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...skiff when he was struck by an inspiration. "With this hoop craze," he thought, "there's bound to be a song. Somebody ought to move fast!" Grean raced ashore and started to move. Next day he took his already completed lyrics around to his pal, Composer Bob Davie, and within an hour the two of them had batted out "a simple little teenage song with a good rock 'n' roll melody," named it Hoopa Hoola...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Hula Balloo | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

...make a handsome profit, despite the fact that the State Health Department refuses to approve its water facilities. The hearing over, he climbed from the witness chair to prepare for a return appearance this week in his old role as counsel. Fitzgerald's client of the week: Old Pal James Riddle Hoffa, who once informed his buddy: "You're only my mouthpiece. I'll tell you when to talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Mouthpiece | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

...sittings, had devoured 4 Ibs. of spaghetti and 38 Ibs. of meat. There were titters when Baker explained his philosophy for talking to cops: "Little white lies don't mean nothing, not when you are not under oath." Jimmy Hoffa, sitting in the audience, was convulsed by his pal's antics. And even Arkansas' dour John McClellan turned his head to hide a smile when Baker was being questioned about his murderous old pals on New York's waterfront...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hoffa's Funny Friend | 9/1/1958 | See Source »

...befriends Montgomery Pew, a feckless but amiable young Jumble who holds a job with a government welfare bureau. Montgomery pries Johnny loose from the hardhanded white law, while Johnny returns the favor by showing his pal safe trails through the Spade jungle. The pair meet such notable Spades as Peter Pay Paul, who pushes an asthma cure as marijuana; Billy Whispers, a pimp of stature; and Ronson Lighter, whose kleptomania focuses on only one Jumble artifact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Jive Among the Jumbles | 9/1/1958 | See Source »

...Still groaning about the "absolute lack of material" for the night's show, Jack suddenly cocks his head to the sound of a car horn and catcalls in front of his home. "The degenerates again," he says softly to a visitor. "See, Pal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Late-Night Affair | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

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