Word: jambalaya
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...this a fine jambalaya-with Earl Long, the Times-Picayune, [Plaquemines Parish Boss&] Leander Perez, the Shreveport Times . . . the old regulars-this all put together in one pot ... a mixture that the entire history of Louisiana has never seen before? I am confident the public will bury the whole pot of jambalaya with an avalanche of votes."So spoke New Orleans' four-term Mayor deLesseps Story Morrison as his Democratic runoff campaign for Governor of Louisiana approached its climax...
...Orleans (Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine; Columbia LP). Two favorite singers blend their talents for a reminiscence of New Orleans. The Stafford-Laine city is a place of chimney sweeps (Raminay!), gastronomy (Jambalaya), and nostalgia (Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, etc.). Some of the backgrounds give a jazzlike lift to the proceedings...
...fear of scaring away cash audiences. But Army audiences also get the tunes they want, though sometimes in experimental arrangements. The tunes they wanted most last week were You Belong to Me, Why Don't You Believe Me?, Dancing on the Ceiling, Wish You Were Here and Jambalaya-a big current favorite...
...record producers. Once a week he throws open the doors of his audition room in the hope of hearing a tune that is "right" for one of his stable of singers-Johnnie Ray (Cry), Jimmy Boyd (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus), Frankie Lame (High Noon). Jo Stafford (Jambalaya), or Clooney. In four or five hours he receives a parade of professional managers, may sample 50 or more new songs while he sits spooning yoghurt or munching hard-boiled eggs...
Died. Hank Williams, 29, twangy-voiced singer and composer who at six began strumming a guitar, went into vaudeville at 14, rode to fame as "King of the Hillbillies" on broadcasts and recordings of his own hits (Lovesick Blues; Jambalaya; Cold, Cold Heart) ; of a heart ailment, while riding by car to a personal appearance date; near Oak Hill...