Word: goldrush
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...real cowboy songs are mostly slow and nostalgic, that with a few exceptional cona ti yi yonpy, yonpy ya's, herders sang to quiet the cattle or to soothe themselves at the end of a hard day's ride. When sound movies brought the songwriters' goldrush to Hollywood, Billy Hill went there too, wrote songs and sold them for $15 and $20 apiece, changed his name to George Brown because no one would believe that Billy Hill (he was christened William Joseph) was not just a parody on hillbilly. Louis Bernstein, president of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. urged...
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