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  • He appeared with friend Burt Reynolds in Cannonball Run II (1984) and voiced the dog Killer in All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989).

    Five People Born on January 13 | myFiveBest 2010

  • I'm riding on the train that they call the Cannonball

    Cannonball Blues Traditional 1962

  • I'm going to ride that train that they call the Cannonball

    Expecting Rain 2009

  • All five of the Bud Light spots previewed to the media Tuesday were from Cannonball, which is led by Chief Creative Officer Steve Hunt.

    San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010

  • Sam Guthrie, the mutant known as Cannonball is one of my favorite up and coming x-men.

    Comic Book Movie 2009

  • There was an underground slide called the Cannonball, that in theory was supposed to send you hurtling through a tube and into a vat of freezing cold swamp water (for some reason, small portions of Action Park were constructed to involve pools of natural standing water, which were little more than love nests for fungi).

    Freezerbox Magazine 2009

  • There was an underground slide called the Cannonball, that in theory was supposed to send you hurtling through a tube and into a vat of freezing cold swamp water (for some reason, small portions of Action Park were constructed to involve pools of natural standing water, which were little more than love nests for fungi).

    Freezerbox Magazine 2009

  • He also worked with such consummate musicians as Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Milt Jackson and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.

    Hank Jones Dead: Grammy-Winning Pianist Dies At 91 2010

  • Besides Davis and Evans, the combo included tenor sax titan John Coltrane, bluesy alto saxman Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, rock-steady bassist Paul Chambers, the relaxed drummer Jimmy Cobb, and -- on one track -- pianist Wynton Kelly instead of Evans.

    Davis's New Burst of Freedom 2009

  • The nickname "Cannonball" was a childhood nickname for the portly saxophonist, a corruption of "cannibal".

    Archive 2008-04-01 Stephen Retherford 2008

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