Word: singed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rock. The British intend to stand fast, feeling that they have by far the stronger case. After all, Gibraltarians, almost to a man, want to remain under British rule. As if to underline this fact, hundreds of the Rock's residents gathered near the border last week to sing God Save the Queen and intone the Beatle ditty called "The Yellow Submarine" as the gate swung closed...
...French TV documentary, Mireille hopscotched from Paris to Manhattan to Dallas to Hollywood, where she signed substantial contracts for two movies and several appearances on the Danny Kaye and Andy Williams TV shows. Then she rushed back to France to embark on a tour in which she will-sing 46 concerts in 46 days, at $5,000 per performance. Under the stern scrutiny of France's leading impresario, Johnny Stark, she also keeps up a rigorous schedule of daily lessons in diction, breathing, modern dancing, physical culture and English conversation. So far, she has mastered "hello," "goodbye...
...became a restricting influence. Mireille wanted to develop her own style. Actually, though the similarities in intonation are unmistakable, Mireille's budding voice has little of the bittersweet pathos and built-in sob that endeared Piaf to generations of Frenchmen. When Maurice Chevalier heard 19-year-old Mireille sing a few months ago, he counseled: "You are young, pretty, and your success has made you happy. You should not sing unhappy, tortured songs. Sing on the sunny side of the street." And so she has, trading in her black dress for bright miniskirts and a repertory of new upbeat...
...Zeeks!" gasped one teenybopper. "You can't even dance to it!" She was referring to the Beatles' latest release, Eleanor Rigby, in which the shaggy four sing to the accompaniment of a double string quartet. Rigby is typical of the newest and in many ways most welcome upheaval to rock rock 'n' roll in years. To begin with, the familiar big beat of rock 'n' roll is receding-not in sales, but in decibels. The reason is simply that there is a big message in lyrics nowadays, and the kids want to hear...
...Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, both 23, are the most literate of the new troubadours. Their low-key harmonizing has sold nearly 6,000,000 records in the past year. They sing about man's failure, naturally, to communicate...