Word: selvin
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DIED. Benjamin B. Selvin, 82, long-playing bandleader and record company executive, who made or produced more discs-some 9,000 titles-than anyone else; in Roslyn, N.Y. Dardanella, a heavy-beat foxtrot that Selvin recorded in 1919, was the first disc to sell 1 million copies. He helped launch many stars, overseeing Bing Crosby's first solo recording; during one instrumental break, Selvin recalled, "I suggested that Crosby whistle. He's been whistling ever since...