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Across the U.S. last week, Rosemary Clooney's appealing voice was as omnipresent as jukeboxes and disk jockeys. Two of her records were high on the bestseller lists, and a third sold 100,000 in its first week. In a little over a year, she had shot up from the ruck of the second-stringers to rank as No. 1 popular songstress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Wholesome Type | 9/8/1952 | See Source »

...Rosemary Clooney, the duet with Dietrich was something of a dream come true: "Marlene is everything I'd like to be," she says. But she is a far cry from glamorous Grandma Dietrich. Instead of heavy-lidded Weltschmerz, Kentucky's bright-eyed Rosemary has been peddling homespun charm since she was three. She began with Home on the Range, worked up to a radio series while still in high school. A feature spot with Tony Pastor's band led to a contract with Columbia Records (where among her other chores she did children's songs). Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Wholesome Type | 9/8/1952 | See Source »

Botch-a-me (Rosemary Clooney; Columbia). Another piece of bumptiousness ("botch-a-me" is Tin-Pan-Alley Italian for "kiss me") from the girl who made Come On-a My House a limited national delirium last summer. No better than most sequels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Jul. 21, 1952 | 7/21/1952 | See Source »

...Life's Companion (Rosemary Clooney; Columbia). A song that asks the soap-opera question: Can a man who is only 33 find peace & contentment? Clooney's answer: love me and you will never grow older than 33. The other side, Why Don't You Love Me? is a bouncing bet for the hit parade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Dec. 24, 1951 | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

...Only Saw Him Once (Rosemary Clooney; Columbia). Rosemary Clooney takes a sweet ballad for a gentle ride, proves again that she is one of the best female vocalists around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Nov. 26, 1951 | 11/26/1951 | See Source »

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