Word: dexterous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Seven Dwarfs and the three Perry brothers. We are told that the Perry boys under the expert guidance of brother Ray, who left Lionel Hampton in search of a more artistic and original form of music, will soon be right up there on top with Dolly Dawn, Al Dexter, and the rest of the "big time" bands. The fact that they have been booked by the Tic Toc and will open there next week is proof enough of their fine musicianship. No doubt they will take the place by storm and may even receive a bigger hand than the juggler...
...moment was Mr. King willing to support the idea. He had already said that he preferred to postpone an election. But that did not mean that he would not call one. That depended on the opposition. Grant Dexter, associate editor of the Winnipeg Free Press, closer to Mr. King's line than other newsmen, suggested last week that one wing of the Prime Minister's Progressive Conservative opposition is anxious to challenge him on foreign policy. Wrote Dexter: "The curious thing is that they [the Conservatives] are just as certain the Canadian people will vote for a single...
...flood of camp-meetin' melody, which had been rising steadily in juke joints and on radio programs for over a year, was swamping Tin Pan Alley. Big names in the drawling art of country and cowboy balladry like Gene Autry, the Carter Family, Roy Acuff and Al Dexter were selling on disks as never before. Top-flight songsters like Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra were making their biggest smashes with hill billy tunes. A homely earful of the purest Texas corn, Al Dexter's Pistol Packin' Mama, had edged its way to first place among the nation...
...song writing out of the hands of Tin Pan Alley's veterans. Almost any simple soul might write hillbilly words and the composition of hillbilly music has always been regarded by Tin Pan Alley as a variety of unskilled labor, Chief among the newcomers are Texas-born Al Dexter (Pistol Packin' Mama), Indiana-born Freddie Rose (Low & Lonely, I'll Reap My Harvest in Heaven), the Carter Family of Bristol, Va. (I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes), Texas-born Bob Wills (New San Antonio Rose...
...Hampshirites' early lead, the result of Dexter Wheeler's victory in the 50 yard free style was permanently erased when Don Ulen and Frank Padgett finished first and second after 100 yards of breast stroking...