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Word: band (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which the words "Hold-tight, hold-tight, hold-tight, hold-tight -want some seafood mama ! Shrimpers and rice, they're very nice" went. The two boys explained that they had heard the words and music either in a New York or Philadelphia night club where a colored band was playing. . . . We made a recording of the words and music to that point in a Broadway automaton shop for which we paid 25?. Nothing further was done about the song until last November when the Andrews Sisters, whom I manage . . . were in Philadelphia playing a theatre engagement. . . . The Andrews, Kent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 15, 1939 | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

Vocalist record-of-the-month: Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (Vocalion), sung with great skill and taste by Nan Wynn, rising Negro chanteuse, and excellently accompanied by Walter Gross's band...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: May Records | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

Oddities-of-the-month: Famed Guitarist Phil Lang's band v. Mozart on Counterpoint a la Mode (Brunswick); Joan Crawford, recorded for the first time, singing I'm In Love with the Honorable Mr. So and So (Victor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: May Records | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

...parade of the unit will be held from 2:30 to 3:00 o'clock with music by the Fort Devens band. The demonstrations will begin immediately following...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROTC Students Will Be Reviewed Next Wednesday | 5/6/1939 | See Source »

About records: Mildred Bailey releases six sides of blues, backed by her Oxford Greys (an all star colored band) next week that should make record history . . . Charlie Barnet's "Echoes of Harlem" while not up to the Duke version of same, is quite good . . . The Woody Herman of "Woodchopper's Ball" is a very good side of blues with trombone by Neil Reed. No adjectives needed. . . For some remarkable changes, even for Ellington, get "Something To Live For" (Brunswick) and listen to the introduction. . . Hampton's "Wizzin' the Wizz" is supposed to be even better two fingered piano. I still...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

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