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Word: kristofer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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...voiced 19-year-old named Jennie Smith. In the year and a half since she graduated from high school in Charleston. W. Va. (pop. 75,000), Jennie, who looks like the second-prettiest girl at a high-school prom, has taken on a new name (old one: Jo Ann Kristof), learned to gush cute quotes ("I'm crazy about mustard sandwiches ... I sing sad songs saddest when I'm happy") and do a very fair imitation of throaty, top-ranking Jazz Singer June Christy. To the tub-thumping rhythm of an intense promotional campaign by RCA Victor, Jennie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The New Canaries | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

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