage. His six wives were: Lean was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1953, and was knighted for his contributions and services to the arts in 1984. Lean received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1990. In 2012, Lean 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 – to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life that he most admires. In 1999, the"
"on the cover of British pop singer Morrissey's single ""Boxers"". The photo was taken from an issue of ""Ring"" magazine. Conn is now a member, along with Louis and Zivic, of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. In April 2017, Conn's widow Mary Louise Conn died. She was 94 years old. Billy Conn William David ""Billy"" Conn (October 8, 1917 – May 29, 1993) was an Irish American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis. He had a professional boxing record of 63 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, with"
"Pepper! The hippest of the hip! I mean I have a room for life at the home of the chronically groovy!"". His name and pink color are both homages to classic rock acts – he is a Pink Floyd, named after ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"", the album by The Beatles. He appears backstage more often than the other band members. Although Dr. Teeth is the leader, Floyd is the one who sings lead most often. Some of the songs he sang on ""The Muppet Show"" include: ""New York State of Mind"", ""Ain't Misbehavin'"", ""While My Guitar Gently Weeps"""
"fight to the death between Jagger and Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler. Jagger wins the fight by using his tongue to stab Tyler through the chest. The 2000 film ""Almost Famous"", set in 1973, refers to Jagger: ""Because if you think Mick Jagger'll still be out there, trying to be a rock star at age 50 ... you're sadly, sadly mistaken."" In 2012, Jagger 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 – to"
"stupor."" Continuing, Miller described the song's ""unoriginal melody"" as being ""much too Beatley for these post-""Sgt. Pepper"" days."" with: Corporal Clegg ""Corporal Clegg"" is a song by the English psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their second album, ""A Saucerful of Secrets"" (1968). It was written by Roger Waters and features David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright sharing the lead vocals, which is the only Floyd song to do so. The song also features a kazoo. The song is about a shell-shocked soldier who lost his leg in World War II. He is described as having"
"Below the Belt (Boxer album) Below the Belt was the debut album by Boxer, released on the Virgin label in January 1976. The album attracted less attention for its music than for its cover art. Photographed by Alex Henderson with graphics by Richard Evans, the cover featured model Stephanie Marrian spreadeagled and naked but for a pair of shoes, with a man's arm reaching up between her legs and his boxing-gloved hand hiding her genitalia. The back cover at first showed Stephanie in complete full-frontal nudity, but later pressings covered her up with the band's belt-styled logo. The cover was"
"Peter Blake (artist) Sir Peter Thomas Blake (born 25 June 1932) is an English pop artist, best known for co-creating the sleeve design for the Beatles' album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"". His other best known works include the cover of the Band Aid single ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"", and the Live Aid concert poster. Blake also designed the 2012 Brit Award statuette. One of the best known British pop artists, Blake is considered to be a prominent figure in the pop art movement. Central to his paintings are his interest in images from popular culture which have"
"Lenny McLean Leonard John McLean (9 April 1949 – 28 July 1998), also known as ""The Guv'nor"", was an English boxer, bouncer, criminal and prisoner, author, businessman, bodyguard, enforcer, weightlifter, television presenter and actor, and has been referred to as ""the hardest man in Britain"". McLean's pugilist reputation began in the East End of London in the late 1960s and was sustained through to the mid-1980s. He has stated that he had been involved in up to 4,000 unlicensed fight contests. McLean stated in his autobiography that he has been well known in the criminal underworld. As a respected and"
"Haworth, a postcard-sized portrait of Sgt. Pepper based on a statue from Lennon's house that was used on the front cover, a fake moustache, two sets of sergeant stripes, two lapel badges and a stand-up cut-out of the Beatles in their satin uniforms. Moore believes that the inclusion of these items helped fans ""pretend to be in the band"". The collage includes 57 photographs and nine waxworks that depict a diversity of famous people, including actors, sportsmen, scientists and – at Harrison's request – the Self-Realization Fellowship gurus Mahavatar Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar and Paramahansa Yogananda. Inglis views the"
"In 2012, Steele was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in Vintage Blake a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of the last six decades. Steele worked in various jobs, including a brief period as a merchant seaman. He was not eligible for national service because, at eighteen years old, he was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy. In his autobiography, ""Bermondsey Boy: Memories of a Forgotten World"", he reports that he failed the medical because he"
"Joe Bugner József Kreul Bugner (born 13 March 1950) is a Hungarian-born British-Australian former heavyweight boxer and actor. He holds triple nationality, being a citizen of Hungary and a naturalized citizen of both Australia and the United Kingdom. As an actor, he is best known for his role in the 1994 action film ""Street Fighter"", alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia. Born in Szőreg, a southeastern suburb of Szeged in southern Hungary, Bugner and his family fled after the 1956 Soviet invasion and settled in Britain. Standing at with a prime weight of around , Bugner twice held the"
"cut-outs, it could be a magical crowd of whomever they wanted."" According to McCartney, he himself provided the ink drawing on which Blake and Haworth based the design. The cover was art-directed by Robert Fraser and photographed by Michael Cooper. The front of the LP included a colourful collage featuring the Beatles in costume as the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, standing with a group of life-sized cardboard cut-outs of famous people. Each of the Beatles sported a heavy moustache, after Harrison had first grown one as a disguise during his visit to India. The moustaches reflected the growing"
"the Bee Gees, Philip Michael Thomas, and Richard Simmons. In his status as one of the most respected martial artists in the world, Hector is in constant demand by athletes and celebrities for training, Echavarria has personally trained and helped achieve higher levels of fitness and health to other martial artists, professional sports athletes and celebrities, including Kendra Wilkinson of Playboy Superstars and ""The Girls Next Door"", former three time World boxing champion Macho Camacho, and professional NFL kicker for the New England Patriots, Super Bowl winner Al Del Greco, and mixed martial arts champions such as Quinton Jackson, Cheick"
"albums. Scrapper Records was formed by Pete Francis using the original logo designed by web designer Jeremy Miller from a Quigley portrait of Marvin Hart. Quigley's work is collected by over 600 people worldwide, including influential figures as President Bill Clinton, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to athletes like Shaquille Oneal and Michael Jordan, Eminem, Woody Allen and Kevin Spacey. In 1999, downtown New York artist William Quigley was commissioned to create a ""no contemporary"" fighter painting for a friend. The Boxer Series is a continuing work in progress that investigates through visual study the growth, history, character and impact of"
"pitched voice, he is set on conquering Pepperland and ruling with fear and oppression; a supreme despot given to psychotic tantrums and violent mood swings. His most heinous of crimes from The Beatles' point of view, however, is his hatred of music. He is voiced by Paul Angelis, who also provided the voice of Ringo Starr. The Chief Blue Meanie arrives in Pepperland accompanied by Max, his assistant, and his large army of Meanies. He begins his campaign of terrorizing Pepperland by firing a massive glass ball at the Beatles' doubles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts' Club Band, who play music"
"Horse"" features a 1956 Liverpool Institute high-school photograph presented inside a lotus flower, behind which a dream-like Himalayan landscape extends to the horizon, where the ""deathless Yogi of the Ancient of Days"", Shiv-Goraksha Babaji, sits. While some observers have seen pointed similarities with the Beatles' iconic ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" cover image, Harrison's choice of artwork reflected his enduring admiration for Terry Gilliam's animation on ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"". In the photo, a thirteen-year-old Harrison is pictured in the centre of the top row, his face tinted blue; school teachers appear dressed in long-sleeve tops bearing a superimposed"