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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Three years ago, when Benny Goodman played at Manhattan's Paramount theater, jitterbugs cavorted in the aisles-so wildly that police were summoned. Psychiatrists gravely speculated on what made the bugs jitter. Last week came an answer: they were hired to. Haled into a Manhattan court was Irving ("Schnitz") Davidson, boss of an organization called "The 200 Characters," who could be had to dance in aisles, make a fuss over celebrities arriving in railroad stations, mob people for autographs, carry instruments for orchestra players. Charged with assault on a muscler-in on his trade, Boss "Schnitz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Drummer in a Museum | 4/28/1941 | See Source »

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