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...sides were made--"Sugar" and "China Boy"--and the record was released under the name of McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans. William the Red McKenzie acted as contractor and Albert Condon played his 4-cable banjo as only Edward Condon can play it. This was easy for him, as Albert is Edward and Edward is Albert, except to his friends, who know him as Eddie...

Author: By S/sgt GEORGE Avaklan, | Title: JAZZ, ETC. | 11/9/1943 | See Source »

Knee-high, banjo-eyed, potato-nosed Barney Google and his wonder nag, Spark Plug, were to U.S. kids in the '20s what Superman is today. Barney Google ("and his goo-goo-googly eyes") was a 1923 song hit that sold more than a million copies. Three Barney Google musicomedies toured the U.S. for two years; a toy manufacturer sold $1,000,000 worth of Google and Spark Plug toys and dolls; many a Google catchphrase entered the slanguage ("Horsefeathers!" "Heebie-jeebies"; "Jeepers Creepers!" "Youse Is A Viper"; "Bus' Mah Britches!" "Time's a'wastin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: De Beck Dies | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

...collectors of Solo-Art and Signature records and to explorers of New York jazz spots. With these new releases, Hodes' piano is fortunately within reach of everyone's ear, and definitely worth the listening time of two records. With a rhythm section of Zutty Singleton, drums, Eddie Condon, banjo, and Earl Murphy, bass, the band achieves a colossal beat, especially on "Indiana." On "Georgia Cake Walk" they outdo the Yerba Buena band in the latter's own territory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWING | 10/14/1942 | See Source »

...season did best with musicals (Let's Face It!, Banjo Eyes, Best Foot Forward, Sons o' Fun) and with revivals (Macbeth, Porgy and Bess, Candida). Thoroughly revived also, after a long, troubled sleep, was vaudeville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Broadway Blackout | 6/22/1942 | See Source »

Restless, grasshoppity Comic Eddie Cantor underwent a minor operation in a Manhattan hospital, made his weekly broadcast from bed, but had to close his musicomedy Banjo Eyes, because his doctor insisted that he keep off his feet for a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Apr. 27, 1942 | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

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