WAVES
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| Founded | July 30 |
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About WAVES
The United States Naval Reserve, better known as the WAVES, was the women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve during World War II. It was established on July 21, 1942 by the U. S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 30.
Ivor Novello Awards: Harry Styles wins, Raye calls out music industry greed
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Ivor Novello nominations: Kate Bush is in the Running for top music prize
... The track is up against several contemporary hits including As It Was by Harry Styles, Heat Waves by Glass Animals and two tracks by Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits and Shivers...
Turkey earthquake: Why was it so deadly?
... The earthquake off the coast of Japan in 2011 was registered as magnitude 9 and caused widespread damage on the land, and caused a series of giant tidal Waves - one of which led to a major accident at nuclear plant along the coast...
Sam Ryder: A surfing accident changed my life
... " But that day was important to me because I wanted to be very good at surfing and ride the big Waves - but [the accident] put me back on my true purpose...
Female Royal Navy sailor 'was raped on ship'
... " Perhaps if some of us in the past had been a bit more vocal - and made a few more complaints and Waves - they may not have been subjected to this now, " she says...
Neutron star chaser: Telescope spots dead suns crash
... Gravitational Waves - Ripples in the fabric of space-timeThe mountain peak brings the astronomers a little bit closer to the stars...
The book that sank on the Titanic and burned in the Blitz
... " And there the Omar presumably still lies, some two and a half miles beneath the Waves - not that everyone was displeased about its fate...
Glass Animals: UK band's hit Heat Waves sets new record to top US chart
...UK band Glass Animals have gone to number one in the US with their sleeper hit Heat Waves, setting a new record for the longest time to reach the top...
Ivor Novello nominations: Kate Bush is in the Running for top music prize
By Mark SavageBBC Music Correspondent
Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill could win a prestigious songwriting award, a mere 38 years after it was released.
The Singer 's 1985 hit experienced a resurgence Last Summer after appearing in The Netflix show Stranger Things .
After exploding on TikTok, it in The UK charts, and gave Bush her first Top 10 hit in The US.
It's now been shortlisted in The " most performed song" category at The Ivor Novello Awards, which celebrate outstanding writing and composition.
The Track is up against several contemporary hits including As It Was by Harry Styles , Heat Waves by Glass Animals and two tracks by Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits and Shivers.
The award recognises The Song that was played most often on TV and radio, and at concerts and DJ sets, over The Last Year . Sheeran's Bad Habits won The Prize Last Year , and this is The First Time any song has been nominated in two consecutive years.
Running Up That Hill was previously nominated for best contemporary song at The 1986 Ivor Novello Awards, but lost out to Tina Turner 's We Don't Need Another Hero.
Bush has previously won two Ivor Novellos: Best lyric for The Man With The Child In His Eyes in 1979 and best song for Don't Give Up, a duet with Peter Gabriel , in 1987.
Raye of lightThis year's nominees are led by Harry Styles , extending his run of success from The Brits and The Grammys with three nominations.
As well as most performed song, The Star is up for best song musically and lyrically for As It Was, and songwriter of The year, alongside his co-writer Kid Harpoon (Thomas Hull).
However, he misses out on The Album of The year category, where The nominees include Arctic Monkeys , Afrobeat star Obongjayar and Irish rockers Fontaines DC.
Also nominated are rapper Little Simz and The semi-anonymous psychedelic soul band Sault. Both albums include credits for The songwriting partnership of Cleo Sol and Inflo, who are also up for songwriter of The year award.
Pop star Raye gets her first Ivor Novello nomination for Escapism, The Hit single that marked a new phase in her solo career after
The Track , which depicts a drug-fuelled Night Out , is up for best contemporary song alongside Stormzy's Hide & Seek and Kojey Radical 's Payback.
The awards, which are named after Welsh entertainer Ivor Novello , will be handed out at a ceremony in London on Thursday, 18 May.
During The Show , Sting will become a Fellow of The Ivors Academy, The highest honour The awards can bestow, in recognition of his work with The Police and as a solo artist.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Best album
Best contemporary song
Best film score
Best video game score
Best song musically and lyrically
Best television soundtrack
Most performed work
Rising star award
Songwriter of The year
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
