Word: monkeyed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dixon didn't say how well the Columbia recording of "The Signifying Monkey" sold, but he did note that the "dirty" version was quite successful...
THEIR LITTLE comic books told the story of the Signifying Monkey, a devilish animal who's always instigating fights. The Signifying Monkey, Brer Rabbit, and Anansi the Spider are part of the same West African folk tradition. All three are small creatures that use their wits to survive and to cause trouble...
...Dixon recorded a version of "The Signifying Monkey" for Columbia Records. The first verse went like this...
...Said the Monkey to the Lion, on a bright summer...
...simplicity and elegance, the late fashion empress's own line-by Balenciaga-trained Ramon Esparza-ironically fell flat. Though WWD Publisher John Fairchild found the collection "young and different," it was all but hooted out of Paris by local authorities. "An incredible pell-mell of belted raglans, monkey-trimmed redingotes, hippy waistcoats, red rainproofs and dollie-see-through dresses," Le Figaro concluded unbelievingly. "They look like bad copies of good originals...