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Word: jery (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1945-1945
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...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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