Word: jockey
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...inter-war period, the virtnose mastered five languages on his tours, and studied the contrabass at the Paris Conservatory. He made several records in Germany that are still being played on German disc jockey programs...
...Rode more horses to victory than any jockey in a single year...
...SINERAMA IN SEX DIMENSIONS. Actually, the list of names she mentioned in court was a scattershot blast, as newsmen got it. They were unable to tell which were "clients" and which were mere "acquaintances" of Pat's. Such names as Screen Stars Mickey Rooney and George Raft, Disk Jockey Jack Eigen and Sportwriter Bill Stern were splashed across papers indiscriminately. Some of those mentioned denied that they had ever met her, while others like Mickey Rooney pointed out: "I met her five years ago at a party. What's wrong with that?" Of the entire list, only Manhattanite...
...Bragg's skinny little boy Nelson" is master of ceremonies and his flunky Uncle Everett is the jockey. He introduces numbers in an indefinable dialect, inevitably ending with, "Thanks just a whole lot, there -- (insert name of star). The music itself is a baffling medley of guitars, fiddles, violins, and whining voices varying in mood from the gay, buoyant "We're Gonna Have a Big Time Tonight" to the lilting sadness of "I Wonder Where Y'are Tonight." Although I have never heard of the singers--the Lane Brothers, Jimmy Dickens, and Tex Logan--apparently they are the aristocracy...
...folklike origin: Donnie heard it sung by an Ohio State girl friend, who had picked it up on the campus. Donnie worked it out on his guitar, changed it a bit, wrote some lyrics, sang it at parties, and prudently got it copyrighted. Six months ago, Cleveland Disk Jockey Phil McClean played a home recording of it on the air. After that, about 20 requests for it came in to station WERE every week. A brand-new record company ("Triple A") grabbed it for its first release, quickly sold 21,000 copies around Cleveland, then leased it to another label...