Word: hounding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Bruce Roberts' assignment included the Hound Ears Golf and Ski Club, a remote mountain resort in western North Carolina whose nearest commercial airport is 50 miles away at Hickory. Club Owner Grover Robbins meets his guests at the airport, shuttles them in his own plane to the club, lands them on the fairway. To prepare for shooting one such arrival (no one was sure just where the craft would put down), Roberts took a few practice turns on an electric golf cart, then waited for Robbins. As the plane dipped down, Roberts set off with cart steering gear...
...supposedly should know better came as no surprise to the record and radio industries. Their surveys have long shown the existence of a vast underground of adult rock 'n' roll fans, including those who were raised on Elvis Presley and, though too embarrassed to admit it, never outgrew their hound-dog tastes. Today more than 40% of the "teen beat" records sold in the U.S. are bought by persons over 20. When a Manhattan rock 'n' roll disk jockey solicited votes for a "rate the record" feature one recent school-day morning, the station was deluged with 18,000 phone...
Back to Fun. There are dozens of rock 'n' roll groups in the U.S., most of them Negro, who can sing better and play better than the Beatles. But somewhere between the "ya da da da da da da" of Sh-Boom and the whine of Hound Dog, U.S. rock 'n' roll groups became mired in lamenting lost love and other ailments of the heart. By refusing to take themselves seriously, the Beatles made rock 'n' roll fun again...
...just ten years ago that Elvis Presley signed his contract with RCA Victor, made a few records like Hound Dog and Heartbreak Hotel, and overnight became the rage and outrage of the U.S. A year later, everything from lipsticks to T shirts bore the Presley imprimatur. He made his first movie, and his take from all and sundry was estimated at $1,800,000. Then came two years in the Army to put a damper on Elvis. As an ex-G.I., he was given an ecstatic welcome home by his fans. Since then, practically no one knows anyone...
...unhappily single, and warily they begin an affair. It sours. Then, from complications arising out of their relationship, her weakling husband kills himself. All obstacles magically removed, the lovers are reunited. "It's bad," says one of Author Braine's characters, discussing Francis Thompson's Hound of Heaven. "It's supposed to be about God, but actually it's about sex." Speak for yourself, John...