2014 has felt like a banner year for surprise records.
Reviews of this season's surprise records appeared in almost every national publication with a viable arts section within five days of their release dates.
The routines developed on those dates provided material for his next album, "That Nigger's Crazy" (1974), which surprised record-industry executives with its appeal to young whites as well as blacks.
"No Surprises", recorded in a single take, is arranged with electric guitar (inspired by The Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice"), acoustic guitar, glockenspiel and vocal harmonies.
Despite its wistful lead single, David Bowie's surprise new record is "quite a rock album", his producer Tony Visconti said on Tuesday.
In addition, they performed "Little Things" on British television series Surprise, Surprise (18 November - Recorded 21 October), at the 2012 Royal Variety Performance (19 November), in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, and on The X Factor Australia (20 November).
I clearly remember being surprised when record labels were approaching us".
On Saturday, Gohr, now 54 and a psychologist, said by telephone that she was not surprised the record had fallen.
Reached by phone last week at his home outside Orlando, Fla., Kittinger, 79, said he was surprised his record had stood for so long.
Since the latter half of the 20th century, an increase in the funding of training has allowed athletes to devote their time to getting better, so it is no surprise that records have been tumbling.
