Word: troup
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...actress and breathy pop phenom whose 1955 song Cry Me a River sold more than a million copies; in Los Angeles. Honed in nightclubs, London's hushed, smoked-out voice made hits of Around Midnight and My Heart Belongs to Daddy. Encouraged to sing by second husband Bobby Troup, writer of Route 66, London released more than 30 albums. In 1972 her first husband, Jack Webb, hired London and Troup to appear as nurse Dixie McCall and Dr. Joe Early on TV's Emergency...
...Another story tells how a man who ate with his toes created the club. Not quite. In fact, a group of young artists and like-minded Gilded Age Bostonian gentlemen would often meet together to dine at some of the restaurants in the Park Street area. One day a troup of vaudville freaks shoved their way through the entrance of the restaurant and demanded service. The “armless wonder” ate from his plate with his toes. The founding Taverners were appalled. One man, an Italian teacher, proposed that they find their own room. The group liked...