Word: singerly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...E.S.T., CBS), radio has threatened more & more to become little (5 ft. 7 in.) Hoagy's big job. Reason: for the first time a wide public has realized that Carmichael is not only a great songwriter, but also an extraordinarily tasteful, idiomatic jazz singer. His style is a restrained off-blue (he calls it "flatsy through the nose...
...Jolson Story. People who never heard-or never cared for-the Jazz Singer himself love this big, noisy, colorful entertainment (TIME...
...take cooking. It's just like jazz; no matter how good the ingredients are, it's how they're put together that counts." The speaker drove home his point with the help of a persistent, snappily manicured forefinger while overhead towered a big-busted swing singer traced in white tempera on the vine-colored wall which goes around the Savoy. He had a bald, top-shaped head ornamented with rimless glasses. This combined with the soft-spoken, non-alcoholized manner of speaking to which he kept doggedly despite the competition of a vociferous alto saxophone gave...
...Jolson Story. People who never heard-or never cared for-the Jazz Singer himself love this big, noisy, colorful entertainment (TIME...
...prolonged voting session requiring eight ballots and recounts resulted last night in the selection of Edwin J. Jacob '47 to the presidency of the Debate Council's executive committee. Jacob replaces Munroe S. Singer '47, who resigned after a six-months tenure to complete his Senior academic requirements...