• "Wonderful Land" is an instrumental piece written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded and released as a single by The Shadows in February 1962. It stayed...
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  • The Wonderful Land of Oz is a 1969 film directed by Barry Mahon. It is a low budget but faithful adaptation of the 1904 novel The Marvelous Land of Oz...
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    appears in Baum's 1900 children's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and is the most powerful sorceress in the Land of Oz, ruler of the Quadling Country South...
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    is the second book in L. Frank Baum's Oz series, and the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). This and the following 34 books in the series were...
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    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written by American author L. Frank Baum. Since its first publication in 1900, it has been adapted...
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    versions of pieces recorded by other bands ("Arrival" by ABBA and "Wonderful Land" by The Shadows). Though only reaching number twelve on the German album...
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    years. The Shadows' number-one hits include "Apache", "Kon-Tiki", "Wonderful Land", "Foot Tapper" and "Dance On!". Although these and most of their best-remembered...
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    their instrumental songs, mainly; "Apache" (1960), "F.B.I." (1961), "Wonderful Land" (1962), and "Foot Tapper" (1963), among many others. The band split...
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    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz...
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  • songwriting credits were the chart hits "I've Waited So Long", "Apache", "Wonderful Land", "Diamonds", and "A Girl Like You". Born as Jeremiah Patrick Lordan...
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  • on three occasions: "It's Now or Never" by Elvis Presley in 1960; "Wonderful Land" by The Shadows in 1962 and "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies in 1969. The...
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    one of the main characters in The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969), Journey Back to Oz (1974), Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz (1980), and Return to Oz (1985)...
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  • Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, or simply The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, is a 2023 American fantasy short film written, co-produced...
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  • The Land of Oz is a fictional country first introduced in L. Frank Baum's novel based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Land of Oz or The Land of Oz may...
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  • Stranger F.B.I. The Frightened City Kon Tiki (2 designs) The Savage Wonderful Land (2 designs) Stars fell on stockton Guitar Tango Dance On The Boys The...
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    Michael R. Thomas who portrayed the Scarecrow in Barry Mahon's The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969), as well as doing the makeup for that film. Elijah Kelley...
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    preliminary victories, unsustainable ecstasies, and momentary glimpses of the wonderful land. This is where the hero gains items given to him that will help him...
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  • 1980. It is from the album QE2. In many countries the Shadows cover, "Wonderful Land", was the A-side, while the B-side was "Sheba". Vocals on "Sheba" were...
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    character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. He first appeared in his 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and reappeared...
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    ("Time Mends a Broken Heart"), the film Still Crazy, Hank Marvin ("Wonderful Land" and "Nivram"), Et Moi ("Drole De Vie") and the Tandy Morgan Band ("Action")...
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  • a fictional character who appears in the classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), created by American author L. Frank Baum. In Baum's...
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    (1894) The Midday Nap (1894) Maternity (1899) Two Tahitian Women (1899) Wonderful Land. Gathering Fruit (1899) Two Women (1901 or 1902) Self-portraits: Self-portrait...
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    "Deutschösterreich, du herrliches Land" (German for "German Austria, you wonderful country") was the national anthem of Austria from 1920 to 1929. Although...
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    In his first appearance in Baum's 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Wizard rules the Land of Oz from his palace in the Emerald City. He is exposed...
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    Ain't I a Woman by Rory Block (1992) Heartbeat by Hank Marvin (1993) "Wonderful Land"/"Nivram" by Hank Marvin (1993) Beloved One by Dee Carstensen (1993)...
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  • second instrumental number one of 1962 in the UK, the first being "Wonderful Land" by The Shadows which was No 1 for more weeks than any other single...
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  • restaurant where Williams and Myers were having dinner: We were sitting in a wonderful Italian restaurant off the Fulham Road in London, and they had a piano...
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    Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while Ozma was unwilling to destroy her enemies even when they were on the verge of conquering her entire land in Baum's...
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    production of The Marvelous Land of Oz, in which she also portrayed Tip. Ozma appears briefly in Barry Mahon's 1969 The Wonderful Land of Oz, portrayed by Joy...
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    Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz include treatments of the modern fairy tale (written by L Frank Baum and first published in 1900)...
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