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...Labor Day weekend, a pop lyricist named Charles Grean (The Thing, Sweet Violets) was placidly cruising Long Island Sound in his 26-ft. skiff when he was struck by an inspiration. "With this hoop craze," he thought, "there's bound to be a song. Somebody ought to move fast!" Grean raced ashore and started to move. Next day he took his already completed lyrics around to his pal, Composer Bob Davie, and within an hour the two of them had batted out "a simple little teenage song with a good rock 'n' roll melody," named it Hoopa...
...Thing had an inexorable calliope-style tune, utterly undistinguished and not even new. Charles Grean of RCA Victor's own popular records staff had merely borrowed the tune of a Rabelaisian old ditty called The Tailor's Boy, and given it new lyrics. The teaser: Grean's storytelling lyrics never do specify what "the thing" is; they just pause while Singer Phil Harris suggestively waits for three resounding booms of the bass drum. Sample...
...typical meal at Dudley consists of chicken croquettes, grean peas, mashed potatoes, rolls and butter, milk, and apple pie--and all for 30 cents. All of the meals are prepared at the Union together with the Union's regular noon day meals...
Following is the line-up: Harvard 1907. Stevens 1907. Tucker, g. g., Cowenthy Beale, p. p., Grean Marsters, c.p. c.p., Turnly Prizer, 1st. d. 1st d., Hughes Kempner, 2d, d. 2d, d., Corren MacAnsland, 3d, d. 3d, d., Polyheamns McKay, c. c., Benne Ackerman, 3d, a. 3d, a, Heys Robinson, 2d, a. 2d, a., Demares Stoddard, 1st a. 1st, a., Scamme Hirsh, Dole, o.h. o.h., MeBurne Comey...
That I am verie grean...