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  2. Pinball Wizard - Wikipedia

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    "Pinball Wizard" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend and featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 .

  3. Elton John - Wikipedia

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    Performing on the Pyramid Stage, John closed the festival with a two-hour performance which saw "Pinball Wizard" played live for the first time in over 10 years. The event drew in the festivals largest ever TV viewing figures in the UK with a peak of 7.6 million and an average of 7.3 million, the BBC also announced it had almost 50% of all ...

  4. Tommy (soundtrack) - Wikipedia

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    The song "Pinball Wizard", performed by Elton John, was a major hit when released as a single. [1] Although the music for this song is performed by "The Elton John Band", as he was calling his musical team, the film depicts John being backed by The Who (dressed in pound-note suits).

  5. Tommy (London Symphony Orchestra album) - Wikipedia

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    It featured original artwork and photography, which used a pinball as its main motif, was designed by Tom Wilkes and Craig Braun and won the Best Album Package Grammy in 1974. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The art was by Richard Amsel , Robert Heindel , Jim Manos, Alex Gnidziejko, Wilson McLean , Doug Johnson, David Edward Byrd , Robert Grossman , Charles White ...

  6. The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard - Wikipedia

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    The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard is a pinball machine based on the rock musical The Who's Tommy, based upon the band's 1969 rock opera album of the same name, which was also adapted into a 1975 motion picture. The machine features twenty-one songs from the musical sung by original Broadway cast members.

  7. Jersey Shore pinball wizard has 25 machines in his house ...

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    That year, he bought his first pinball machine — a 1970s-era Bally "Bow and Arrow" for $500. He then bought one based on "The Addams Family," the best-selling pinball machine of all time. And ...

  8. Tommy (1975 film) - Wikipedia

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    Roger Daltrey as Tommy Walker, a catatonic man who develops messianic delusions. Barry Winch as young Tommy and Alison Dowling as young Tommy's singing voice. Elton John as The Pinball Wizard, the cocky pinball champion of the world in four-and-a-half-foot high boots. Tina Turner as The Acid Queen, an erratic prostitute who deals in prophetic LSD.

  9. Now (The New Seekers album) - Wikipedia

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    Released in March 1973, the album coincided with the release of their latest hit single "Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me", which reached #16 on the UK charts. [1]This single was a medley of two songs taken from the Who's rock opera Tommy and employed a harder-edged sound for the group, with heavy use of electric guitars and vocals more in line with a typical rock style.