Clifford T. WardClifford T. Ward (1944 – 2001) was a British singer/songwriter. He was most successful in the mid-seventies with the hit single Gaye and the LP Home Thoughts From Abroad. His success was mostly in Britain and his other hits were Scullery and the song The Best Is Yet To Come covered by Justin Hayward. His songs were also recorded by Cliff Richard, Jack Jones, Art Garfunkel, and Judy Collins. He was compared to Paul McCartney by reviewers and his songs have strong melodies and concise original lyrics. He was unusual for a pop star as fans who turned up at his home were usually invited in for a talk. It has been said that he would have had more commercial success but he disliked touring and public appearances. He arouses strong loyalty in his fans and his records still sell well. In fact a new CD issue was announced for late January 2005 called Sometime Next Year. In 1984 he was diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis. He continued to record and write songs living at home, cared for by his wife, until he had to enter hospital a few weeks before his death. This page about Clifford T. Ward includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Clifford T. Ward News stories about Clifford T. Ward External links for Clifford T. Ward Videos for Clifford T. Ward Wikis about Clifford T. Ward Discussion Groups about Clifford T. Ward Blogs about Clifford T. Ward Images of Clifford T. Ward |
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He continued to record and write songs living at home, cared for by his wife, until he had to enter hospital a few weeks before his death. The letter X is spoken as X-ray in the NATO phonetic alphabet. In 1984 he was diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis. No words in the Basic English vocabulary begin with X, but it occurs in words beginning with other letters. In fact a new CD issue was announced for late January 2005 called Sometime Next Year. The letter X is not used in the Italian language, except for words borrowed from other languages, or names of foreigners. He arouses strong loyalty in his fans and his records still sell well. It is also controversial whether Psi, Chi (Khi) and Xi are Greek inventions or whether they are ultimately of Semitic origin. It has been said that he would have had more commercial success but he disliked touring and public appearances. Some scholars claim that Latin X is not identical with Greek Χ. He was unusual for a pop star as fans who turned up at his home were usually invited in for a talk. Only in Kurdish, Azeri, Uzbek, Tatar and Lojban as well as the IPA and SAMPA (the latter is used here) is X pronounced [x] (as in German Bach). He was compared to Paul McCartney by reviewers and his songs have strong melodies and concise original lyrics. But the Etruscans took over X from older Western Greek, therefore, it stood for /ks/ in Etruscan and /ks/ and /gs/ [gz] in Latin. His songs were also recorded by Cliff Richard, Jack Jones, Art Garfunkel, and Judy Collins. In the end, Chi was standardized as /k_h/ (/x/ in Modern Greek) as well as Xi for /ks/. His success was
mostly in Britain and his other hits were Scullery and the song The Best Is Yet To Come covered by Justin Hayward. /ks/ was in Ancient Greece written as Chi 'Χ' (Western Greek) or Xi 'Ξ' (Eastern Greek). He was most successful in the mid-seventies
with the hit single Gaye and the LP Home Thoughts From Abroad. It is
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X was the initial name of the Japanese visual kei rock band X Japan. X is the name of an Australian punk rock band (see X (Australian band)). X is the name of a Los Angeles punk rock band (see X (US band)). In popular music,
In physics, the X-ray is a form of electromagnetic radiation. In photography X denotes exact time in flash synchronization. In military science, X is the US Navy hull classification symbol for Submersible Craft. x means 10 in Roman numbers. x is the usual symbol for the variable represented on the horizontal axis (ordinate) in analytic geometry. This usage can be traced back to the Arabic word ?ay 'thing' which was spelled with an initial x in Old Spanish or (according to other sources) an abbreviation of Latin causa which was the translation of Arabic š. Even though any letter can be used, x is the most common by far. x commonly represents an unknown variable. In mathematics,
In financial securities, X is the stock symbol for United States Steel Corporation. The X-Files was a popular 1990s American science fiction television series. X is the name of a 1928 German film; see X (film). Australia retains the X rating. The UK replaced the X rating with the 18 certificate. X is a rating given to films suitable for an adult-only audience; see X-rated. NC-17 has replaced the X rating in the US. In film
X also serves as other abbreviations, such as Xtal (Crystal), reXn (reaction), Xlation (translation), and SXSW (South by Southwest Festival). X is an abbreviation for cross in words like Xing (crossing), or to sign with a cross (often for illiteracy). (See Hugs and Kisses.). X is a symbol for a kiss, as in love notes. X is an abbreviation for Christ, as in Xmas (Christmas), X(t)ian (Christian), and Xianity (Christianity). In English,
x is the repetition operator in Perl programming language. X is used as an abbreviation for the Apple operating system Mac OS X. The data transfer speed for 1X CDs is 153,600 bytes/second and one for 1X DVDs is 1,385,000 bytes/second (approximately 9.02 times faster). This usage is a corruption of the multiplication symbol ×. X is often used as a symbol of multiplication, as in denoting the spin (and, later, transfer) speed of CDs and DVDs compared to an original standard speed. X is the name of a free graphical windowing system developed at MIT and standard on Unix and Linux; see X Window System. In computing:
In cabalistic philosophy X references both birth and death. In beverages, X is a symbol for an alcoholic proof of 50; multiple Xes indicate multiples of 50. In astronomy, Planet X is a hypothetical planet in the Solar System beyond the orbit of Pluto. In art X alludes to the infinite joy of creation. In anime, X is the title of a series based on the manga X/1999 (see X (anime)). It is also a prefix to experimental types of US military aircraft, for instance, the XB-70. In aeronautics, X is the designation given to an experimental aircraft of the US government, for instance, the X-1 rocketplane that first broke the sound barrier. Members of the Nation of Islam change their surnames to "X" to symbolize that their African names were lost in slavery, an example is Malcolm X. In a general sense, X represents an unknown or secret, as in project X or mister X. |