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Today the bigwig of be-bop is a scat named Harry ("The Hipster") Gibson, who in moments of supreme pianistic ecstasy throws his feet on the keyboard. No. 2 man is Bulee ("Slim") Gaillard, a skyscraping, zooty Negro guitarist. Gibson & Gaillard have recorded such hep numbers as Cement Mixer, which has sold more than 20,000 discs in Los Angeles alone; Yop Rock Heresay, Dreisix Cents and Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine? Sample lyrics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Be-bop Be-bopped | 3/25/1946 | See Source »

...Goofy? Hep. One day in 1933 Silverman called Abel Green up to the dais, told him: "Abel, you sit here." That made Green editor. Silverman died that year, left the business to son Sid, now an ailing absentee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Muggs' Birthday | 1/21/1946 | See Source »

Abel Green puts it more curtly, and with a considerable amount of accuracy: "Our muggs are hep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Muggs' Birthday | 1/21/1946 | See Source »

Tall (6 ft. 1 in.), dark and hefty (192 Ib.) Gene learned organization and promotion at Senn High School, running clubs and parties. A hip operation kept him from athletics and made him a 4-F. Hep to the kid mind as well as to business, he is still popular at Senn, where he graduated in 1944. He visits the school at least once a week, checks new fads, styles. Having done all right without a college education, he now has no intention of getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teen-Age Gallup | 8/13/1945 | See Source »

...TIME. Their advice (and presence) assure the film its interest and value; after their suggested corrections had been made, they said of the film: "It's hep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jul. 30, 1945 | 7/30/1945 | See Source »

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