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Word: camptown (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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...airwaves gave off strange sounds last week. Ray Noble's magnificent band was reduced to rendering a super-syncopated version of De Camptown Races, followed by Liebestraum in rumba time. Kate Smith's big new number was There I Go, new some months ago. Lucky Strike's Your Hit Parade was a parade of the only "hits" it was allowed to play-the well-worn There I Go, So You're The One, Frenesi, seven others. These had been frantically cooked up in the past months by the big broadcasters' Broadcast Music, Inc. to broadcast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: ASCAP's First Blow | 1/13/1941 | See Source »

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