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...waiting in the wings for some time now--since playing with the McCoys ("Hang on, Sloopy") he has worked with both Winters on several albums. Recently, he came out with his own solo album, "All American Boy," and Sunday he played two selections from it, "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" and "Teenage Love Affair...

Author: By Tom Lee, | Title: White Lightening | 12/5/1973 | See Source »

...says the baby. "No," mommy tells him, "goo-goo is how babies go. Mommies go cuckoo." This time the kid gets it right: "Mommy koo-koo." It is his first sentence, and mommy is charmed. "You smart thing," she says, "have a zwieback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notables | 7/2/1973 | See Source »

...brother Johnny. When Johnny walked on stage the brass section left so what remained was essentially his own hand. Johnny Winter's group--which EdgarVonee played with--is generally considered one of the tightest and most powerful groups around, so it's no surprise that "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" turned out to be devastating. While Johnny reeled off volley after volley of notes, the rest of the band seemed to be having the time of their lives providing the surging rhythm pattern that makes the song move. The performance easily equalled any of the brothers' other collaborations...

Author: By Henry W. Mcgee iii, | Title: Can a White Man Play the Blues? | 3/15/1972 | See Source »

Family Sport. Ski tourers come in all sizes, sexes and ages. Steve Rieschl, who teaches skiing at Vail, says: "They're the same people who canoe, sail, backpack and camp. It's really a self-propelled sport." A novice tourer at Vail over Christmas was Wellington Koo, 84, formerly China's ambassador to the U.S. (1915-20 and 1946-56), who grew so enthusiastic over his first lesson that he summoned seven members of his family to join him on the slopes the next day. At Snowmass (Aspen), West Los Angeles Housewife Helen Mandel-so unathletic that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Skiing | 1/17/1972 | See Source »

...Department of the Interior. It therefore gave him special pleasure when, while hacking his way through an island rain forest in search of rare biological specimens, he spotted a bird with a "yellow posterior and a peculiar, sickle-shaped bill." The bird was the Mauinukupuu (pronounced noo-koo-poo-oo), which had been considered extinct since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Escape from Extinction | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

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