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Indeed it is. What emerges from this complex collaboration is the illusion that, by George, Gershwin is right in one's living room, banging away in his fluid song-plugger style. "Gershwin never played soft," observes Wodehouse. But he did have a consummate technical command of his instrument, which, coupled with the tremendous rhythmic vitality of his playing, gives his performances an irresistible strut and swagger. Two more Gershwin albums are on the way from Wodehouse. 'S Wonderful...
...someone say Air Jordan? Better make that multimillionaire Jordan. The high-flying hoopster for the Chicago Bulls not only makes a nice living playing basketball but, according to the Sports Marketing Letter, Michael Jordan is also the top product plugger in the U.S., earning $11 million a year for hyping everything from Chevys to lottery tickets. Last week Jordan began his biggest gig yet: endorsing Gatorade, the "sports drink," for a reported $18 million over 10 years...
Weisbrod describes himself as a moderatelyskilled "plugger" who scores goals by being in theright place at the right time. Speed may not behis forte, but he is selling himself short...
...class numbered only 35, North was on neither the football squad nor the basketball team (he did sit on the bench, though, as a basketball statistician). Instead, he took up a sport in which his determination could overcome his lack of natural skills: cross-country running. "He was a plugger," recalls Russell Robertson, North's coach. "His desire pushed his ability." Always the good soldier, North was willing to sacrifice individual glory for the sake of the team. "If we needed points and would get more by putting him on the relay team," says Robertson, "we could change him around...
...more than 300 other songs, including the score of the 1933 film musical 42nd Street, now a successful adaptation on Broadway; in Los Angeles. Born Salvatore Guaragna, the son of an Italian immigrant bootmaker in Brooklyn, the musically self-taught Warren worked as a rehearsal pianist and song plugger before publishing his first hits in the 1920s. During the '30s and '40s he wrote the scores for a string of movie musicals, winning Academy Awards for Lullaby of Broadway (from Gold Diggers of 1935); You'II Never Know (Hello Frisco, Hello, 1943); and On the Atchison, Topeka...