Word: aya
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...done about the song until last November when the Andrews Sisters, whom I manage . . . were in Philadelphia playing a theatre engagement. . . . The Andrews, Kent, Brandow, Vic Shoen (their arranger) and myself fooled around with the song. In "foo to Nagasaki," Pattie rolled the words to sound like "foo-aya-racka-sacki." Arranger Vic Shoen changed the tempo and melody of the song much differently. Pattie suggested "don't get icky with the 1-2-3" for the verse. Kent created "life is just so fine on the solid side of the line." Pattie, Kent, Shoen and myself worked...
Most recent and spectacular of astute Prime Minister Hamaguchi's gestures toward Economy was his toning down of his son's wedding. The bride, petite Miss Aya Mizumachi, is the daughter of a rich Imperial Privy Councilor. Her family had already spent 10,000 yen ($5,000) on wedding preliminaries, were preparing to spend a total of some...