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Word: songed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that pulls his plow, the Mexican peon's most valued possession is his wistful little burro. Last week, the sturdy little beast that carries the nation's backland freight, causes many of its automobile accidents, adorns its literature and enriches its profanity, supplied the theme for the song leading Mexico's hit parade. It was called My Little Burro Doesn't Want to Go, and it was written by a young man named Ventura Romero who had never ridden a burro in his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: My Little Burro | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

Tokyo, too, was suffering from a contagious American disease: the boogie. Blaring forth in Tokyo's tawdry nightclubs, and even from loudspeakers in the streets last week, was a song that went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tokyo Boogie | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

That's the woody woodpecker song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: It Doesn't Make Sense | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

Kids were driving their parents crazy with it. Waitresses in jukebox joints were going frantic. The whole U.S. seemed to be gurgling itself silly with the laughing gassiness of a goofy song called Woody Woodpecker. Out only four weeks, Woody was already tops on Variety's list of the nation's most played jukebox tunes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: It Doesn't Make Sense | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

...first laughing song. Among earlier successes: Ticklish Reuben (circa 1910), Laughing Boy Blues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: It Doesn't Make Sense | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

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