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Martin Sharp

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Martin Ritchie Sharp (21 January 1942 – 1 December 2013) was an Australian artist, cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker. [1]

93 relations: Alicia Markova, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anthony Haden-Guest, April Fools' Day, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Arthur Stace, Australia, Ballets Russes, Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Bob Dylan, Charles Robinson Sykes, Chelsea, London, Christianity, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Circus Oz, Cranbrook School, Sydney, Cream (band), David Litvinoff, Disraeli Gears, Donovan, East Sydney (locality), Eleanor Thornton, Eric Clapton, Eternity (graffito), Garry Shead, Georgian architecture, Germaine Greer, Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, Hawkwind, Haymarket, New South Wales, Henri Matisse, Honi Soit, Intaglio (printmaking), Jørn Utzon, Jeannie Lewis, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jill Neville, Jimi Hendrix, Johannes Vermeer, John F. Kennedy, King's Road, Knightsbridge, Linda McCartney, Lou Reed, Luna Park Sydney, Margot Fonteyn, Marsha Rowe, Mighty Baby, Museum of Sydney, National Art School, ..., Nicolas Roeg, Nimrod Theatre Company, Obscenity, OZ (magazine), P&O (company), Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, Performance, Philippe Mora, Pop art, Psychedelic art, Queen (band), René Magritte, Richard Neville (writer), Richard Walsh (Australian publisher), Robert Menzies, Robert Whitaker (photographer), Rolls-Royce Limited, Sandro Botticelli, Serafina Astafieva, Sergei Diaghilev, Spirit of Ecstasy, Summer of Love, Sydney, Sydney Festival, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Tharunka, The Beatles, The Bulletin, The Pheasantry, The Speakeasy Club, Tim Rice, Timothy Whidborne, Tiny Tim (musician), Tom Bass (sculptor), University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, Vincent van Gogh, Wheels of Fire, Yellow House Artist Collective, Yesterday and Today, Yvonne Elliman, 1979 Sydney Ghost Train fire. Expand index (43 more) »

Alicia Markova

Dame Alicia Markova DBE (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was an English ballerina and a choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber Kt (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre.

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Anthony Haden-Guest

Anthony Haden-Guest (born 2 February 1937) is a British-American writer, reporter, cartoonist, art critic, poet, and socialite who lives in New York City and London.

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April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day is an annual celebration in some European and Western countries commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes.

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Art Gallery of New South Wales

The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest in Australia.

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Arthur Stace

Arthur Malcolm Stace (9 February 1885 – 30 July 1967), known as Mr Eternity, was an Australian soldier.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Ballets Russes

The Ballets Russes was an itinerant ballet company based in Paris that performed between 1909 and 1929 throughout Europe and on tours to North and South America.

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Bellevue Hill, New South Wales

Bellevue Hill is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located 5 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the Municipality of Woollahra.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

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Charles Robinson Sykes

Charles Robinson Sykes (18 December 1875 – 6 June 1950) was an English sculptor.

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Chelsea, London

Chelsea is an affluent area of South West London, bounded to the south by the River Thames.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of obstructive lung disease characterized by long-term breathing problems and poor airflow.

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Circus Oz

Circus Oz is an Australian animal-free circus troupe incorporating theatre, satire and rock'n'roll.

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Cranbrook School, Sydney

Cranbrook School is an independent, day and boarding school for boys, located in Bellevue Hill and Rose Bay, both eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Cream (band)

Cream were a 1960s British rock power trio consisting of drummer Ginger Baker, guitarist/singer Eric Clapton and lead singer/bassist Jack Bruce.

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David Litvinoff

David Litvinoff (sometimes Litvinov; born David Levy; 3 February 1928 – 8 April 1975) was a consultant for the British film industry who traded on his knowledge of the low life of the East End of London.

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Disraeli Gears

Disraeli Gears is the second studio album by the British rock band Cream.

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Donovan

Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish-born singer, songwriter and guitarist.

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East Sydney (locality)

East Sydney is a small inner-city locality in Sydney, Australia.

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Eleanor Thornton

Eleanor Velasco Thornton (15 April 1880 – 30 December 1915) was an English actress and artist's model.

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Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, (born 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Eternity (graffito)

The word Eternity was a graffito tag recorded over an approximate 35-year period from 1932 to 1967, written numerous times in chalk in the streets of Sydney, Australia.

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Garry Shead

Garry Shead is an Australian artist and filmmaker who won the Archibald Prize in 1992/93 with a portrait of Tom Thompson, and won the Dobell Prize in 2004 with Colloquy with John Keats.

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Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.

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Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer (born 29 January 1939) is an Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminist movement in the latter half of the 20th century.

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Hapshash and the Coloured Coat

Hapshash and the Coloured Coat was an influential British graphic design and avant-garde musical partnership in the late 1960s, consisting of Michael English and Nigel Waymouth.

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Hawkwind

Hawkwind are an English rock band and one of the earliest space rock groups.

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Haymarket, New South Wales

Haymarket is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Henri Matisse

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship.

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Honi Soit

Honi Soit is the student newspaper of the University of Sydney.

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Intaglio (printmaking)

Intaglio is the family of printing and printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink.

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Jørn Utzon

Jørn Oberg Utzon,, Hon. FAIA (9 April 191829 November 2008) was a Danish architect, most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia.

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Jeannie Lewis

Jean Ethel "Jeannie" Lewis (born 8 January 1945) is an Australian musician and stage performer whose work covers many different styles such as folk, jazz, Latin, blues, opera, rock and fusion.

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Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.

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Jill Neville

Jill Adelaide Neville (29 May 193211 June 1997) was an Australian novelist, playwright and poet.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Johannes Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer (October 1632 – December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.

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King's Road

King's Road or Kings Road (or sometimes the King's Road, especially when it was the King's private road until 1830, or as a colloquialism by middle/upper class London residents), is a major street stretching through Chelsea and Fulham, both in west London.

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Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge is an exclusive residential and retail district in West London, south of Hyde Park.

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Linda McCartney

Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney (née Eastman; formerly See; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American musician, photographer, and animal rights activist.

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Lou Reed

Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter.

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Luna Park Sydney

Luna Park Sydney (originally Luna Park Milsons Point, also known as Sydney's Luna Park) is an amusement park located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Margot Fonteyn

Dame Margot Fonteyn, DBE (18 May 191921 February 1991), stage name of Margaret Evelyn de Arias was an English ballerina.

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Marsha Rowe

Marsha Rowe (born 1944) is an Australian-born journalist and writer now living in the United Kingdom.

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Mighty Baby

Mighty Baby were a band formed in 1968 from the ashes of The Action.

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Museum of Sydney

The Museum of Sydney is a historical collection and exhibit, built on the ruins of the house of New South Wales' first Governor, Arthur Phillip, on the present-day corner of Phillip and Bridge Street, Sydney.

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National Art School

The National Art School, is a tertiary level art school based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Nicolas Roeg

Nicolas Jack Roeg (born 15 August 1928) is an English film director and former cinematographer.

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Nimrod Theatre Company

The Nimrod Theatre Company, commonly known as The Nimrod, was an Australian theatre company based in Sydney.

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Obscenity

An obscenity is any utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time.

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OZ (magazine)

OZ was an underground alternative magazine.

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P&O (company)

P&O (formerly the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company) was a British shipping and logistics company dating from the early 19th century.

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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France.

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Paul Gauguin

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French post-Impressionist artist.

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Performance

Performance is completion of a task with application of knowledge, skills and abilities.

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Philippe Mora

Philippe Mora (born 1949) is a French-born Australian film director.

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Pop art

Pop art is an art movement that emerged in Britain and the United States during the mid- to late-1950s.

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Psychedelic art

Psychedelic art is any art or visual displays inspired by psychedelic experiences and hallucinations known to follow the ingestion of psychoactive drugs such as LSD and psilocybin.

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Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970.

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René Magritte

René François Ghislain Magritte (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist.

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Richard Neville (writer)

Richard Clive Neville (16 December 1941 – 4 September 2016) was an Australian writer and social commentator who came to fame as an editor of the counterculture magazine OZ in Australia and the United Kingdom in the 1960s and early 1970s.

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Richard Walsh (Australian publisher)

Richard Walsh (born John Richard Walsh; born 21 July 1941) is an Australian publisher, editor, company director, media consultant, lecturer, broadcaster and journalist.

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Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, (20 December 189415 May 1978), was an Australian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966.

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Robert Whitaker (photographer)

Robert Whitaker (13 November 1939 – 20 September 2011) was a renowned British photographer, best known internationally for his many photographs of The Beatles, taken between 1964 and 1966, and for his photographs of the rock group Cream, which were used in the Martin Sharp-designed collage on the cover of their 1967 LP Disraeli Gears.

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Rolls-Royce Limited

Rolls-Royce was a British luxury car and later an aero engine manufacturing business established in 1904 by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

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Sandro Botticelli

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c. 1445 – May 17, 1510), known as Sandro Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.

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Serafina Astafieva

Serafina Astafieva (Russian: Серафима Александровна Астафьева; 1876 – 13 September 1934) was a Russian dancer and ballet teacher.

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Sergei Diaghilev

Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (sʲɪˈrɡʲej ˈpavɫovʲɪtɕ ˈdʲæɡʲɪlʲɪf; 19 August 1929), usually referred to outside Russia as Serge Diaghilev, was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, from which many famous dancers and choreographers would arise.

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Spirit of Ecstasy

The Spirit of Ecstasy is the bonnet ornament on Rolls-Royce cars.

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Summer of Love

The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Sydney Festival

Sydney Festival is a major arts festival in Australia's largest city, Sydney that runs for three weeks every January, since it was established in 1977.

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Tales of Brave Ulysses

"Tales of Brave Ulysses" is a song recorded in 1967 by British group Cream.

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Tharunka

Tharunka is a student magazine published at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Bulletin

The Bulletin was an Australian magazine first published in Sydney on 31 January 1880.

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The Pheasantry

The Pheasantry, 152 King's Road, Chelsea, London, is a Grade II listed building that was home to a number of important figures in 1960s London and a small music venue in the 1970s where a number of bands were able to play their first gigs.

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The Speakeasy Club

The Speakeasy Club, also known as The Speak, was a club situated at 48 Margaret Street, London, England, and served as a late-night meeting place for the music industry from 1966 to June 1978.

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Tim Rice

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English author and Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award, and Grammy Award-winning lyricist.

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Timothy Whidborne

Timothy Charles Plunket Whidborne (born 1927) is a British artist notable for his 1969 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on horse back as Colonel-in-Chief of the Irish Guards, of which Whidborne had once been a member.

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Tiny Tim (musician)

Herbert Buckingham Khaury (April 12, 1932 – November 30, 1996), known professionally as Tiny Tim, was an American singer, most of the time ukulele player, and musical archivist.

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Tom Bass (sculptor)

Thomas Dwyer Bass AM (6 June 1916 – 26 February 2010) was a renowned Australian sculptor.

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University of New South Wales

The University of New South Wales (UNSW; branded as UNSW Sydney) is an Australian public research university located in the Sydney suburb of Kensington.

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University of Sydney

The University of Sydney (informally, USyd or USYD) is an Australian public research university in Sydney, Australia.

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Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.

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Wheels of Fire

Wheels of Fire is the third album by the British rock band Cream.

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Yellow House Artist Collective

The Yellow House at 57-59 Macleay Street, Potts Point, was an artists' collective that existed from 1970 through to the beginning of 1973 in Sydney, Australia.

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Yesterday and Today

Yesterday and Today is a studio album by the Beatles, their ninth album released on Capitol Records and twelfth overall American release.

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Yvonne Elliman

Yvonne Marianne Elliman (born December 29, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who performed for four years in the first cast of Jesus Christ Superstar.

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1979 Sydney Ghost Train fire

The Sydney Ghost Train fire was a fire on the night of 9 June 1979 at Luna Park Sydney.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sharp

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