Word: jinglees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This now-familiar commercial jingle tells the sad tale of the U.S. automobile industry's inability to compete with its Japanese counterparts' successful invasion of the domestic market. Japanese auto-makers' skill in producing relatively inexpensive, fuel-inefficient cars has provided the only solution for many American families stricken by...
On a bitter, windswept night, crowds gathered in Boston to see the city's Christmas tree lighted. Then, as a glow enveloped the 55-ft. spruce, Boston Pops Conductor John Williams led a choir of 500 boys and girls from local schools in Silent Night as 10,000 Bostonians...
(Sire) The English Beat know how to throw a mean curveball. Two blacks and three whites from Birmingham who are part of the British ska revival that includes the Specials, Selecter and Madness, the Beat juggle black and white music so quickly and deftly that one emerges from their debut...
In rings like tin, like the jingle of pennies
Author E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime (1975) Author E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime (1975) was one of the cultural happenings of the past decade. The novel received largely rhapsodic reviews; its fictional use of such historical figures as Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan prompted reams of analysis. Commercial success accompanied...