Word: chord
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...several hundred more than fire regulations call for. Dressed in demure organdy, roly-poly Little Esther herself had to step over a circle of backstage crapshooters to get onstage. Once there, she flashed a big gold tooth into the spotlight. Bandleader Johnny Otis laid down a fat and winsome chord, and Little Esther cut her big, warm, billowing voice adrift on a blues...
Mister Jelly struck a jazzy thing, In the temple by the queen and king, All at once he struck a harmonic chord. King said, "Make Mister Jelly a lord...
...result, as usual, more than worth all the fussing and finishing. They heard a Falstaff that was robustiously humorous without being rambunctious-all of it performed with the kind of brilliance, clarity and pace that brought the studio audience bravoing to its feet with the crash of the final chord...
...attitude must have touched some hidden, bourgeoise chord in her heart, for when her scrupulous scion lay asleep she was forever "feasting loving wifely eyes on his profile" and reflecting: "How gentle his face . . . against the bedclothes. How distinguished the curve of his high cheekbone...