Word: pattered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From there we go on to all the traditional song-styles of the amateur review -- the sinister tango, the unintelligible patter song, the rock'n'roll parody. The melodies were just not striking enough to break out from their cliches and be heard. Tight, overly simple little tunes, accompanied by only a piano, drums, and a brief, aborted oboe (last year's show had the advantage of a charming flute and steady bass behind the songs), they were too thin to matter much. One song, "What Sort of Man," written by Sharon Stokes, started to move towards a little more...
When racial attitudes and economic interest conflict, "even the most committed stand-patter can suddenly come to see things in a new light," they wrote...
...Breezy Patter. The originators of these and other crowd-manipulating gimmicks are Jerry Bresler and Lyn Duddy, the Rodgers and Hammerstein of nightclubs. Since they teamed up nine years ago, they have masterminded 40-odd acts for nightclub singers-Robert Goulet, Gordon and Sheila MacRae, Jane Morgan, Teresa Brewer, Connie Francis, Bobby Vinton-providing everything from songs and arrangements to lighting and makeup. No detail is overlooked. They scramble into the rafters to scrub the grime off the spotlights, hustle around a club blowing out the candles because "they detract attention from the stage." They wire the singer...
...they were done 30 years ago." They teach their singers how and where to walk (glide, but never too close to the tables lest someone see sweat or telltale wrinkles), give them mildly risque parodies of such standards as Let's Do It and breezy between-song patter (says Duddy: "Most singers should not be allowed to ad-lib hello...
Last November Sammy Davis Jr. typed his new TV series as "one variety show that's really going to be different -all the way." Somewhere between the type and the tape, someone tripped. Last week's premiere (NBC, Friday night) was the familiar mixture of songs, patter and guest stars...