In which North American city was singer Bryan Adams born?
"Diana (Bryan Adams song) ""Diana"" is a song performed by Bryan Adams. Written by Adams and Jim Vallance, the track appears as the B-side to ""Heaven"" in some countries and is one of the most prominent of Bryan Adams' non-album songs. It was released as single in Portugal. The song was written in March 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was intended as a light, comedic song about the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. The song was not included on Adams' ""Reckless"" album because Adams was worried about offending the royal couple. Nevertheless, the"
"""Billboard"" Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts. On 13 January 2010, he received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career, and on 1 May 2010 was given the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his 30 years of contributions to the arts. He has sold more than 75 million records, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. Bryan Guy Adams was born on 5 November 1959 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, to parents from the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Jane (née Watson) and Captain Conrad J. Adams, who emigrated to Canada"
"Jay Boy Adams James Wallace ""Jay Boy"" Adams (born December 8, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Lubbock and San Antonio, Texas, known particularly for storytelling in his songs. Adams was born in Fort Worth but reared in Colorado City, the seat of Mitchell County south of Snyder in West Texas, where his father was the local Chevrolet dealer and a rancher. Upon graduation in 1967 from Colorado City High School, he entered the University of North Texas at Denton, then North Texas State University, which is known for its arts and music curricula. There one of"
"Sammy Adams Samuel Adams Wisner (born August 14, 1987), better known by his stage name Sammy Adams, is an American hip hop recording artist. Sammy Adams was born as Samuel Adams Wisner on August 14, 1987 in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Kata Hull and Chuck Wisner. He and his family moved to Wayland, Massachusetts when he was in high school. Adams then attended Beaver Country Day School before transferring to Wayland High School during his junior and senior years. Later, he went on to attend Hobart and William Smith Colleges for two years. Although he is referred to as a ""Boston's"
"New York. Adams was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Asaneth Ann ""Annie"" (née Adams) and James Henry Kiskadden. Adams' mother was an actress, and her father had jobs working for a bank and in a mine. Little else is known of Adams's father, who died when she was young. James was not a Mormon, and Adams once wrote of her father as having been a ""gentile"". The surname ""Kiskadden"" is Scottish. On her mother's side, Adams's great grandfather Platt Banker converted to Mormonism and moved his family to Missouri, where his daughter Julia married Barnabus Adams."
"Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams, (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, photographer, philanthropist and activist. Adams rose to fame in Canada and the United States with his 1983 album ""Cuts Like a Knife"" and turned into a global star with his 1984 album ""Reckless"", which produced some of his best known songs, including ""Run to You"" and ""Summer of '69"". In 1991, he released ""(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"" from the album ""Waking Up the Neighbours"" and the song became a worldwide hit which went to number 1 in many countries,"
"John Adams (merchant) John Adams (1672 or 1673 – 1745) was an American-born Canadian merchant and member of the Nova Scotia Council. He was the father-in-law of Henry Newton (politician). Adams was born in Boston in either 1672 or 1673 to John and Avis Adams. Growing up as a petty merchant, Adams joined Sir Charles Hobby's New England regiment, participating in the capture of Port-Royal in 1710. Shortly thereafter, Adams settled in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, returning to civilian life. There, he traded manufactured goods with the province's Acadian and Native Americans, and took up the role of a real"
"1957 in Windham, New York, the son of Paul and Virginia (née Vining) Adams. He is of half-German descent, and he also has English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Dutch, and ""a small amount"" of American Indian ancestry. He was a fan of the ""Peanuts"" comics while growing up, and he started drawing his own comics at age six. He won a drawing competition at age 11. Adams graduated valedictorian from Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School in 1975 in a class of 39. He remained in the area and received a BA in economics from Hartwick College in 1979. He moved to California a"
"John J. Adams John Joseph Adams (September 16, 1848 – February 16, 1919) was an American politician and a United States Congressman from New York State. Adams was born in Douglastown, New Brunswick (now part of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada) on September 16, 1848. He emigrated to the United States in 1864, settling in New York City, and worked in a dry-goods firm in New York City until he began studies at Columbia Law School. Adams graduated with a degree in law in 1876 and was admitted to the bar the same year. In addition, he was involved in several"
"he stayed for the rest of his life. He died some time after 1745. John Adams (merchant) John Adams (1672 or 1673 – 1745) was an American-born Canadian merchant and member of the Nova Scotia Council. He was the father-in-law of Henry Newton (politician). Adams was born in Boston in either 1672 or 1673 to John and Avis Adams. Growing up as a petty merchant, Adams joined Sir Charles Hobby's New England regiment, participating in the capture of Port-Royal in 1710. Shortly thereafter, Adams settled in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, returning to civilian life. There, he traded manufactured goods with"
"John Adams Sr. (Nebraska) John Adams Sr. (February 2, 1876 – April 21, 1962) was an American minister, lawyer, and politician and a member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, was a lawyer and minister in South Carolina, Washington State, and Colorado before settling in Omaha, Nebraska. While in South Carolina he took a civil rights case to the U.S. Supreme Court where he lost. He was the only black member of the Nebraska unicameral for much of his tenure from 1949–1962. He was an ordained minister and at the time of his death was"
"of Adams are myths contradicted by the historical record. Samuel Adams was born in Boston in the British colony of Massachusetts on September 16, 1722, an Old Style date that is sometimes converted to the New Style date of September 27. Adams was one of twelve children born to Samuel Adams, Sr., and Mary (Fifield) Adams in an age of high infant mortality; only three of these children lived past their third birthday. Adams's parents were devout Puritans and members of the Old South Congregational Church. The family lived on Purchase Street in Boston. Adams was proud of his Puritan"
"outspoken champion of civil rights and fought for fair employment practices and pensions for retired teachers. He also was known for his opposition to gambling and vehemently opposed the legalization of bingo. John Adams Sr. (Nebraska) John Adams Sr. (February 2, 1876 – April 21, 1962) was an American minister, lawyer, and politician and a member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, was a lawyer and minister in South Carolina, Washington State, and Colorado before settling in Omaha, Nebraska. While in South Carolina he took a civil rights case to the U.S. Supreme Court where"
"earning a reputation as a ""policy-driven advocate for sustainability, the arts, and gay rights"". He was elected to a four-year term as mayor of Portland in the May 2008 primary, with 58% of the vote and a dozen other candidates on the ballot. He was the first openly gay mayor of a top-30 U.S. city. In July 2011, Adams announced that he would not seek a second term as mayor. He had an approval rating of 56% eight months before he left office. Samuel Adams was born at St. James Hospital in Butte, Montana, on September 3, 1963. He is"
"Johnny Adams Laten John Adams Jr. (January 5, 1932 – September 14, 1998), was an American blues, jazz and gospel singer, known as ""The Tan Canary"" for the multi-octave range of his singing voice, his swooping vocal mannerisms and falsetto. His biggest hits were his versions of ""Release Me"" and ""Reconsider Me"" in the late 1960s. Adams was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the oldest of 10 children. He became a professional musician on leaving school. He began his career singing gospel with the Soul Revivers and Bessie Griffin's Consolators, but crossed over to secular music in 1959. His neighbor,"
"died of a brain tumor on October 30, 2010, in Washington Court House, Ohio. Adams was born in Grove City, Ohio, the youngest of five children of a woman named Mildred and a miner who died of coalworker's pneumoconiosis. Adams graduated from high school in 1967, and spent three years as a U.S. Army paratrooper. In October 1976, 27-year-old Randall Adams and his brother left Ohio for California. En route, they arrived in Dallas on Thanksgiving night. The next morning, Adams was offered a contracting job. On the following Saturday, November 27, Adams went to start work but no one"
"cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Adams has a humid continental climate, abbreviated ""Dfb"" on climate maps. Adams, North Dakota Adams is a city in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 127 at the 2010 census. Adams was founded in 1905. Adams is twinned with Bulwick, Northamptonshire. Adams is located at (48.421471, -98.074215). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 127 people, 72 households, and 36 families residing"
"born in New York in 1951. Adams is a feminist-vegan, advocate, activist, and independent scholar whose work explores the cultural construction of inter-sectional oppression. At a young age, Adams was influenced by her mother, who was both a feminist and a civil rights activist, and also her father who she recalls, was a lawyer who participated in one of the first lawsuits regarding the pollution of Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes in the north eastern region of the United States. Adams was raised in a small village in New York called, Forestville. After skipping a grade and taking"
"film, reviewer Dan Pavlides wrote, ""Plagued by personal excesses, he will be remembered just as much for what he could have done in cinema as what he left behind."" Adams was born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania to Peter Adamshock and Catherine Kutz. His father was a Ukrainian-born anthracite coal miner. In 1958 he told columnist Hedda Hopper, ""We lived in those little company houses — they were terrible. We had to buy from the company store and were always in debt and could never leave."" The family did leave when he was five years old after Adams' uncle was killed in"
"Ryan Adams David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and poet. He is best known for his solo career, during which he has released sixteen albums, and as a former member of rock/alternative country band Whiskeytown, with whom he recorded three studio albums. In 2000, Adams left Whiskeytown and released his debut solo album, ""Heartbreaker"", to critical acclaim. The album was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize. The following year, his profile increased with the release of the UK certified-gold ""Gold"", which included the hit single, ""New York, New York"". During this"
"on January 12, 1979. James Calvin Adams was born in Morgan County, Kentucky, on December 11, 1846 to Lott William and Rebecca May Adams. He spent his childhood working on his family's farm. He was the third of eight children, and the oldest boy. His mother died in 1856 at the age of 32. His father died in Bates County, Missouri, in 1861 at the age of 44, leaving Adams orphaned. After being imprisoned at the age of 16 during the American Civil War, he was released and settled in the Montana Territory in 1863 (traveling up the Missouri River"
"(née Donovan; 1927–2016) and Christopher Douglas Adams (1927–1985) in Cambridge. The family moved to the East End of London a few months after his birth, where his sister, Susan, was born three years later. His parents divorced in 1957; Douglas, Susan, and their mother moved to an RSPCA animal shelter in Brentwood, Essex, run by his maternal grandparents. Adams attended Primrose Hill Primary School in Brentwood. At nine, he passed the entrance exam for Brentwood School. Griff Rhys Jones was a year below him, and he was in the same class as Stuckist artist Charles Thomson. He attended the prep"
"more albums have been released since his death, and he has certified sales of over 17 million records in the United States, including 13.4 million albums. Wallace was born in St. Mary's Hospital in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, on May 21, 1972, the only child of Jamaican parents, Voletta Wallace, a preschool teacher, and Selwyn George Latore, a welder and politician. His father left the family when Wallace was two years old, and his mother worked two jobs while raising him. Wallace grew up in Clinton Hill, on 226 St. James Place, near the border of Bedford-Stuyvesant,"
"Anthony da Costa Anthony da Costa (born 1991 in Bronx, NY) is an American singer-songwriter based in Nashville, TN. He has been writing and performing original material since he was 13 years old. He names Ryan Adams, Dan Bern, and Bob Dylan as some of his biggest songwriting influences. He attended Columbia University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in ancient Greek and Roman history in 2013. In 2016, Anthony released his latest solo album, ""Da Costa,"" which was self-produced and features Aaron Lee Tasjan. Devon Sproule, and members of Ben Kweller, Eric Johnson and Okkervil River. Anthony is also"
"established and named for him. Adams was born in East Bloomfield, Ontario County in New York on 4 August 1804. He attended Hamilton College and subsequently practised medicine in New York City for around two years. A Congregationalist Christian, he volunteered for missionary work with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). He was appointed physician to a mission sent to work amongst the Zulu and Matabele tribes. He left the US from Boston on December 3, 1834, accompanied by his wife who came from Ohio. His ABCFM colleagues on board the same vessel were missionary Daniel Lindley,"
"Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston. He had two younger brothers, Peter and Elihu. Adams was born on the family farm in Braintree, Massachusetts. His mother was from a leading medical family of present-day Brookline, Massachusetts. Adams later noted that, ""As a child I enjoyed perhaps the greatest of blessings that can be bestowed upon men—that of a mother who was anxious and capable to form the characters of her children"". His father was a deacon in the Congregational Church, a farmer, a cordwainer, and a lieutenant in the militia. John Sr. served as a selectman (town councilman) and supervised the"
"Adams, North Dakota Adams is a city in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 127 at the 2010 census. Adams was founded in 1905. Adams is twinned with Bulwick, Northamptonshire. Adams is located at (48.421471, -98.074215). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 127 people, 72 households, and 36 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 98 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of"
"Adams and John Quincy Adams, as well as statesman John Hancock. General Sylvanus Thayer, the ""father of West Point"", was born in the section of town now known as Braintree Highlands. Braintree was the site of the infamous 1920 murders that led to the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti. It was the retirement home of the co-inventor of the telephone, Thomas A. Watson. Braintree's population grew by over 50% during the 1920s. In January 2008, Braintree converted from a representative town meeting form of government to a mayor-council government. Braintree shares borders with Quincy to the north, Randolph to the"
"Bryan Adams (album) Bryan Adams is the self-titled debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, released on 12 February 1980 by A&M Records. While the album did not gain attention in the US, ""Hidin' From Love"" reached #64 and ""Give Me Your Love"" reached #91 both on Canada's RPM 100 Singles chart. In early 1978, Bryan Adams teamed up with Jim Vallance (formerly of Canadian band Prism) to form a song-writing duo. A&M Records signed the pair as songwriters, not long before signing Adams as a recording artist. He worked on his self-titled debut album for the balance of"
"brother. John Adams (New York) John Adams (August 26, 1778 Oak Hill, New York – September 25, 1854 Catskill, New York) was a United States Congressman from New York. He studied law, and taught school in Durham. He was admitted to the bar in 1805, and began to practice in Durham. He was Surrogate of Greene County, New York from 1810 to 1811. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1812–13. In April 1814, he ran as a Federalist for the 14th United States Congress, and was declared elected due to a mistake made by the"
"was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 24, 2015. Adams was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, one of six children of Charles C. Adams, a career diplomat with the U.S. State Department, and the former Florence Schneider of Brooklyn, New York. He was raised in the countries of his father's assignments, including Canada, France, Germany, Ghana, Morocco and Senegal, as well as the Washington, D.C. area. He attended Dartmouth College and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968. From 1968-70, he was a Peace Corps volunteer, serving in Kenya. Following the Peace Corps, he attended law school at"
"John Adams (New York) John Adams (August 26, 1778 Oak Hill, New York – September 25, 1854 Catskill, New York) was a United States Congressman from New York. He studied law, and taught school in Durham. He was admitted to the bar in 1805, and began to practice in Durham. He was Surrogate of Greene County, New York from 1810 to 1811. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1812–13. In April 1814, he ran as a Federalist for the 14th United States Congress, and was declared elected due to a mistake made by the deputy"
"Frederick Baldwin Adams Frederick Baldwin Adams (5 February 187823 October 1961) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Adams was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of a bank cashier. His father had moved to Ohio from New England. Frederick was sent east to attend St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, at the age of fourteen. From St. Paul's, he went to Yale, where he received an AB in 1900. He was a member of the Skull and Bones society. His first job after Yale was as a claim agent for the Mohawk Division of the New York Central Railroad."