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  The Pied Pipers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pied Pipers were a popular singing group in the late 1930s and 1940s.
Around Thanksgiving, 1942, Dorsey (who was prone to incidents of bad temper) became angry at one of the Pipers for sending him in the wrong direction at a railroad station in Portland, Oregon, and fired him.
And in 1944 Jo Stafford had a hit on her own, ahead of the Pipers, and after a couple more hits, she left for good to pursue a solo career.
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 Solid! -- The Pied Pipers
The Pied Pipers are best remembered for their early work with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
The Pipers remained in New York for seven more months, landing only one job the whole time from which they made $3.60 each, though they did record four sides for RCA Victor during their stay.
The Pied Pipers remained with Dorsey until Thanksgiving Day 1942, when Dorsey exploded at one of the members, igniting an argument with the whole group, who promptly quit.
www.parabrisas.com /d_piedpipers.html   (532 words)

  
 The Pied Pipers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The assembling of the Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra was the most formidable of the Big Band Era.
The Pied Pipers officially joined Dorsey in January 1940, just before Sinatra, who was the new boy singer with the band.
The Pied Pipers left Dorsey to join Johnny Mercer, who was the greatest lyricist of the day and founder of a new record company in Hollywood, Capitol Records.
www.barberusa.com /orchestra/pied_pipers.html   (778 words)

  
 pied pipers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Pied Pipers is FHU theatre’s touring children’s performance troupe.
However, the Pipers have also traveled to Russia, Scotland, and Belgium and are planning a trip to Brazil in the summer of 2003.
If interested in bringing the Pied Pipers to perform send an email to pipers@fhu.edu.
www.fhu.edu /theatre/piedpipers.asp   (125 words)

  
 Corporate Entertainment - The Pied Pipers booking information
The Pied Pipers officially joined Tommy Dorsey in January, 1940, just before Sinatra, who was the new boy singer with the band.
The Pied Pipers were the first artists to sign with Capitol and collectively made music history by recording their first Gold Record, "Dream".
The Pied Pipers still carry on the tradition of vocal expertise with television appearances and national theater tours.
www.corporateartists.com /the_pied_pipers.html   (753 words)

  
 The Pied Pipers
In 1942 The Pied Pipers broke away from Dorsey, and Huddleston joined the army, to be replaced by Hal Hopper, one of the original eight members.
The Pipers were one of the most popular harmony groups of the Swing Era, and this is their "greatest hits" collection.
Pied Pipers were the resident vocal group on Frank Sinatra's radio show Songs By Sinatra, which is where tracks one through six were recorded.
www.singers.com /jazz/vintage/piedpipers.html   (584 words)

  
 BRIEF HISTORY
The Pied Pipers are formed in Hollywood in 1938 during the making of movie musical "Alexander's Ragtime Band".
He strongly disapproves of the modern vocal arrangements and the Pipers are fired on the spot.
For the second half of the year The Pied Pipers and Jo Stafford are featured guests on Johnny Mercer's "Music Shop".
www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/Inn/2053/history.htm   (998 words)

  
 Pied Pipers & Clambake Seven to perform
On November 16, at 7:30 p.m., vocal legends the Pied Pipers and versatile the Clambake Seven will perform at the Alfonso Levy Performing Arts Center.
The Pied Pipers were ahead of their time in 1940 with their distinctive modern harmony, and have been creating musical memories for 60 years.
The Clambake Seven was featured with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers in the late 1930s.
bcstandard.com /News/2004/1111/Social/021.html   (233 words)

  
 Platinum Pied Pipers 12”
The first single from the forthcoming Platinum Pied Pipers album features the awesome vocals of Tiombe Lockhart and Georgia and includes bonus beats for the DJs.
The Platinum Pied Pipers project is already attracting huge hype – check the feature in Straight no Chaser and upcoming pieces in XLR8R and YRB, and their nomination for Next 100 act in URB – and this is only the first official single!
The Platinum Pied Pipers are a two-man dynamic musical duo with a fresh-faced blend of modern hip hop and soul to tempt the masses and quench the thirst of an underground scene looking for something original and twisted.
www.ubiquityrecords.com /ur160.html   (363 words)

  
 BBC - collective - platinum pied pipers
It’s not often that past and present are linked as perfectly as in Platinum Pied Pipers.
“But that’s what a pied piper does, he leads the masses to the platinum artists of the future.” “We wanted fresh blood,” expands Saadiq.
If confidence is any guide, it won’t be long before Platinum Pied Pipers are living up to their name.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A4010572   (494 words)

  
 BBC - 1Xtra - Platinum Pied Pipers
The Pipers pay big respects to rapper Ty, who is also acknowledged by the crowd around him...
MC Invincible gets the crowd to join in by asking for words to put together for her own freestyle.
The Pipers, having finished their set, return for an encore dressed in their P Funk gear.
www.bbc.co.uk /1xtra/gallery/morestyles/ppp/gallery.shtml   (130 words)

  
 Townhall.com :: Columns :: Peers and pied pipers by Thomas Sowell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Townhall.com :: Columns :: Peers and pied pipers by Thomas Sowell
There are not only individual pied pipers in the schools but whole nationwide educational efforts to detach children from their parents, as a way of promoting "social change."
It is not just parents, but the whole moral structure of society that must be undermined through such misnamed programs as "values clarification" and its sequels -- if the fashionable brand of "change" is to be imposed.
www.townhall.com /columnists/thomassowell/ts20030803.shtml   (794 words)

  
 PLATINUM PIED PIPERS
Click here to listen to Platinum Pied Pipers live in session on Gilles Peterson's show "Worldwide" (first broadcast on 5/8) and tune in www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra to the BBC Radio 1XTRA on May 28 from 3-6pm PST to hear a recording of Platinum Pied Pipers live in Manchester from their recent tour overseas.
The Platinum Pied Pipers are a two-man dynamic musical duo with an essential new twist on modern hip hop and soul.
Producers Waajeed (a founding member of Slum Village) and musical sidekick Saadiq have worked hard for two years releasing 12” singles, contributing to the Rewind series and performing several highly talked-about live shows while working on their debut album “Triple P”.
www.ubiquityrecords.com /PLATINUMPIEDPIPERS.html   (924 words)

  
 Dorsey & Pied Pipers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
he Pied Pipers still carry on the tradition of vocal expertise with television appearances and national theatre tours throughout the country.
The Pied Pipers were a little girl's dream.
Plan on a wonderful evening of nostalgia with The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and The Pied Pipers.
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 Find in a Library: The Pied Pipers : interviews with the influential creators of children's literature
Find in a Library: The Pied Pipers : interviews with the influential creators of children's literature
The Pied Pipers : interviews with the influential creators of children's literature
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 NowOnTour - New Platinum Pied Pipers Single, Dates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Platinum Pied Pipers are staying ultra-busy with a new single,
On September 27th, Ubiquity Records will release a new Platinum Pied Pipers single featuring exclusive extended versions of the bangin' rap joint "Shotgun" with guests Jay Dee, Med (Stones Throw) and Invincible.
A-side "Fever" features Detroit vocalist Zeno on both new exclusive radio edit and guest remix versions of the summertime soul jam.
www.nowontour.com /news/pressreleases/release.php?id=484   (185 words)

  
 The Pied Pipers at LSU
Otherwise tenure will have a distinctive caste system.
Our Executive Committee is leading the faculty into the same dark cave that the Pied Piper did to the Hamelin children.
Neil Kestner was quoted in the Reveille that “thousands of universities have adopted post-tenure review.” Not very truthful.
www.bus.lsu.edu /accounting/faculty/lcrumbley/LsuPiedPipers.htm   (642 words)

  
 Moviefone: Movie Celebrities - The Pied Pipers: MAIN
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Get a behind the scenes look at the making of Platinum Pied Pipers ?Triple P? Click here to listen to Platinum Pied Pipers live in session on Gilles...
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 GIANT STEP™ | Platinum Pied Pipers Forum
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The Platinum Pied Pipers -- THEIR STAGE SHOW IS SICKKKKK!!!
Platinum Pied Pipers live on BBC Radio 1XTRA May 28
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 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Best Of The Pied Pipers - Pied Pipers (Vocal)/Stafford at Epinions.com
Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Best Of The Pied Pipers - Pied Pipers (Vocal)/Stafford at Epinions.com
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  Pied Pipers Union   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Receive the following with a one year membership to the Our Lady Peace fan club, The Pied Piper's Union ("PPU"):
1-year subscription to the Pied Pipers Union Newsletter (4 issues packed with news and info along with pics and letters from the band)
Other previous gifts include: A special video (with a clip of Ordinary, a song that will most likely end up on the new album), an autographed guitar pick (some by Raine, some by Mike)....
www.angelfire.com /ca/jen15/ppu.html   (147 words)

  
 CMT.com : The Pied Pipers : Albums
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 The New American -  The Pied Pipers of Neoconservatism - August 13, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The New American - The Pied Pipers of Neoconservatism - August 13, 2001
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And too, it must be said very clearly that neoconservatives are our nation’s deadly enemies.
thenewamerican.com /tna/2001/08-13-2001/vo17no17_neoconservatism.htm   (3527 words)

  
 Belmont Club: August 2004
I suppose one could set up loudspeakers and blast out Koranic verses at levels the EPA would rule illegal, etc. The whole idea is to make a day into an eternity until the days all run together in a jumble.
I once wrote to a reader that I hated the Pied Pipers that led simple and ignorant people down the road to destruction.
These photos showing Sadr's "fighters" brought it home.
belmontclub.blogspot.com /2004_08_01_belmontclub_archive.html   (14564 words)

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