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Bozo the Clown, sometimes billed as "Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown", is a clown character created for children's entertainment, widely popular in the second half of the 20th century. He was introduced in the United States in 1946, and to television in 1949, later appearing in franchised television programs of which he was the host, where ...
Alan Wendell Livingston (born Alan Wendell Levison; October 15, 1917 – March 13, 2009) was an American businessman best known for his tenures at Capitol Records, first as a writer/producer best known for creating Bozo the Clown for a series of record-album and illustrative read-along children's book sets.
Bozo (Bambara: Boso, meaning 'house of straw') is a Mande language spoken by the Bozo people of the Inner Niger Delta in Mali. For the purpose of fishing, many Bozo also live in other West African countries where there are rivers and dams, such as Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. According to the 2000 census, the Bozo people number about ...
Harmon began making the first of thousands of appearances as Bozo the Clown after attending a casting call in the late 1940s. [3] In 1957, Harmon purchased the licensing rights to the Bozo character from Capitol Records, which had promoted the character on its children's albums as "Bozo the Capitol Clown", and he aggressively marketed the property.
Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown is a 1958–1962 American animated television series based on the children's record book series, Bozo the Clown by Capitol Records. [1] This series was produced by Larry Harmon Pictures , which began syndication in 1958. [ 2 ]
The Bozo (Bambara: ߓߏ߬ߛߏ, romanized: Boso) [1] are a Mande ethnic group located predominantly along the Niger River in Mali.The name Bozo is thought to derive from Bambara ߓߐ߬ ߛߏ bɔ-so "bamboo house"; the people accept it as referring to the whole of the ethnic group but use more specific clan names such as Sorogoye, Hain, and Tieye themselves.
Bozo language, languages of the Bozo people; Frédéric Bozo, history professor at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle; Bozo Miller (1918–2008), American restaurant owner, Gastronomical Champion of competitive eating, and Guinness World Record holder; Bozó (born 1952), full name Luiz Augusto de Aguiar, Brazilian footballer
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a prayer of thanksgiving to God as well as a prayer for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom ...