Word: squeakless
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Dates: during 1938-1938
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Impartial critics wondered what would happen if Lyricist Cook's hallelujah was combined with Bandleader Lopez' squeakless tune...
...limitations of the average voice (TIME, Feb. 7). Bandleader Lopez' version, duly performed in Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre, caused very mild applause. But last week, as Congress was hurrying toward adjournment, publicity-loving Congressman Emanuel Celler (N. Y.) urged official acceptance of Lopez' "squeakless" anthem. Said Congressman Celler: "Why not enable everybody to sail into it ... with a more relaxed larynx...
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