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Bangkok's nightclubs are currently in the grip of a new dance craze. The ram-wong has spread to Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, and experts say it will hit the U.S. soon. It is a modernization of an ancient dance, in which couples curve back their fingers, spin and weave about each other, but never touch. King Phumiphon should love...
Last week the baffled Englishman would have found America even more curious. The latest radio craze was Tune-O, an air version of bingo with a touch of Stop the Music thrown in. Players must first guess the name of the tune being played from a numbered list supplied by the sponsors, then match the tune's number with an accompanying bingo-type card. The first to plot five numbers in a row calls the radio station, screams "Tune-O!" and waits for the prizes to roll in: $1,000 in cash, jewelry, a new automobile...
...There were early flops, but the flops were soon outnumbered by notable successes. Trim, clean-lined stoves, oil heaters, refrigerators and washing machines outsold their ugly predecessors and those of competitors. Streamlining, which had the laudable purpose of cutting down wind resistance in trains, cars, etc., became such a craze that it was even inflicted on such static objects as desk sets. Little by little the hardy, struggling band proved that their artistry could draw that prettiest curve of all to businessmen−an upward-sweeping sales curve...
...last 20 years, while flightier musicians have run off after every new craze in jazz, swing or bebop, Wayne King has stuck tenaciously to the waltz. This week, his single-mindedness rewarded with a whopping $200,000 TV contract, the "Waltz King" began a 40-week show for Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) over a Midwestern network (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., C.S.T...
...midwinter a variation of the letter craze which swept the nation...