Word: pops
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year-old Pfaelzische Volkszeitung, published in the West German city of Kaiserslautern (pop. 62,000), last week inserted in its regular German edition a special English-language, eight-page section for the 6,000 airmen, soldiers and their families stationed in the area. The paper will be put out once a week. Explained an editorial in the first issue: "[This newspaper] is being published by Germans, for Americans. It is not only for soldiers but also for the housewives, the children and the families . . . It should help to transform coexisting people into neighbors and to have the Americans walking among...
...taste in popular music is reflected by the list of best-selling pop singles for 1954 in the trade sheet Billboard. The top ten: 1) Little Things Mean a Lot (Kitty Kallen), 2) Wanted (Perry Como), 3) Hey, There (Rosemary Clooney), 4) Sh-Boom (Crew Cuts), 5) Make Love to Me (Jo Stafford), 6) Oh! My Papa (Eddie Fisher), 7) I Get So Lonely (Four Knights), 8) Three Coins in the Fountain (Four Aces), 9) Secret Love (Doris Day), 10) Hernando's Hideaway (Archie Bleyer...
...conceal his tormented heart, he is cynical and wisecracking. He is also a genius at writing pop tunes, but "They" never let him finish...
Against a blackening backdrop of despair, the U.S. outlined its new plan to try to save South Viet Nam (pop. 10.5 million) from Communism. The U.S. plan, debated for the past six weeks with French and Vietnamese, is much less ambitious than expected. Fundamentals...
...last week, decided that "this was the year" of Singer Frank Sinatra. In addition to his prizewinning film performance (in From Here to Eternity) and bestselling records (Young at Heart and the album Songs for Young Lovers), he won the Down Beat vote as the U.S.'s favorite pop singer (for the first time since 1947) and also as the top male pop record "personality of the year." Other double victories: Bandleader Stan Kenton (top jazz band, election to "Music Hall of Fame"; and Pianist Dave Brubeck (top jazz personality, best instrumental combo...