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Word: songful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...inaugural ball committee ran a contest for the official inaugural song, which was won by Bring Us Together-Go Forward Together, lyrics by Hal Hackaday. The committee turned down dozens of requests to perform from would-be entertainers all over the land, including an acrobatic group, an Illinois woman who claimed to be a coloratura soprano, and a lady from Texas who said she had shouted "Amen!" during a Nixon campaign speech. "A lot of people get the idea that this is some sort of variety show," says Assistant Ball Chairman Henry Berliner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: TOWARD THE NIXON INAUGURATION | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

Crumpets and Tea. Meyer Davis orchestras and 30 combos will tootle for tripping Republican toes. It will be the ninth inaugural ball for Davis, 70, and he has composed a song for the occasion. In part, it goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: TOWARD THE NIXON INAUGURATION | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

...printing of Braille books. And then there are the inventions of the future, such as the electronic cane. But these are all external crutches, so to speak; what the blind need more desperately than special treatment is acceptance as normal individuals. For example, Hal once wrote a grievance song for the blind, which reveals just one of the many injustices with which they are confronted. The song is entitled: "There are no dirty books in Braille...

Author: By Laura R. Benjamin, | Title: Being Blind at Harvard | 1/16/1969 | See Source »

...fantasy is well-contained. The only time anything strange happens is when Pooh has a dream about heffalumps--but that is a dream, and Disney will tell us very clearly which are our dreams and which are our lives. Tigger looks like Tony the Tiger, and he sings a song called "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers." Christopher Robin is a boy with short blond hair. Piglet is very ugly, and Owl is not Owl or WOL or anything you know...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Winnie the Pooh | 1/15/1969 | See Source »

...sang the theme song for the T.A.M.I. show...

Author: By Andrew G. Fraknoi, | Title: Gild Your Mind: A Golden Oldies Quiz | 1/13/1969 | See Source »

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