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...Explain (Jeri Southern; Decca). One event in the he-she cycle that is very rarely explored in pop tunes: the philanderer's return. Songstress Jeri Southern gives it a fairly heart-wrenching onceover in a plain but expressive voice, while in the background a baritone sax cries hoarsely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Apr. 2, 1956 | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

...watered-down, scrubbed-up version, tailored to Tin Pan Alley standards, Rum & Coca-Cola was plugged at Manhattan's Paramount Theater by a blond singer named Jeri Sullavan. It quickly became the biggest selling calypso song in history. Last week the Pepsi-Cola Co. was reportedly urging Rum & Coca-Cola's Manhattan publishers and Decca's Jack Kapp to make recordings with "coca" changed to "pepsi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Coca in Calypso | 1/29/1945 | See Source »

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