Word: ballin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...king Oliver, of Jelly Roll Morton and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. . . . Only at the Dixieland Room of the Copley Square Hotel can Bostonians hear such half-forgotten jazz classics as "Muskrat Ramble." 'Jazz Me Blues,' Ballin' the Jack,' 'Come Back Sweet Papa,' or 'That Da Da Strain'." On the other side will be included a note to the effect that the musicians will be happy to answer questions concerning their music and earnestly request that they do not be asked to play "People Will...
...LEONE C. BALLIN...
...they naturally wound up in Caponeville, where the customers liked their gin straight with 12 choruses of "Ballin' the Jack" for a chaser...
Along the road, the principals sing and dance Oh, You Beautiful Doll, For Me And My Gal, Till We Meet Again, Ballin' the Jack, How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm. The contagious little tune Ballin' the Jack, as delivered by Miss Garland and Mr. Kelly (helped by Miss Garland's racehorse legs and by a superbly realistic vaudeville audience), is worth the price of admission...
...Harvard debating team composed of Eli Goldston '42 and Harold M. Ballin '43 will debate Johns Hopkins University tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock over station WAAB...