Word: como
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ever referred to as "lucky." And on Lucky Strike shows there is never any mention of camels or caravans, of hoards of old gold, or of chesterfield sofas or overcoats. An adman for Chesterfield recently rewrote the lyrics of the show tune, Blue Room, for Singer Perry Como. The offending line read: "I can smoke my pipe away...
...Victor's citified executives. "Like when we were in New York last for a recordin' session," says Jethro. "One of the execs came down to ask if we had any ideas would help the sales of our records. I told him, 'Sure thing. Put Perry Como's name on the label.'" Says Homer: "We get a kick out of havin' those fellows go away talkin' to themselves...
...Other Love (Perry Como; Victor). One of the better ballads from the new Rodgers & Hammerstein show, Me and Juliet. Crooner Como is in top form in the Romeo role...
...Perry Como...
Election day was seven weeks off, but on the campaign's first Sunday, Italians from the shore of Como to the slums of Palermo gathered at a record 2,300 political rallies. Young volunteers rushed about with paintbrushes, paste pots and bills, to plaster Italy's piazze and palazzi, walls and ruins with the confusingly mixed-up slogans and emblems of about 18 different political parties. (Example: one party flaunted the rising sun, a second a full sun, a third the setting sun; at least three small parties encroached on the Communists' hammer & sickle.) There were some...