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Word: singerly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Elsie Houston, 40, concert soprano, top singer of Brazilian folk melodies, magic-ritual songs; from an overdose of sleeping tablets; in Manhattan. She was a descendant of Texas' famed General Sam Houston, daughter of an American dentist in Rio de Janeiro, a Brazilian mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 1, 1943 | 3/1/1943 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Duke Ellington has opened at the RKO Boston and needs no recommendation to his devotees. He has a now singer named Betty Roche (pronounced Roshay), who should develop into a fine singer as soon as she's assimilated a little more of that Ellington elegance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTERTAINMENT | 2/26/1943 | See Source »

LAWRENCE H. SINGER New York City

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 15, 1943 | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

...singer any more, so this can't hurt me, but even the strongest imagination totters at the vision of mixed rage, chagrin, bewilderment and utter frustration in the minds and hearts of countless young singers in this nation as they become aware of your iconoclastic attitude on the subject. Indeed, society as we know it may crumble completely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 15, 1943 | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

...fame as a singer he is still inclined to view as good luck rather than achievement. Says he: "I like to play parts. It is something you have or you have not. If you have, it's easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Basso Cantante | 1/25/1943 | See Source »

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