Word: bopped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brahms, Bop...
...George Lasker of [Boston's] WBMS lays the blame for the abandonment of Brahms for bop squarely at the feet of the American advertiser [TIME, May 8]. But he errs in stating that radio commercials offend the esthetic tastes of the listening audience. It is not the esthetic tastes that are insulted, but rather the normal, ordinary, human intelligence...
Boston's classical-music station WBMS this week decided to abandon Brahms for bop. After three years' experience, disillusioned Vice President George Lasker concluded that "all of the classical-music enthusiasts in Boston would just about fill the Boston Garden [capacity...
...From Bop to Apfelstrudel. A listener tuning in on Voice broadcasts in recent weeks might have heard the following program items...
...Martin Block's Make-Believe Ballroom, on which Disc Jockey Block presents new records, plays request numbers. Typical recent request from "Alex," a listener in Switzerland: play some bop. Block's grave answer: "Alex, did you know that bop is on its way out? . . .Did you know that Dizzy Gillespie has given up bop?" Block then played one of Gillespie's post-bop numbers entitled You Stole My Wife-You Horse Thief...