Word: accordion
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...climaxed by the 35th annual banquet of the National Association of Music Merchants. To soothe string and wind instrument makers who have been nettled in past years by the fact that piano players have dominated the banquet entertainment, NAMM this year packed the bill with cornetists, harpists, marimba and accordion players...
Phil Claff, wandering accordion player, contributed greatly to the success of the Leverett dance last Friday evening, while the music of Craig Hunting's orchestra and the Rabbit Motif in decorating both received their share of acclaim...
Handsome, 34-year-old Tom Corcoran, protege of Felix Frankfurter, is more to the President than a brilliant and useful young legalite. He is also a charming, cultured, liberal Harvardman whose ability to sing and accompany himself on accordion and piano has won the White House heart. It was, therefore, a breath-bated moment when beefy, domineering Chairman O'Connor began his investigation last week by barking in response to Tom Corcoran's request for a question...
...stage show is announced as "April Fool," which is, perhaps, a very good name for it. Whatever else it might be named would not be so good. There is a young man who plays an accordion, and he is a very good accordion player as accordion players go. Then there are three young ladies who are lovely of look at, but not so delightful to hear. Unfortunately they can't dance, they sing. The chorus does a number to "Love and a Dime" which is a novel and very fetching affair. The young ladies prove that they really can dance...
...rest of the bill is names--Baker, Beetle, Bottle--and they all disappoint. Merely seeing Bottle in a box destroys a beautiful illusion of a deep-dyed villain; also his voice has lost its rasping note. Baker plays an accordion with finesse, even attempting the "Bolero," but his humor has lost its punch. This reviewer may never again appreciate the trio, even on the air, which is a loss to the ham industry. There is also a clever marionette show, which kindly raises the curtain so that the audience may at last see how the intricate system of wires manage...