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Word: singhi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ukulele in hand, plump May Singhi Breen went last week to the Manhattan local of the American Federation of Musicians to try to get a union card (fee: $50). Three weeks ago, flouting the ukulele as a lowly instrument, the Federation refused her entry (TIME, Dec. 21). Last week it admitted that the ukulele is a musical instrument. But the Federation does not wish to be swamped by applications from ukulelists. May Breen might come in as a pianist or not at all. She departed vowing to carry the ukulele's cause to the National Board, highest body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cardless Breen | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

...small boy would resent it if he were told that his little yellow dog was no dog at all just because its ears were too short, its tail too long, its bark absurd. In Manhattan last week the same sort of loyalty seized May Singhi Breen who for eight years has earned her living thrumming a ukulele for the radio,* improvising ukulele accompaniments for sheet music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Outcast Ukulele | 12/21/1931 | See Source »

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