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Word: alleysmith (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...well on its way to join Mairzy Boats and the Hut Sut Song in the jabberwocky Valhalla of the jukebox. Twenty-nine-year-old Ar kansas-born Jo Proffitt had changed the Chinaman into a chick, and called it Chickery Chick. She sent the lyrics to Tin Pan Alleysmith Sidney Lippman, who added some new notes. Now it describes a chicken who got bored with saying "chick chick" all day, astounds his companions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chickery Chick | 12/3/1945 | See Source »

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