Word: krupa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...copies; the tune was "Let Me Off Uptown;" the singer, Anita O'Day. She had a unique style, toying with a melody, avoiding sentimentality in the ballads, and introducing jazz idioms. Miss O'Day became hugely popular. Columbia has reissued on LP the original sides she made with Gene Krupa's band, and they preserve their offbeat charm. Listen to the almost wordless "That's What You Think," and you'll realize that Anita is one of the great...
...three words: dough re mi. It is not a very exciting theme, even when played by the most famed clarinet in the world. Benny (TV's Steve Allen) makes some fairly pleasant music with the help of the real E.G. on the sound track, along with Gene Krupa, Martha Tilton, Lionel Hampton, Ziggy Elman, Ben Pollack, Teddy Wilson and Kid Ory. But the licks are not quite so hot as they used to be, and the intermissions are stone cold. The only problem Goodman ever had, it would appear, was whether or not he should marry a million dollars...
Woolworth Hour (Sun. 1 p.m., CBS). Diahann Carroll, Dorothy Sarnoff, Gene Krupa...
Allen in Movieland (Sat. 9 p.m., NBC). A Spectacular starring Steve Allen, Jeff Chandler, Piper Laurie, Tony Curtis, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson...
Sinatra's wild reception was the latest-and biggest-in a series of triumphal visitations by U.S. stars that began last July. The Artie Shaw-Jerry Colonna-Ella Fitzgerald-Buddy Rich troupe, which grossed a record-breaking $103,500, came first. Others followed fast. Drummer Gene Krupa was drummed in by a corps of Aussie drummers beating out Sing, Sing, Sing. Crooner Johnnie Ray touched off the wildest teen-age hysteria in Australian history. Stripper Gypsy Rose Lee was condemned by both the Baptist and Roman Catholic churches. Crooner Nat "King" Cole summed it up: ""Boy, no artist...