Word: singed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Farm System. Donnie-as all the pussycats in the trade call him-did it without being able to read a note of music. That in itself is not so odd, since most pop performers nowadays cannot sing a note of music. "What I just seem to have," he says, "is an infallible ear for picking hits." He picks them by getting unsung writers to produce them on order. "I can hear a kid hit a note," he says, "and I know whether he has it or not." He keeps a farm team of young writers whom he pays...
Iolanthe conveniently divides its chorus into two parts: noblemen and fairies. The noblemen in the current production have been inadequately directed all around, and they neither sing clearly nor move in unison. For the most part the fairies fare better, but they too have their troubles. One had a noticeable case of laryngitis last night...
...current issue contains a story about an archprotester named Sheppy West who is called upon to sing "My Rotten Country, 'Tis of Thee" at a rally, and offers instead the "ultimate protest," a prolonged belch that "moves up chromatically with a jazz feeling and finishes off with a big tympani effect." The audience is overcome. "It's as if Sheppy has said something personal to everyone and they are with it and relating. He has communicated. It just goes to show, if you got it inside of you, it's bound to come...
Daily Coiffure. Raised in Augusta, Ga., Brown trained to be a boxer before he went on the road to sing gospel-derived songs. Now 34, he has assumed all the trappings of his self-proclaimed role as "the biggest Negro cat in show business right now." He is attended by two hairdressers who give him a daily coiffure, sleeps in a round bed, owns a fire-engine-red Sting Ray and a brace of Cadillacs. For his show, he writes his own songs, does all the arranging, choreography and costume designing (including his own wardrobe of 150 suits...
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