Word: perroqueet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Read about Roger Wolfe Kahn, amused, pleased [TIME, Sept. 19]. Kahn's Perroqueet [Manhattan night club] stopped flapping last Spring, a flop. His band has usually been a flop, lacking personality. He gets jobs at small figures, boosting the payroll out of his pocket. He hires big stars who get extraordinary salaries and really play but the public doesn't pay to hear music, rather to see personality. Kahn plays many instruments, but how? His arrangers and players make the music good. Will you ask a few musicians if this is not so-your New York office...
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