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Word: singings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...point, one of the male Monty Python members comes out on stage tackily dressed in a gold lame evening gown with cat's-eye spectacles. Adopting a feminine-sounding falsetto, he strikes up a paean to the virtues of Britishers: "The English have a quality/I'd like to sing about/It's not the sort of quality/That's bestowed on wog or kraut...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: Beating a Dead Parrot | 2/11/1978 | See Source »

Singers who do not receive proper training "sing for six or seven years and then are gone," she added...

Author: By Justina K. Carlson, | Title: Winthrop House Master Class Teaches Opera Singing Basics | 2/10/1978 | See Source »

...underground coffeehouse seemed to be pulsing with energy, occasional peals of laughter and cheer burst into the night, followed by silence save for the ragged-sounding folk songs. It was packed with people watching, people smiling, people laughing, people focusing and clicking, people straining to hear every word, and sing every line along with Allen Ginsburg and Peter Rolovski. Ginsberg and his troupe sat at the front of the basement room wailing, and reading lyrically with little compunction. Rolovski is a burly-looking guy with his long blond hair pulled back into a pony tail, packing the peaceful power...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Allen Ginsberg: Mindbreaths in the Night | 2/4/1978 | See Source »

...drums. None of the band members owns equipment, except Howie, the bassist, and Nick picked up a guitar for the first time three weeks before their debut. They maintain that they are the real punks. "These people are too old to call themselves punks. If you're going to sing about being a teenager, you might as well...

Author: By Laura J. Levine, | Title: Riding High on the New Wave | 1/25/1978 | See Source »

...should be a sizzling ticket. So should the fund-raising gala Sills hopes to star in later at the New York City Opera-exactly 25 years after her debut there as Rosalinda. Said Sills: "In 1980, I will be 51. I have no operas left that I want to sing. I have sung in every opera house I wanted to sing in, and by the time the next year or so is over, I will have recorded everything I ever dreamed of. My voice has served me very well, and I would like to be able...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sills Calling It Quits in 1980 | 1/23/1978 | See Source »

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