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...National Convention with a keynote speech, immediately agreed that Barkley should be the candidate for Vice President. During the 1948 campaign Barkley trouped through 36 states (230 speeches), spreading a subtle reminder that the voters should be grateful for past Democratic favors. His favorite story was woven around Abron McCoy, his 299-lb. Negro hired man. Allegedly. Abron told Barkley he was going to vote for Dewey. "Why?" asked Barkley. "Well, suh," said Abron, "I voted Republican in '40 and '44 and I ain't never had it so good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Affairs: The Tie That Binds | 7/28/1952 | See Source »

...Greatest Show on Earth is an uncomfortable assemblage of Ringling Brothers, the March of Time, and John's Other Wife. The circus parts are as good as the real McCoy from a six buck seat, the documentary part aims to prove the circus is a basic industry, and the rest is a powerful emetic...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Greatest Show On Earth | 3/15/1952 | See Source »

...week's end, listeners were still wondering about McCoy's "import," unaware that the main message of the song-played front-to-back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Backward Commercial | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

Says Jockey McCoy: "The most popular tune I've ever introduced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Backward Commercial | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

...none of these. It is, in fact, the work of an advertising agency copywriter named Walter Kranz. He composed a singing commercial for a Denver clothing store, tape-recorded it, accidentally played it backward. It sounded better that way. Kranz made a transcription, took it to McCoy, and McCoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Backward Commercial | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

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