• "Sultans of Swing" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, written by lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Knopfler. The demo of the song was recorded...
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  • Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits is the second greatest hits compilation by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 19 October 1998...
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    Wasim Akram (redirect from Sultan of Swing)
    captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Akram is regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He is often revered as The Sultan of Swing. In...
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    Dire Straits discography (category Discographies of British artists)
    Sultans of Swing". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 10 June 2023. "Dire straits single US cat no". UK DVD peaks: "Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of DVD"...
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    "Sultans of Swing", dating from a time when "it was sacrilege to say anything whatsoever funny or nasty about Dire Straits". Following a number of line...
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  • single "Sultans of Swing", which reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. The album reached the top of the album...
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    Dire Straits (category Juno Award for International Album of the Year winners)
    single, "Sultans of Swing", from their 1978 self-titled debut album, reached the top ten in the UK and US charts. It was followed by a series of hit singles...
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  • guitar skills work well with the magic of Muscle Shoals." Smash Hits said, "This is SO like 'Sultans of Swing' it's not true. Look, the only way you'll...
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  • and has a different running order. The first track on the album, "Sultans of Swing", which was the group's first hit single, was re-released as a single...
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  • Australia in December 1978 as a follow-up to the band's first single "Sultans of Swing". The single reached number 28 in the Netherlands and number 54 in...
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  • Sting and "Sultans of Swing" at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1985. Their performance was included on the DVD release of that event...
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    David Knopfler (category Alumni of the University of the West of England, Bristol)
    (compilation) 1995 – Live at the BBC 1998 – Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (compilation) 2005 – The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private...
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    Mark Knopfler (category Alumni of the University of Leeds)
    demo tapes of five songs: "Wild West End", "Sultans of Swing", "Down to the Waterline", "Sacred Loving" (a David Knopfler song), and "Water of Love". They...
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  • albums: 1988's Money for Nothing, 1998's Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, and 2005's The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations...
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    where he began posting covers of popular songs. His first viral video was his cover of "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits. As of June 2022 the video has 12...
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  • by the Pool" appears on the compilation Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits and a live version of "Two Young Lovers" is featured on Alchemy:...
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    original drummer of the rock band Dire Straits and played on their first four albums, which included hit singles such as "Sultans of Swing", "Romeo and Juliet"...
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  • Nothing, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, and The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations. The lyrics of the song...
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  • in 1996 as part of the "Dire Straits Re-Mastered" series. The album was then deleted to make way for the Sultans of Swing - The Best of Dire Straits CD...
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  • of their biggest chart successes in the UK. The track has appeared on the compilation albums Money for Nothing and Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of...
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  • Nugent "Sultans of Swing" - Dire Straits "My Sharona" - The Knack "Let's Go" - The Cars "Don't Bring Me Down" - Electric Light Orchestra "Bad Case of Loving...
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    the Angelic Voices of Faith "Delta Serenade" – David Berger & The Sultans of Swing "Rock n' Rye" – David Berger & The Sultans of Swing "Wild About That...
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    the greatest hits albums Money for Nothing, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, and The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations...
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  • version is on Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits. The full-length studio album version was included on the compilation The Best of Dire Straits...
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    Retrieved 3 February 2017. Rees, Paul (17 April 2015). "Sultans Of Swing: The Untold Story Of Dire Straits". Classic Rock. TeamRock. Retrieved 3 February...
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    This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1979. The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 22, 1979...
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  • United Kingdom. The live version of the song was included on the 1998 compilation Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, while the original...
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  • Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler is the third compilation album by Dire Straits and Scottish-born British singer-songwriter...
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    dancing rather than poetry, as well as a new title, Sultans of Swing, focusing on the character of Mr. Keating, rather than on the boys, but both were...
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    Leo Moracchioli (category Norwegian people of Italian descent)
    has recorded over 400 covers, at a rate of approximately one per week, including covers of "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits, "Hello" by Adele, "Sail"...
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