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...This is Claude Kirk, Governor of Florida. Do you read my press? Then you know that I'm a tree-shakin' son of a bitch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida: I, Claudius | 12/15/1967 | See Source »

...plain mad, the slang harangue of Rockin' Robbie D is delivered in a keening, rapid-fire wail that is recognizable only to dogs, seismographs-and teenagers. Not that the kids understand it all; sometimes, when Mr. Hip Lip, as he is also called, starts "makin' with the shakin' " on Detroit's WCHB, the station runs a write-in contest called "What Did Robbie Say?" Nobody really knows, least of all Robbie. The important thing is that Rockin' Robbie and dozens more like him have given radio an advanced case of the screaming meemies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Decibelters | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

...tender young thing reflecting on affairs of the heart. In Cod'ine, which she wrote after a harrowing bout with the drug while being treated for bronchitis, she is an aged harpie whining: "My belly's cravin', I've got a shakin' in my head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Folk Singers: Solitary Indian | 12/10/1965 | See Source »

...obese woman, meat shakin on the bone...

Author: By Patricia W. Mccullough, | Title: Unfolksy Tom Rush Sings The City Blues | 7/22/1965 | See Source »

...television, and his shy. Sunday-go-to-meetin' smile provokes what an agent describes as "the sexiest mail in Hollywood." Gimmick: he draws his .38 with his left hand ("That's so's they can't git the drop on me while Ah'm shakin' hands"). Born in Harrah, Okla., Dayle LyMoine Robertson earned a Silver Star during World War II. At 37 he spends much of his spare time drinking milk (three quarts a day), racing quarter horses and taking potshots at his TV opposition. Says Robertson: "The adult westerns are dishonest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERNS: The Six-Gun Galahad | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

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