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The city, originally named Kaiping (开平; 開平; Kāipíng; 'open and flat'), was designed by Chinese architect Liu Bingzhong from 1252 to 1256, [4] and Liu implemented a "profoundly Chinese scheme for the city's architecture". [5] In 1264 it was renamed Shangdu by Kublai Khan. At its zenith, over 100,000 people lived within its walls.
Xanadu is the soundtrack to the 1980 musical film of the same name, featuring the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John and the British group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was released in June 1980 on MCA Records in the United States and July 1980 by Jet Records in the United Kingdom. [ 5 ]
"Xanadu" is a song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush from their 1977 album A Farewell to Kings. [1] It is approximately eleven minutes long, beginning with a five-minute-long instrumental section before transitioning to a narrative written by Neil Peart , which in turn was inspired by the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Kubla Khan .
"Xanadu" is the title song from the soundtrack of the 1980 musical film of the same name. Written by Jeff Lynne of the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the song is performed by British and Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John, with Lynne adding parenthetic vocals in the style of his other songs on the Xanadu soundtrack, and ELO providing the ...
Xanadu, a 1980 film starring Olivia Newton-John Xanadu, a 2007 Broadway musical based on the film; Xanadu; Xanadu: The Marco Polo Musical, a 1953 Seventh Army musical; Xanadu, a ballet by Mildred Couper; Xanadu, a virtual world in "Garage Kids", the pilot of Code Lyoko; Xanadu, a fictional hotel that got imploded in Ocean's Eleven
Xanadu at Montreux '78 1: 163 Various Artists Xanadu at Montreux '78 2: 164 Various Artists Xanadu at Montreux '78 3: 165 Various Artists Xanadu at Montreux '78 4: 166 Drew, Kenny: Home Is Where the Soul Is: 167 Drew, Kenny For Sure! 168 Noto, Sam: Noto-riety: 169 Butler, Frank: Wheelin' and Dealin' 170 McPherson, Charles: Free Bop! 171 Various ...
In the film the song is heard as the Muses emerge from a graffiti-like portrait; Olivia Newton-John, playing Kira (Terpsichore), emerges last.The film's version of the song contains a fairly lengthy instrumental introduction, a small segment of which is used for the album version.
A Farewell to Kings [a] is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on Anthem Records on August 29, 1977. The album reached No. 11 in Canada and marked a growth in the band's international fanbase, becoming their first Top 40 album in the US and the UK.