Word: minored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...didn't like it, and says Harvey, "I'm glad. If Woody hadda played it with all his noise, everybody might have missed it." He took it around to Supreme Records, a small company that was looking for what Harvey calls some "catchy novelties." A sweet-singing minor songbird named Paula Watson recorded it. When the big record makers heard it, they could hardly wait to get it on wax. Last week...
Uninformed sources reported last night that there will be a minor disturbance at the intersection of Mt. Auburn and Bow streets at 2 p.m. today. The Lampoon will "secede from the Union" and "give its building to the Gary Davis World Organization, Citizens of the World...
David Diamond's Quintet in B minor for flute, string trio, and piano was the next number on the program. It is a very energetic piece which suffers in performance because of the thickness of the writing. This fault was emphasized last night, as the piano was out of balance with the other instruments, and frequently obliterated the flute. The individual instrumentalists played quite capably, however, and considering the fact that the piece was rehearsed only twice, it came off very well indeed...
...plot, which revolves around the really worn-out pregnancy motif and the First Sergeant's schemes to get transferred overseas, is fortunately incidental. The main humor is in the minor incidents, such as the colonel's inspection of the orderly room, and the men's desperate stampede to get under cover at 5:15 to avoid having to salute as the flag is lowered...
...baseball after one season, and tried to climb back. Complains Gardella: "Not only did organized baseball blacklist me, but it wouldn't permit me to earn a living in semi-pro ball . . . He filed suit against the Giants, against Baseball Commissioner Albert B. ("Happy") Chandler and the major & minor leagues...