Andy Kirk (musician)
Andrew Dewey Kirk( May 28, 1898 – December 11, 1992) was a jazz saxophonist and tubist who led the Twelve Clouds of Joy, a band popular during the swing era.
Kirk grew up in Denver, Colorado, where he was tutored by Wilberforce Whiteman, Paul Whiteman's father.
Kirk started his musical career playing with George Morrison's band, but then went on to join Terrence Holder's Dark Clouds of Joy.
In 1929 he was elected leader after Holder departed.
Renaming the band Clouds of Joy, Kirk also relocated the band from Dallas, Texas, to Kansas City, Missouri.
Although named the Clouds of Joy, the band has also been known as the Twelve Clouds of Joy due to the number of musicians in the band.
They set up in the Pla- Mor Ballroom on the junction of 32nd and Main in Kansas City and made their first recording for Brunswick Records that same year.
Mary Lou Williams came in as pianist at the last moment, but she impressed Brunswick's Dave Kapp, so she became a member of the band.
Kirk moved the band to Kansas City, and since their first recordings in 1929 – 1930, they grew popular as they epitomized the Kansas City jazz sound.
In mid- 1936, he was signed to Decca and made scores of popular records until 1946.
He presumably disbanded and reformed his band during that 6- year recording layoff, as his 1929 – 1930 Brunswick appeared to have sold well enough to stay in the catalog through the period and 1933- 34 pressings( with the mid-1930s label variations) have been seen.
In 1938, Kirk and band held the top spot of the" Billboard" chart for 12 weeks with" I Wo n't Tell a Soul( I Love You)", written by Hughie Charles and Ross Parker, featuring Pha Terrell on vocals.
In 1942, Kirk and His Clouds of Joy recorded" Take It and Git", which on October 24, 1942, became the first single to hit number one on the Harlem Hit Parade, the predecessor to the" Billboard" R&B chart.
In 1943, with June Richmond on vocals, he had a number 4 hit with" Hey Lawdy Mama".
Jorge Ibargüengoitia
Jorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón (born January 22, 1928 in Guanajuato, Mexico; died November 27, 1983 in Mejorada del Campo, Madrid, Spain) was a Mexican novelist and playwright who achieved great popular and critical success with his satires, three of which have appeared in English: "
Las MuertasThe Dead
GirlsDos CrímenesTwo Crimes"), and "Los Relámpagos de AgostoThe Lightning of August").
His plays include "Susana y los Jóvenes" and "Ante varias esfinges", both dating from the 1950s.
In 1955, Ibarguengoitia received a Rockefeller grant to study in New York City; five years later he received the Mexico City literary award.
He died in Avianca Flight 011 on route Frankfurt via Paris, Madrid, and Caracas to Bogotá that crashed on November 27, 1983.
Fair House of Joy
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Tears of Joy
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Where Was I
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Night of Joy (disambiguation)
Night of Joy is a live album by the American band Widespread Panic.
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Joy Laville
Joy Laville (September 8, 1923 – April 13, 2018) was an English/Mexican artist whose art career began and mostly developed in Mexico when she came to the country to take art classes in San Miguel de Allende.
While there she met Mexican writer Jorge Ibargüengoitia, whom she married in 1973.
During this time her art career developed mostly in pastels with a reflective quality.
In 1983, Ibargüengoitia died in a plane crash in Spain and Laville's painting changed dramatically.
Since that time, her work has focused on the loss of her husband, directly or indirectly with themes of finality, eternity and wondering what more is there.
Her work has been exhibited in Mexico and abroad including the Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Museo de Arte Moderno.
In 2012, she received the Bellas Artes Medal for her life's work.
Place of birth
The place of birth( POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born.
This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person.
As a general rule with respect to passports, the place of birth is determined to be the country that currently has" sovereignty" over the actual place of birth, regardless of when the birth actually occurred.
The place of birth is not necessarily the place where the parents of the new baby live.
If the baby is born in a hospital in another place, that place is the place of birth.
In many countries, this also means that the government requires that the birth of the new baby is registered in the place of birth.
Some countries place less or no importance on the place of birth, instead using alternative geographical characteristics for the purpose of identity documents.
For example, Sweden has used the concept of" födelsehemortdomicile of birth") since 1947.
This means that the domicile of the baby's mother is the registered place of birth.
The location of the maternity ward or other physical birthplace is considered unimportant.
Similarly, Switzerland uses the concept of" Heimatortlieu d'origineluogo d'origineplace of origin" in German, French and Italian respectively).
A child born to Swiss parents is automatically assigned the place of origin of the parent with the same last name, so the child either gets their mother's or father's place of origin.
A child born to one Swiss parent and one foreign parent acquires the place of origin of their Swiss parent.
In a Swiss passport and identity card, the holder's place of origin is stated, not their place of birth.
In some countries( primarily in the Americas), the place of birth automatically determines the nationality of the baby, a practice often referred to by the Latin phrase" jus soli".
Almost all countries outside the Americas instead attribute nationality based on the nationality( ies) of the baby's parents( referred to as" jus sanguinis").
There can be some confusion regarding the place of birth if the birth takes place in an unusual way: when babies are born on an airplane or at sea, difficulties can arise.
The place of birth of such a person depends on the law of the countries involved, which include the nationality of the plane or ship, the nationality( ies) of the parents and/ or the location of the plane or ship( if the birth occurs in the territorial waters or airspace of a country).
Some administrative forms may request the applicant's" country of birth".
It is important to determine from the requester whether the information requested refers to the applicant's" place of birth" or" nationality at birth".
For US citizens born abroad who under the US Constitution acquire US citizenship at the time of birth, the nationality at birth will be USA( American), while the place of birth would be the country in which the actual birth takes place.
Mall of Joy
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Motherland (disambiguation)
Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group.
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Question: Where did Joy Laville's husband die?