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Word: sing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only main flaw is that there is so much lush looking that it occasionally becomes a little overwhelming. With out the lightening touches of Mr. Cooper's bumbling tally-ho manner--so competent and sure that it is a pure joy--and the bright verve of Weill's songs--"Sing Me Not a Ballad" or "You're Far Too Near Me"--"Much Ado About Love" could very easily seem over-stuffed. Opening night there was far too much material, but there was enough expert stagecraft to notice that a new musical comedy hit is heading happily for Broadway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Much Ado About Love" | 2/27/1945 | See Source »

Following "Oklahoma" and "Sing Out, Sweet Land," "Dark of the Moon" stands out as an utterly different variety of Americana that banks for its appeal not on song or humor or tone alone, but on a coherent blend of the three. It steals into the imagination in a salty sort of way at the opening curtain and leaves one feeling he has really glimpsed a hearty chunk of our nation's spirit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 2/27/1945 | See Source »

...movie's chief claim to fame is Cole Porter's popular "Don't Fence Me In," but the producers accentuate the negative by having Roy Rogers and the Andrews Sisters sing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOVIEGOER | 1/23/1945 | See Source »

Have you ever heard anyone sing in a barbershop (TIME, Dec. 25)? Have you ever been in a barbershop? Why don't you go out and get yourself a haircut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 22, 1945 | 1/22/1945 | See Source »

...canon, or "round," is a composition in which different voices sing the same tune starting at different times, e.g., Three Blind Mice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sumer Icumeth in Later | 1/15/1945 | See Source »

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