Word: satin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ella Fitzgerald. My musical upbringing was slim; I could play "Hot Cross Buns" on the recorder, because it only took three fingers on one hand. My parents also had three Ella Fitzgerald records. I grew up on Ella with Duke, doing "Take the A Train," "Satin Doll," "I Got It Bad, (And That Ain't Good)," and others. Ella with Blue Oyster Cult, shoot, I can listen to her anytime. Whether she's playing with, or in front of The World's Greatest Jazz Band, I'm not sure, but I'm told she still has her stuff, in spite...
...wearing a button of their mentor, were dressed in coats and ties, blouses and skirts. It might have been a gathering of young Republicans, except that the buttons bore pictures of Guru Maharaj Ji, the 15-year-old "Perfect Spiritual Master." Stage right, an empty chair covered with white satin and bed ecked with flowers stood as a constant eerie reminder of the boy-saviour...
During the singing a guy jumped up from the audience into the satin chair, and pantomimed a put-on guru: blowing kisses to the crowd, basking in their adulation. There was no doubt as to his particular answer to The Question: the Guru was a charlatan. Half of the crowd roared its approval, delighted with the sacrilege...
...long, stringy black hair looked like a mop that had been left out overnight to dry. The four other members of the band wore white satin. Behind the group tucked away in dark corners of the 8½-ton portable stage or in the wings, was a staggering $150,000 array of props-including an operating table, a 9½-ft mummy with light-up eyes, assorted swords and switchblades...
Fortunately, chorus ennui is no match for Cole Porter's music, the flashy tap dancing, and the extravagance of Chery1 Marynell's satin and slink costumes. Heaven knows -- everyone...