Word: ol
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...heavy-handed satire of "In the Land of Jim Crow" (TIME, Aug. 16, 1948), a series done by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Reporter Ray Sprigle after a tour of the South in the disguise of a Negro, Carter drawled that as a circulation-booster he had assigned one Sherlock ("Ol´ Fearless") Meriweather to do a series "In the Land of Grim Snow...
...Paul Robeson (see U.S. AFFAIRS) was a howling success. "You know how I feel to be back on Soviet soil," he told a cheering audience in Tchaikovsky Hall. He sang in English, French, Spanish and Russian, and tried out his own version of some of the words in Ol' Man River ("We must fight to death for peace and freedom"). He also introduced to the Russians an old favorite called Scandalize My Name, and dedicated it to the "socalled free Western press." The comrades loved every minute...
Back in Manhattan, Oscar Hammerstein II, co-author with the late Jerome Kern of Ol' Man River, was less enthusiastic about the liberties Robeson was taking with his classic. "I have no intention of changing [the lyrics] or permitting anyone else to change them," he said. "I further suggest that Paul write his own songs and leave mine alone...
...backing him, Eckstine gave them Somehow, in big, rich tones (he sings open-throated, instead of whispering into a microphone). His version of Ellington's Caravan had the fans hitting the trail (along with more than 1,000,000 record buyers). In his own rubbery phrasing, he stretched Ol' Man River to twice the length of the Mississippi, but the audience ate up every mile...
...seen the notice in the dining hall that morning--"The House softball team will report for practice immediately after vacation." He had come across the river to gobble up a few grounders, loosen up the ol' flipper, curve a few over. . . have it in there, Vag, boy, just lay it in there, no hitter no sticker boy, have it in. . . "Vagabond, who pitched nine scoreless frames against Dudley, also was a titan at the plate, blasting in all six tallies for the victors who won their fourth straight House championship...