Candy (disambiguation)
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Candy
is a type of confectionery prepared by dissolving sugar in water or milk and boiling it until it starts to caramelize.
Candy may also refer to:
Candy
Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added...
is a type of confectionery prepared by dissolving sugar in water or milk and boiling it until it starts to caramelize.
Candy may also refer to:
Books, comics, and films
- Candy (novel)Candy (novel)Candy is a 1958 novel written by Maxwell Kenton in collaboration with Mason Hoffenberg published by Olympia Press. It was later published in North America by Putnam under the authors' own names...
, a 1958 novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg- Candy (1968 film)Candy (1968 film)Candy is a 1968 sex farce film directed by Christian Marquand based on the 1958 novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, from a screenplay by Buck Henry. The film satirizes pornographic stories through the adventures of its naive heroine, Candy, played by Ewa Aulin...
, a film based on the Southern and Hoffenberg novel
- Candy (1968 film)
- Candy (Kevin Brooks novel)Candy (Kevin Brooks novel)Candy is a 2005 young adult novel by Kevin Brooks about a doomed teenage love affair between a musician and a prostitute.-Plot summary:The story opens when Joe from a single parent family, a music lover and with a knack for curiosity - meets 16-year-old Candy on the streets of London...
, a 2005 novel by Kevin Brooks - Candy: A Novel of Love and AddictionCandy: A Novel of Love and Addiction-Plot introduction:In Luke Davies' Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction, the unnamed narrator falls in love with Candy, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle... and his love of heroin...
, a 1998 novel by Australian writer Luke Davies- Candy (2006 film)Candy (2006 film)Candy is a 2006 Australian romantic drama film, adapted from Luke Davies's novel Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction. Candy was directed by debut film-maker Neil Armfield and stars Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush....
, a film based on the Davies novel
- Candy (2006 film)
- Candy CandyCandy Candyis a Japanese novel, manga, and anime series. The main character, Candice "Candy" White Ardlay is a blonde American girl with freckles, large emerald green eyes and long, curly hair, worn in pigtails with bows. Candy Candy first appeared in a prose novel by famed Japanese writer Kyoko Mizuki in...
, a Japanese shojo manga and anime - Candy (manga)Candy (manga)is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Satomi Sugita. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing which released the manga on 26 August 2008.-Reception:...
, a Japanese yaoi manga - Candy (magazine)Candy (magazine)Candy is a magazine which is dedicated to the Filipino youth. It is published by Summit Media, publisher of Yes! Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Total Girl, and others. The magazine is manned by editor-in-chief Mia Fausto....
, a Filipino periodical
Business
- Candy (company)Candy (company)Candy is an Italian company based in Brugherio, near Milan, which manufactures domestic appliances.-Early history:Candy Group is an Italian privately-owned multi-brand group of companies, among the world leaders in the household appliance industry: washing machines, dishwashers, dryers,...
, an Italian manufacturer of domestic appliances - Candie'sCandie'sCandie's is a clothing brand started in 1981. Originally a Charles Cole "El Greco" line of shoes, the brand was purchased by Iconix Brand Group in 1993. Since 2005, Kohl's Department Stores has had exclusive rights to the Candie's brand in all departments except shoes.Candie's sells juniors'...
, a brand of shoes - Candy & Candy, billionaire property developers
Groups
- Candy (band)Candy (band)Candy were a rock band featuring the future Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke and singer-songwriter Kyle Vincent. Original members were Vincent on lead vocals, bassist Jonathan Daniel, drummer John Schubert, and guitarist Geoff Siegel. Clarke replaced Siegel after 6 months...
, mid-1980s American power-pop band - Candy (Malaysian band), a Malaysian all-female rock band
- Candy 66Candy 66Candy 66 is an alternative metal band from Venezuela that formed in Caracas in 1998. The fame of the band across the country began in 2000 when they won the first place at the Festival Nuevas Bandas, a musical contest that features newborn bands of differents genres from all over the country...
, a Venezuelan alternative metal band - The Candy BandThe Candy BandThe Candy Band is a punk rock band designed specifically to appeal to children. It is composed of four Detroit area moms who were tired of what they deemed wimpy music for kids...
, an American punk-rock group for children - Candies (group), a Japanese vocal group
Albums
- Candy (Mandy Moore album)
- Candy (Lee Morgan album)Candy (Lee Morgan album)Candy is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded on November 18, 1957 and features performances by Morgan, Sonny Clark, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor.-Reception:...
- Candy (Jo Stafford album)
- Candy, by Con Funk ShunCon Funk ShunCon Funk Shun is an American R&B and funk band popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Influences include James Brown and Sly & the Family Stone.-History:...
Songs
- "Candy" (1944 song)Candy (1944 song)"Candy" is a popular song. The music was written by Alex Kramer, the lyrics by Mack David and Joan Whitney. It was published in 1944.The recording by Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 183. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on...
, popularized by Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford - "Candy" (Aggro Santos song)Candy (Aggro Santos song)"Candy" is the debut single by Brazilian-London based rapper Aggro Santos. The song was produced by Quiz & LaRossi and co-written by Aggro Santos, Josef Larossi, Andreas Romdhane, Viktoria Hansen, while also featuring former Pussycat Doll, Kimberly Wyatt...
, featuring ex-Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt - "Candy" (Ash song)Candy (Ash song)"Candy" is a song by Ash, released as the fourth single from their album Free All Angels on October 1, 2001. It was released as a single CD as a 7" vinyl , as well as on DVD format...
- "Candy" (Cameo song)Candy (Cameo song)"Candy" is a song by funk group Cameo, released as the second single from their 1986 album Word Up!. It reached number twenty-one on the Hot 100 and number one on the R&B charts in 1987...
- "Candy" (Foxy Brown song)Candy (Foxy Brown song)"Candy" is the final single from Afro-Trinidadian American female hip-hop artist Foxy Brown's third album Broken Silence.-Single information:...
- "Candy" (H.O.T. song)
- "Candy" (Iggy Pop song)Candy (Iggy Pop song)"Candy" is a song by Iggy Pop from his ninth solo album, Brick by Brick. The song is a duet with Kate Pierson of The B-52's, and was released as the album's second single in September 1990...
, with Kate Pierson; covered by Killer Barbies - "Candy" (Ken Hirai song)Candy (Ken Hirai song)"Candy" is Ken Hirai's thirtieth single, released on September 23, 2009. It is his first single in over a year and five months.-Track list:-Oricon sales chart:-Billboard Japan sales chart:- Physical sales charts :...
- "Candy" (Koda Kumi song)Candy (Kumi Koda song)"Candy" feat. Mr. Blistah is the 7th of the 12 singles released in 12 weeks by Koda Kumi.-Cover:Each of the twelve singles' covers represent a traditional dress from a culture. This single's cover represents an African theme, as Africa is actually a large continent with many different...
- "Candy" (LL Cool J song)Candy (LL Cool J song)"Candy" is the fifth and final single from LL Cool J's seventh album, Phenomenon. It was released on July 3, 1998 for Def Jam Recordings and featured production from the Trackmasters, who were then known as Poke & Tone. The song spent two weeks on the Billboard charts' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay,...
- "Candy" (Mandy Moore song)Candy (Mandy Moore song)"Candy" is the debut single by American pop singer Mandy Moore, which was released from her debut album, So Real. The music video, which was directed by Chris Robinson, had a cameo by the girl group PYT....
- "Candy" (Paolo Nutini song)Candy (Paolo Nutini song)"Candy" is a song from Paolo Nutini which was released on 18 May 2009. The song is the lead single from his second studio album "Sunny Side Up".-Background and Writing:...
- "Candy (Drippin' Like Water)Candy (Drippin' Like Water)"Candy ", is the third single by Snoop Dogg from his 2006 album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, produced by Rick Rock. It features E-40, MC Eiht, Goldie Loc and Tha Dogg Pound . It samples Digable Planets's "9th Wonder ". "Candy" refers to a high gloss paint finish applied to automobiles...
", by Snoop Dogg - "Candy"/"Molly's Lips"Candy/Molly's Lips"Candy"/"Molly's Lips" is a vinyl-only split-single from the American rock bands The Fluid and Nirvana. It was released in January 1991 on Sub Pop records and includes the live versions of "Candy" by The Fluid, and "Molly's Lips" by Nirvana....
, a split single by The Fluid and Nirvana - "Candy", by Bikini Kill from Revolution Girl Style Now!Revolution Girl Style Now!Revolution Girl Style Now! was the very first work by the punk rock band Bikini Kill. It was self-released in cassette form in 1991. Recorded at Yo-Yo studios.-Track listing:# "Candy"# "Daddy's Li'l Girl"# "Feels Blind"# "Suck My Left One"...
- "Candy", by Enon from Hocus Pocus
- "Candy", by Luv Unlimited, featured on DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix and 7thMIX
- "Candy", by Morphine from Cure for PainCure for PainCure for Pain was the second album released by alternative rock band Morphine through Rykodisc in 1993. The tracks "Sheila" and "In Spite of Me" were prominently featured on the soundtrack of the 1994 independent film Spanking the Monkey...
- "Candy", by The Presidents of the United States of America from The Presidents of the United States of AmericaThe Presidents of the United States of America (album)Critical reception to The Presidents of the United States of America was mainly positive. The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars and stated: "It's novelty punk...
- "Candy", by Will Smith from Big Willie StyleBig Willie StyleBig Willie Style is the first solo studio album recorded by Will Smith, after spending most of his career as the latter half of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince...
- "Candy-O" (song)Candy-O (song)"Candy-O" is a song by the American rock band The Cars, the title track of their 1979 album Candy-O. It was written by primary songwriter Ric Ocasek, was produced by Roy Thomas Baker, and features Cars bassist Benjamin Orr on lead vocals.- Details :...
, by The Cars - "CANDY♥", by Riyu Kosaka from begin
Places
- An alternate name for Candia, Crete (modern HeraklionHeraklionHeraklion, or Heraclion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete, Greece. It is the 4th largest city in Greece....
) - Another name for the island of CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
- 3015 Candy3015 Candy3015 Candy is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.835 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.143 and an orbital period of 2285 days .The asteroid was discovered on November 9, 1980 by E. Bowell at Lowell Observatory.-References:...
, a main belt asteroid
Surname Candy
- Charles CandyCharles CandyCharles Candy was a career soldier in the United States Army who served as an officer in the volunteer Union Army during the American Civil War...
(1832-1910), Union officer in the American Civil War - Christian and Nick CandyChristian and Nick CandyChristian Candy and Nick Candy are British businessmen specialising in the luxury housing market. They were educated in Epsom College . In 1995, the brothers bought their first property, a one-bedroom flat in Redcliffe Square, Earls Court, London...
, property developers - Don CandyDon CandyDon Candy is an Australian Tennis player.Singles - French Championships: eighth-finals in 1956 and 1960.Australian Championships: quarter-finals in 1952 and 1959.-References:...
(born 1929), Australian tennis player - John CandyJohn CandyJohn Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of The Second City and its related Second City Television series, and through his appearances in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, and Uncle...
(1950–1994), Canadian comedic actor
Given name or nickname Candy
- Candy AthertonCandy AthertonCandice Kathleen Atherton , known as Candy Atherton, is a British journalist and was a politician. After serving as a councillor in Islington, where she was Mayor, she was Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne from 1997 to 2005...
(born 1955), British journalist and former Member of Parliament - Candy BarrCandy BarrCandy Barr was an American stripper, burlesque exotic dancer, actress in one pornographic movie, and model in men's magazines of the mid-20th century....
(1935-2005), American stripper, exotic dancer and model - Candy BroadCandy BroadCandy Celeste Broad is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since September 1999, first representing the electorate of Melbourne North Province until 2006, and then as a Member for the Northern Victoria region.After making a...
(born 1956), Australian politician - Candy CandidoCandy CandidoCandy Candido was an American radio performer, bass player, vocalist and animation voice actor, best remembered for his famous line, "I'm feeling mighty low."...
(1913-1999), American radio performer, bass player and voice actor - Candy ClarkCandy ClarkCandace June "Candy" Clark is an American film and television actress, well known for her role as Debbie Dunham in the 1973 film American Graffiti, which garnered her an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress, a character she reprised in 1979 for the sequel More American Graffiti...
(born 1947), American actress - Candy CrowleyCandy CrowleyCandy Alt Crowley is a CNN anchor and Chief Political Correspondent, specializing in U.S. presidential, gubernatorial, and Senate elections. She is based in CNN's Washington bureau, and hosted Inside Politics in place of Judy Woodruff before the show was replaced with The Situation Room. Crowley...
(born 1948), CNN television anchor and chief political correspondent - William Arthur (also known as Candy CummingsCandy CummingsWilliam Arthur "Candy" Cummings was a professional baseball pitcher in the National Association and National League who was credited with inventing the curveball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.-Career:...
) (1848-1924), American baseball player credited with inventing the curve ball - Candy DarlingCandy DarlingCandy Darling was an American actress, best known as a Warhol Superstar. A male-to-female transsexual, she starred in Andy Warhol's films Flesh and Women in Revolt , and was a muse of the protopunk band The Velvet Underground.-Early life:Candy Darling was born James Lawrence Slattery in Forest...
(1944-1974), American transsexual actress - Candy DulferCandy DulferCandy Dulfer is a Dutch smooth jazz alto saxophonist who began playing at the age of six. She founded her band, Funky Stuff, when she was fourteen years old. Her debut album Saxuality received a Grammy Award nomination. Dulfer has released nine studio albums, two live albums, and one compilation...
(born 1969), Dutch jazz saxophonist - Candy JonesCandy JonesCandy Jones, originally known as Jessica Arline Wilcox , was an American fashion model, writer and radio talk show hostess....
(1925-1990), born Jessica Arline Wilcox, American fashion model, writer and radio talk show hostess - Candy HsuCandy HsuCandy Hsu is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter and record producer.She writes and composes her own songs, plays many instruments including piano, guitar, saxophone and drums.- History :Candy Hsu's parents are professional musicians....
(born 1998), Taiwanese singer-songwriter - Candy LoCandy LoCandy Lo is a Canto-rock singer-songwriter and actress from Hong Kong. She has released 9 studio albums, over 40 singles, 2 compilations, 1 live album and 1 EP with Sony Music to date. On June 11 she released her first EP on her new label WOW Music....
(born 1974), Canto-rock singer-songwriter and actress from Hong Kong - Candy MaldonadoCandy MaldonadoCandido Maldonado Guadarrama is a former Major League Baseball outfielder from to for the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, and Texas Rangers. Chris Berman, a fellow ESPN analyst, called him the "Candyman"...
(born 1960), former Major League Baseball player - Candy NelsonCandy NelsonJohn W. "Candy" Nelson was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played 13 seasons between and for nine different teams in three different leagues. In 1890, he was the oldest player in the American Association at age 41.-Sources:...
(1849-1910), early Major League Baseball player - Candy ReynoldsCandy ReynoldsCandy Reynolds is a former professional tennis player from the United States.-Career:During her career, Reynolds won the women's doubles title at the French Open in 1983...
(born 1955), American former tennis player - Candy SpellingCandy SpellingCarole Gene "Candy" Spelling is an American author and socialite. She is the widow of Aaron Spelling.-Life and career:...
(born 1945), American author and socialite, widow of film and television producer Aaron Spelling - Emily ZhengEmily ZhengZheng Yu Ting is a dancer, actress, host, and singer. She is featured on the Taiwanese variety shows: Blackie's Teenage Club and I Love Black Lollipop...
, also known as Candy, Taiwanese actress, member of Blackie
Fictional characters
- Candy, from Of Mice and MenOf Mice and MenOf Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California, USA....
- Candy (Dave the Barbarian), in the American animated television series Dave The Barbarian
- DJ Candy, in the video game MySimsMySimsMySims, formerly The Sims Wii and Nintendo Sims, is a video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts as a spinoff to Maxis' The Sims franchise for the Nintendo DS and Wii in 2007, then re-released for Microsoft Windows and Mobile phone in 2008.It is the first game in the...
- Etta CandyEtta CandyEtta Candy is a fictional character from the DC Comics Wonder Woman series.-Golden Age:In her 1940s introduction, Etta Candy is a sickly malnurished woman Wonder Woman discovers at a local hospital. When next she is seen Etta is transformed into a spirited, rotund young woman who has a great love...
, in the DC Comics Wonder Woman series - Candy Smiles, from Cory in the HouseCory in the HouseCory in the House is an American television sitcom, which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12, 2007 to September 12, 2008 and was a spin-off from the Disney show That's So Raven. The show focuses on Cory Baxter, who moved from San Francisco, California to Washington, D.C., after Victor...
- Candy Southern, in the Marvel Comics universe
Other uses
- A type of jewelry worn by candy ravers (see Candy raver#Beadwork
- Candy (unit)Candy (unit)The candy or candee , also known as the maunee, was a traditional South Asian unit of mass, equal to 20 maunds and roughly equivalent to 500 pounds avoirdupois...
, a traditional South Asian unit of mass - Tropical Storm Candy, 1968
See also
- Candace (given name)Candace (given name)Candace may refer to:* Candace Allen , a Miss District of Columbia USA 2006* Candace Allen , a Hollywood screenwriter* Candace Bailey , an American actress* Candace Bushnell , an American writer...
- Candice (disambiguation)
- Candy BoyCandy Boyis an eight minute original net animation produced by Anime International Company, and directed by Takafumi Hoshikawa. Since November 22, 2007, the ONA is available through streaming on the Cho! animelo audiovisual website and the Nico Nico Douga online video service. This was followed by a...
, a yuri ONA anime - Candy Girl (disambiguation)
- Candyman (disambiguation)
- Hard candy (disambiguation)
- Candi (disambiguation)
- Kandi (disambiguation)Kandi (disambiguation)Kandi may refer to:Places:*Kandi, a town in Benin*Kandi I, Kandi II, and Kandi III, arrondissements in Benin*Kandi, Balochistan, a town in Balochistan *Kandi, Murshidabad, a town in West Bengal, India...
- Kandy (disambiguation)Kandy (disambiguation)Kandy may refer to:*Kandy, a city in the centre of Sri Lanka**Kandy District, its district**Kandy Electoral District**Kandy Lake*Kingdom of Kandy, an independent monarchy on Sri Lanka between the 15th and 19th centuries*Kandy Nehova, Namibian politician...