Word: petrillo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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From the day in late 1942 when Spike Jones & His City Slickers stormed the charts with Der Feuhrer's Face, they were the official naughty boys of music. They slowed down when Musicians Union boss James V. Petrillo imposed a two- year ban on union members' making records, but they hit the top spot in late '44, when their impudent version of Cocktails for Two sold two million records. Four years later, the holiday jape All I Want for Christmas (My Two Front Teeth) sold 1.5 million copies in six weeks. Jones cinched his renown with a high-rated radio...