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betting odds
We frequently get this wrong. A brief explanation: long odds (eg 100-1 against, normally expressed as 100-1) mean something unlikely; shorter odds (eg 10-1) still mean it’s unlikely, but less unlikely; odds on (eg 2-1 on, sometimes expressed as 1-2) means it is likely, so if you were betting £2 you would win only £1 plus the stake.
Take care using the phrase “odds on”: if Labour is quoted by bookmakers at 3-1 to win a byelection, and the odds are cut to 2-1, it is wrong to say “the odds on Labour to win were cut last night” – in fact, the odds against Labour to win have been cut (the shorter the price, the more likely something is expected to happen).
Buck Owens
Under Your Spell Again
Act Naturally
I ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
Only You (Can Break My Heart)
Waitin in Your Welfare Line
Open Up Your Heart
Sweet Rosie Jones
Tall Dark Stranger
Rollin in My Sweet Baby s Arms
Today he s heralded as a traditionalist who rejected the Nashville Sound s pop-rock concessions, but the real secret behind Owens s enormous success is that he embraced rock & roll more completely than any other country co.
more »ntemporary. The 16 hits here trace Owens and his Buckaroos as they move from more rural-sounding hits such as Under Your Spell Again to the rockabilly-inspired rhythms (Owens backed Gene Vincent for awhile) of his driving freight train sound, a series of classic singles that always sounded modern, electric, and decidedly urban. Volume 1 barely scratches the surface, but if you ve never had your heart skip a beat when Don Rich cranks that driving electric lead to I ve Got a Tiger by the Tail, then you ve just
Cyndi Lauper
Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper, Gray, Tom [1]
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper, Hazard, Robert
When You Were Mine - Cyndi Lauper, Prince [1]
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper, Hyman, Rob [Rock]
She Bop - Cyndi Lauper, Chertoff, Rick
All Through the Night - Cyndi Lauper, Shear, Jules
Witness - Cyndi Lauper, Lauper, Cyndi
I ll Kiss You - Cyndi Lauper, Lauper, Cyndi
He s So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper, Lewis, Al [1]
Yeah Yeah - Cyndi Lauper, Huss, H
Money Changes Everything [From The Portrait Promotional 12 ][Live][ ] - Cyndi Lauper, Gray, T.
She Bop [Live][#][ ] - Cyndi Lauper, Chertoff, R.
Today in Music History - April 17
Today in Music History for April 17:
In 1943, Canadian pop singer Bobby Curtola was born in Port Arthur, Ont. (now Thunder Bay). A teen idol in Canada during the early 60s, Curtola also made his mark internationally in 1962 with the hits Fortune Teller and Aladdin.
In 1950, Tony Bennett made his first recording, Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Bennett had used the song, from the 1934 movie Moulin Rouge, to audition for Columbia Records. The record began Bennett s 40-plus years with Columbia. He hit No. 1 the following year with Because of You.
In 1960, rock n roll singer Eddie Cochran died of severe head injuries following a car crash on his way to the London airport following a British tour. The other passengers, rocker Gene Vincent and Cochran s fiancee, Shari Sheeley, were seriously injured. Cochran was only 21, and had just begun to realize his potential. His two biggest hits were 1957 s Sittin in the Balcony and 1958 s Summe
The American rock’n’roll star died during the afternoon of Easter Sunday April 17 1960. Eddie and Gene Vincent had been touring the UK. His own songs ‘Summertime Blues’ and ‘C’mon Everybody’, had been huge hits and today are regarded as classics. After the end of a long tour on Saturday April 16 a Ford Consul driven by George Martin, with Eddie, Gene, Sharon and tour-manager Pat Thompkins, set off for London. They went down the old A4 through Bath, taking a short cut on the outskirts of Chippenham. Thompkins later recalled: “Well, he saw the A4 and turned right, going the wrong way. When he saw the milestone, he realized he was going the wrong way and hit the brakes.”