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Word: jethroe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Henry Doyle Haynes and Kenneth Charles Burns, both 33, are singing Tennessee hillbillies who take such pop hits as Doggie in the Window and turn them into guitar-plucking parodies. Professionally, the boys are known as Homer and Jethro, and last week they were as busy as a combine at harvest time, raking in money ($60,000-$70,000 this year) from some two dozen such recorded tunes and personal appearances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Parodies Pay | 7/6/1953 | See Source »

Unhappy Day (Homer and Jethro; Victor). The inevitable riposte to that vulnerable hit, Oh Happy Day. In hollow tones, and with the accompaniment of tuba and guitar, the singer spells out his misery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Apr. 27, 1953 | 4/27/1953 | See Source »

...JETHRO HATCH Kent, Conn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 3, 1951 | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

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