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...yard medley relay--Dartmouth (Creamer, Bruch, Boyden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Green Swimmers Rock Varsity by 51-24; '53 Wins | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

...Creamer. When Johnny Desmond was a sergeant in France, he wowed the G.I.s and Parisian girls with his big baritone, for $72 a month (TIME, March 12, 1945). The day after he turned in his uniform, in November 1945, Johnny started singing on NBC's Teentimers show for $500 a week. Now he makes $75,000 a year. Although many of his ex-G.I. fans are still loyal to "The Creamer" (he has a "creamy" voice), Johnny has not yet overwhelmed the folks at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Languor, Curls & Tonsils | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

Last week Sergeant Desmond-variously known as the "G.I. Sinatra" and "The Creamer," because of his smooth, creamy baritone-was getting fan mail in three languages: English, German and French. Restrained sample from a French admirer: "C'est formidable. . . . It is an experience very moving. I pray you to permit my felicitations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Creamer | 3/12/1945 | See Source »

...used to be afraid the real soldiers wouldn't like me," he says, "but they don't seem to mind me being a swooner." The band's publicity-minded program director, Warrant Officer Paul Dudley, says with boding triumph: "Sinatra is apt to push; The Creamer just bides his time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Creamer | 3/12/1945 | See Source »

...minded Chicago couple who sent leftover wedding invitations to assorted bigwigs they didn't know, Mr. and Mrs. Irénée du Pont sent formal regrets, a solid silver coffee urn, creamer, and sugar bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Washington | 6/16/1941 | See Source »

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