"When Eight Bells Toll When Eight Bells Toll is a first-person narrative novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean and published in 1966. It marked MacLean's return after a three-year gap, following the publication of ""Ice Station Zebra"" (1963), during which time he had run several restaurants. ""When Eight Bells Toll"" combines the genres of spy novel and detective novel. MacLean calls on his own Scottish background to authentically portray the rugged weather, people and terrain of western Scotland. Five cargo ships have been hijacked in the Irish Sea; ships carrying vast quantities of precious stones and gold bullion. The"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song) ""For Whom the Bell Tolls"" is a song by American thrash metal band Metallica. It was first released on the group's second album, ""Ride the Lightning"" (1984). In 1985, Elektra Records released it as a promotional single, with both an edited and full-length versions. The song is one of their most popular; by March 2018, it ranked number five on Metallica's live performance count. Several live albums and video albums include the song. The song was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's 1940 novel of the same name about the dishonor of modern warfare and"
"Eight Bells (painting) Eight Bells is an 1886 oil painting by the American artist Winslow Homer. It depicts two sailors determining their ship's position. It is one of Homer's best-known paintings and the last of his major paintings of the 1880s that dramatically chronicle man's relationship to the ocean. ""Eight Bells"" was the outgrowth of a series of oil paintings that Homer made using three wooden panels he found in the cabin of his brother's sloop at Prouts Neck, Maine. On two of the panels Homer painted scenes of mackerel fleets at Prouts Neck, one at dawn and the other"
"Jingle Bells ""Jingle Bells"" is one of the best-known and commonly sung American songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title ""One Horse Open Sleigh"" in the autumn of 1857. It has been claimed that it was originally written to be sung by a Sunday school choir; however, historians dispute this, stating that it was much too ""racy"" (and secular) to be sung by a children's church choir in the days it was written. Although originally intended for the Thanksgiving season, and having no connection to Christmas, it became associated with"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls For Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to a republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of Segovia. The novel is regarded as one of Hemingway's best works, along with ""The Sun Also Rises"", ""A Farewell to Arms"", and ""The Old Man and the Sea"". Ernest Hemingway wrote ""For Whom the Bell Tolls"" in Havana,"
"The Bells (album) The Bells is the ninth solo studio album by American musician Lou Reed, released in April 1979 by Arista Records. It is recorded in binaural sound. Several songs on the album are the product of a short-lived writing partnership between Reed and Nils Lofgren. Other of the team's work appeared on Nils' eponymous album of the same year. In a contemporary review for ""Rolling Stone"", music critic Lester Bangs wrote, ""With ""The Bells"", more than in ""Street Hassle"", perhaps even more than in his work with the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed achieves his oft-stated ambition—to become a"
"Van Dyke, Lucille Starr, Girl Trouble, The Beatles, Daniel O'Donnell, Barbara Lynn, David Houston and the Nat King Cole Trio. Kay Twomey Kathleen G. ""Kay"" Twomey (April 27, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts - September 26, 1995 in Wellesley, Massachusetts) was an American songwriter and music arranger. Twomey co-wrote ""Serenade of the Bells"", which reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on November 7, 1947 and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at #3, and in a separate recording reached the Billboard's Best Seller chart on December 26, 1947 at #13. She also co-wrote ""Wooden Heart"", best known for its"
"The Bells (symphony) The Bells (, ""Kolokola""), Op. 35, is a choral symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in 1913. The words are from the poem ""The Bells"" by Edgar Allan Poe, very freely translated into Russian by the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont. The traditional Gregorian melody ""Dies Irae"" is used frequently throughout the work. It was one of Rachmaninoff's two favorite compositions, along with his ""All-Night Vigil"", and is considered by some to be his secular choral masterpiece. Rachmaninoff called the work both a choral symphony and (unofficially) his Third Symphony shortly after writing it; however, he would later write"
"Bells"" for high soprano and ten instruments, using Poe's text in its entirety although in Dutch. The piece was premiered in London, and has appeared on a CD from Bridge Records, New York. MC Lars, a Nerdcore Hip hop musician sang a complete version of the poem on his 2012 ""Edgar Allan Poe EP"" titled ""(Rock) The Bells"". The song may be listened to freely on his Bandcamp page. The Bells (poem) ""The Bells"" is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not published until after his death in 1849. It is perhaps best known for the"
"James Lord Pierpont James Lord Pierpont (April 25, 1822 – August 5, 1893) was a New England-born songwriter, arranger, organist, and composer, best known for writing and composing ""Jingle Bells"" in 1857, originally entitled ""The One Horse Open Sleigh"". He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Winter Haven, Florida. His composition ""Jingle Bells"" has become synonymous with the Christmas holiday and is one of the most performed and most recognizable songs in the world. James Lord Pierpont was born on April 25, 1822 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, the Reverend John Pierpont (1785–1866), was a pastor of the"
"war. Set in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range between Madrid and Segovia, the action takes place during four days and three nights. ""For Whom the Bell Tolls"" became a Book of the Month Club choice, sold half a million copies within months, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and became a literary triumph for Hemingway. Published on 21 October 1940, the first edition print run was 75,000 copies priced at $2.75. The book's title is taken from the metaphysical poet John Donne's series of meditations and prayers on health, pain, and sickness (written while Donne was convalescing from a"
"Kay Twomey Kathleen G. ""Kay"" Twomey (April 27, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts - September 26, 1995 in Wellesley, Massachusetts) was an American songwriter and music arranger. Twomey co-wrote ""Serenade of the Bells"", which reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on November 7, 1947 and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at #3, and in a separate recording reached the Billboard's Best Seller chart on December 26, 1947 at #13. She also co-wrote ""Wooden Heart"", best known for its use in the 1960 Elvis Presley film ""G.I. Blues"". A cover version by Joe Dowell made it to number one"
"Shirley Ellis Shirley Marie O'Garra (stage name: Shirley Ellis; married name: Shirley Elliston; 19 January 1929 [though her Social Security card shows 20 Jan 1927] – 5 October 2005) was an American soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian origin. She is best known for her novelty hits ""The Nitty Gritty"" (1963) (US no. 8), ""The Name Game"" (1964) (US no. 3) and ""The Clapping Song"" (1965) (US no. 8 and UK no. 6). ""The Clapping Song"" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. By 1954 she had written two songs which were recorded by"
"a letter to Marietta Shaginyan announcing the completion of the work. The Bells (symphony) The Bells (, ""Kolokola""), Op. 35, is a choral symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in 1913. The words are from the poem ""The Bells"" by Edgar Allan Poe, very freely translated into Russian by the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont. The traditional Gregorian melody ""Dies Irae"" is used frequently throughout the work. It was one of Rachmaninoff's two favorite compositions, along with his ""All-Night Vigil"", and is considered by some to be his secular choral masterpiece. Rachmaninoff called the work both a choral symphony and (unofficially) his"
"The Bells (Billy Ward and His Dominoes song) ""The Bells"" is a rhythm and blues song written by Billy Ward and Rose Ann Marks and recorded by Billy Ward and His Dominoes in 1952, featuring Clyde McPhatter on lead tenor. It was released on Federal Records as the B-side of the group's single ""Pedal Pushin' Papa"". It was a bigger hit than the A-side, reaching #3 on the R&B chart. (""Pedal Pushin' Papa"" charted #4 R&B.) ""The Bells"" played an important part in the early careers of James Brown and The Famous Flames. In their performances on the chitlin' circuit"
"extra lines, eight bars long, in the chorus which are followed by a repetition of the last two lines of the chorus. Those were added by the Swedish lyricists, Eric Sandström and Gösta Westerberg. James Lord Pierpont's 1857 composition ""Jingle Bells"" became one of the most performed and most recognizable secular holiday songs ever written, not only in the United States, but around the world. In recognition of this achievement, James Lord Pierpont was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. ""Jingle Bells"" was first recorded by Will Lyle on October 30, 1889 on an Edison cylinder however no surviving"
"The Eight (novel) The Eight, published December 27, 1988, is American author Katherine Neville's debut novel. It is a postmodern thriller in which the heroine, accountant Catherine Velis, must enter into a cryptic world of danger and conspiracy in order to recover the pieces of the Montglane Service, a legendary chess set once owned by Charlemagne. A sequel, ""The Fire"", appeared in 2008. ""The Eight"" features two intertwined storylines set centuries apart. The first takes place in 1972 and follows American computer expert Catherine ""Cat"" Velis as she is sent to Algeria for a special assignment. The second is set"
"The Bells (poem) ""The Bells"" is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not published until after his death in 1849. It is perhaps best known for the diacopic use of the word ""bells."" The poem has four parts to it; each part becomes darker and darker as the poem progresses from ""the jingling and the tinkling"" of the bells in part 1 to the ""moaning and the groaning"" of the bells in part 4. This poem can be interpreted in many different ways, the most basic of which is simply a reflection of the sounds that"
"great writer, in the literary sense."" In a less enthusiastic retrospective review, ""Select"" magazine wrote that """"The Bells"" saw his music disappearing down the pan ... Even self-parody is barely achieved in these half-assed songs played by a bunch of dullards, with Lou sounding painfully uninspired."" Horn arrangements: Marty Fogel and Lou Reed, except for ""With You,” horn arrangement by Marty Fogel and Don Cherry. The Bells (album) The Bells is the ninth solo studio album by American musician Lou Reed, released in April 1979 by Arista Records. It is recorded in binaural sound. Several songs on the album are"
"Church Bells (song) ""Church Bells"" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Carrie Underwood from her fifth studio album, ""Storyteller"". The song was written by Zach Crowell, Brett James, and Hillary Lindsey, with production from Mark Bright, and was released as the third single from the album in the United States, being shipped to radio on April 3, 2016, and had an official impact date of April 11, 2016. ""Church Bells"" topped the ""Billboard"" Country Airplay chart, becoming Underwood's 15th leader on that chart and thereby extending her record as the female artist with most number-ones in history"
"Tubular Bells Tubular Bells is the debut album by English musician Mike Oldfield, released on Virgin Records on 25 May 1973. It comprises two mostly instrumental compositions of over twenty minutes each. Oldfield recorded it when he was 19 and played most of the instruments. Although sales were initially slow, ""Tubular Bells"" gained global attention when it was used on the soundtrack to the horror film ""The Exorcist"" (1973). In 1974, it reached number one in the UK, Australia and Canada, and number three on the US ""Billboard"" 200. It was the third-bestselling album of the 1970s in the UK."
"wife, Regina, and their dog, Tobey. Ian Whitcomb Ian Timothy Whitcomb (born 10 July 1941, Woking, Surrey) is an English entertainer, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. As part of the British Invasion, his hit song ""You Turn Me On"" reached number 8 on ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in 1965. He has written several books on popular music, beginning with ""After the Ball"", published by Penguin Books (Britain) and Simon & Schuster (United States) in 1972. He accompanies his singing by playing the ukulele and, through his records, concerts, and film work, has helped to stimulate the current revival of interest"
"divorced. Their son William Janney was a film actor in the 1930s. Russell Janney Russell Janney (April 14, 1884 – July 14, 1963) was a theatrical producer and author. He is best known for his 1946 best-selling book and first novel, ""The Miracle of the Bells"", which was made into a film of the same name in 1948. He also produced and co-authored the 1925 musical ""The Vagabond King"", working with Brian Hooker and composer Rudolf Friml. Janney also produced other plays including ""Marjolaine"" (1922) (based on Pomander Walk by Louis N. Parker), ""White Eagle"" (1927) (based on Edwin Milton"
"5:45. I hope."" Wedding Bells (Hank Williams song) ""Wedding Bells"" is a song written by Claude Boone and recorded by Hank Williams on MGM Records. It peaked at No. 2 on the country singles chart in 1949. ""Wedding Bells"" had been first recorded by Knoxville radio veteran Bill Carlisle on King Records in 1947. According to country music historian Colin Escott, Claude Boone, who played guitar for Knoxville bluegrass star Carl Story, bought the song for twenty-five dollars from James Arthur Pritchett, a local musician and drunk who performed under the name ""Arthur Q. Smith."" The song's narrator describes his"
"""Part One"" of ""Tubular Bells""; ""Part Two"" was compiled over a number of months. ""Tubular Bells"" is Oldfield's most famous work. The instrumental composition was recorded in 1972 and released on 25 May 1973 as the inaugural album of Richard Branson and Simon Draper's label Virgin Records. Oldfield played more than twenty different instruments in the multi-layered recording, and its style moved through diverse musical genres. Its 2,630,000 UK sales puts it at No. 34 on the list of the best-selling albums in the country. The title track became a top 10 hit single in the US after the opening"
"in 1940, extracted the title of his famous novel ""For Whom The Bell Tolls"":<poem> 'No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. ' </poem> Many translations in magazines such as: James S. Holmes James Stratton Holmes (Collins, May 2, 1924 - Amsterdam, November 6, 1986) was a Dutch poet and translator. He was born in the United States, in Collins, Iowa,"
"including ""Take Another Look"" (1978), ""Everyday"" (1980), and ""Alive Again"" (1982). Andrew Culverwell Andrew Culverwell is an English Contemporary Christian music artist and songwriter who recorded in the 1970s and 1980s. His most notable contribution to contemporary Christian music is possibly the Christmas song ""Come On Ring Those Bells"", performed in 1977 by Evie. Andrew was born on 19 December 1944 in Somerset, England. Initially it was acting rather than music that attracted him, and he studied the theater at Italia Conti Stage School in London. His vocational interest changed at age 16 when he discovered a knack for playing"
"of the novel. In 1941 the Pulitzer Prize committee for letters unanimously recommended ""For Whom the Bell Tolls"" be awarded the prize for that year. The Pulitzer Board agreed. However, Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University ""ex officio"" head of the Pulitzer board at that time, found the novel offensive and persuaded the board to reverse its determination; no award was given for letters that year. The novel takes place in late May 1937 during the second year of the Spanish Civil War. References made to Valladolid, Segovia, El Escorial and Madrid suggest the novel takes place within the"
"BUtterfield 8 BUtterfield 8 is a 1960 American drama film directed by Daniel Mann, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey. Taylor won her first Academy Award for her performance in a leading role. The film was based on a 1935 novel written by John O'Hara in the wake of the success of his critically acclaimed ""Appointment in Samarra"". Gloria Wandrous (Elizabeth Taylor) wakes up in the apartment of wealthy executive Weston Liggett (Laurence Harvey) and finds that he has left her $250. An insulted Gloria, whose dress is torn, takes Liggett's wife Emily's (Dina Merrill) mink coat to cover herself"
"From a Buick 8 From a Buick 8 is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King. Published on September 24, 2002, this is the second novel by King to feature a supernatural car (the first one being ""Christine"", which like this novel is set in Western Pennsylvania). According to the book sleeve: """"From a Buick 8"" is a novel about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are none, about terror and courage in the face of the unknowable."" The title comes from Bob Dylan's song ""From a Buick 6"". The novel is a"
"played on WGES radio, the telephone company in Chicago reported 8,394 busy signals, virtually all of them listeners trying to contact the station."" Stephen J. Whitfield calls the lyrics ""mawkish"" but describes ""the ballad"" as ""a precocious attempt to continue the tradition of the folk protest song."" The Death of Emmett Till ""The Death of Emmett Till"", also known as ""The Ballad of Emmett Till"", is a song by American musician and Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan about the murder of Emmett Till. Till, a 14-year-old African American, was killed on August 28, 1955, by two white men, reportedly after flirting"
"Song of the Bell The ""Song of the Bell"" (German: ""Das Lied von der Glocke"", also translated as ""The Lay of the Bell"") is a poem that the German poet Friedrich Schiller published in 1798. It is one of the most famous poems of German literature and with 430 lines also one of the longest. In it, Schiller combines a knowledgeable technical description of a bell founding with points of view and comments on human life, its possibilities and risks. As a small boy Schiller came in contact with the trade of bell founding because Georg Friderich Neubert, the son"
"Ian Whitcomb Ian Timothy Whitcomb (born 10 July 1941, Woking, Surrey) is an English entertainer, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. As part of the British Invasion, his hit song ""You Turn Me On"" reached number 8 on ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in 1965. He has written several books on popular music, beginning with ""After the Ball"", published by Penguin Books (Britain) and Simon & Schuster (United States) in 1972. He accompanies his singing by playing the ukulele and, through his records, concerts, and film work, has helped to stimulate the current revival of interest in the instrument. His re-creation of"