Word: songfulness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN, and MOUSSORGSKY: SONG OF THE FLEA (Feodor Ivanovitch Chaliapin; Victor). Death two months ago of the greatest singing actor of his generation prompted Victor to re-issue these two lighter items on a memorial disc. Made when Basso Chaliapin was vocally past his prime...
...Some say there are only 3,000 Germans in Spain, while others say 10,000, mostly technicians and aviators," reported Correspondent Callender, "but there are said to be some 40,000 Italian soldiers sandwiched between the Spanish troops." Franco's Spanish soldiers sing a slightly obscene song about Italian fighting capacities, the refrain of which is "Spain is not Abyssinia...
Cocoanut Grove (Paramount) suggests that the modern song of the road will probably be attuned to touring trailers, and sung in mechanized caravansaries known as "motels." But Cocoanut Grove, a tale of the peregrinations of a sweet & dreamy Hollywood-bound dance band, trailer-towed on a shoestring from Chicago, has many a flat tire, never exceeds the speed limit...
...Neptune and will be surrounded by mermaids, Marvin Scaife '39 will sing, Augustus Soule '40 and Peter M. Pratt '40 will dance, while Laurence S. Johnson '39 and Peter Thompson '40 will be respectively the front and back legs of an elephant which will dance Mendelssohn's Spring Song...
Having once meshed, the two never pulled apart, stuck together even in Holly wood (Love Me Tonight, Mississippi). Except for Blue Moon, which was an independent song hit, their best songs (Mountain Greenery, My Heart Stood Still, I've Got Five Dollars, Ten Cents a Dance, The Lady Is a Tramp) have come right out of their shows...