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Word: oops (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kirson Weinberg, who saw in rock 'n' roll a manifestation of the insecurities of the age, added that "the effects of the music are more predominant in girls." Or perhaps it was that of the reader of the Denver Post who wrote: "This hooby doopy, oop-shoop, ootie ootie, boom boom de-addy boom, scoobledy goobledy dump-is trash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rock 'n' Roll | 7/23/1956 | See Source »

...Oop Shoop (CrewCuts; Mercury). "C'mon, baby, I need your love tonight," is the gist of this message, unless the title means something else. The male quartet that smashed the top with Sh-Boom is probably going to repeat its success with this unpleasant item...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Oct. 25, 1954 | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

...working his way through art school in Chicago. Later he went to Baylor to prepare for the ministry in earnest. His artistic career finally won out; in 1941 he joined the N.E.A. feature syndicate to work on such comic strips as "Boots and Her Buddies" and "Alley Oop." After Army service in Alaska and the Aleutians during the war, he went back to Baylor for his B.A. and began to teach art there. But the ministry was still on his mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Without Charge | 5/28/1951 | See Source »

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