Word: recordsized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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At week's end two cars arrived at La Guardia field, bearing the departing Russians, a dozen suitcases, several cartons of cigarettes and 155 Ibs. of excess baggage. Under his arm, Shostakovich carried a large bundle of phonograph records. He was, he said, "glad to be returning home." Novelist...
The Other Face. Economically, West Germany has made great progress. The desperate food shortages of a year ago are gone; there is little hunger anywhere. Before the currency reform, West German production lagged at 51% of 1936; in nine months it has spurted up to 80%, surpassing the target set...
Almost overnight, with Victor, Columbia, Capitol and Decca waxing it fast, "A" You're Adorable ("B" you're so beautiful, "C" you're a cutie . . .*) was a case of "H" you're a hit. In two weeks, Como's dreamy, dulcet disking (Victor) alone has...
Last year Kaye dug into his trunk for a song he had worked on seven years ago with Lyricist Fred Wise (Misirlou) and Tunesmith Sidney Lippman (Chickery Chick). They had never been able to sell it. Growled publishers: "Sounds like an old-fashioned tap routine," or "Who wants to sing...
Died. Jack Kapp, 47, president and founder (1934) of Decca Records, Inc.; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Manhattan. Kapp combined a shrewd eye for business (Decca was the first to make 35? records on a large scale) with a sharp ear for talent (he signed Bing Crosby, the Mills Brothers...