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...Band" was followed by "Alexander's Bagpipe Band," "Everybody's Doin' It" by "They've Got Me Doin' It Now." If a number wasn't a memorable hit the first time, he would rewrite it into one. Thus the 1918 "That Sterling Silver Moon" became "Mandy" a year later; "Smile and Show Your Dimple," a top ten tune in 1918, morphed into "Easter Parade" in 1933. He appropriated four lines of the chorus of "To My Mammy" (1920) for "How Deep Is the Ocean" (1932). He rescued the pushcart plaint "Any Love Today" (written in 1931 but not recorded), tweaked...
...switches. You swivel the top half to turn on the power and increase the volume. You swivel the bottom half to find your favored station. It's simple and satisfying. And if the news is bad, you can always look to the radio to give you a smile...
HELLO, SUNSHINE It's hard getting out of bed on a chilly winter morning. So the folks at Oregon Scientific are giving you a new way to greet the day with a smile: their $100 ExactSet Projection Clock projects both the time and the outdoor temperature (provided by a remote sensor) in big red letters on your wall or ceiling. If that doesn't get you going, then there's always a backup: an 8-min. snooze button keeps lazybones on a short leash...
...court jester - at least in Tonga. American Jesse Bogdonoff, who advised the government on financial matters, charmed the Pacific island's King into naming him official court jester and giving him access to the country's treasury. King Taufaahau Tupou IV was left with little to smile about after Bogdonoff absconded with $26 million, an amount equal to about half of the tiny nation's annual budget...
...switches. You swivel the top half to turn on the power and increase the volume. You swivel the bottom half to find your favored station. It's simple and satisfying. And if the news is bad, you can always look to the radio to give you a smile...