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Word: twists (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...none of these numbers, however successful, is particularly meteorological; the only two songs on this record to do so are a "Bulldog Twist" (real warm), and a ditty called "Blue Day" (real cool) by His Sax-Blowing Majesty King Bhumibol, the monarch of Thailand...

Author: By A. B. H., | Title: The Krokodiloes | 3/29/1962 | See Source »

...Krok adaptation of The Twist is constructed on a New Havenish ground (one can detect an "Arf" in the midst of the rock growls); but, though one suspects that the lyrics owe their inspiration to the recent carolings of the Lampoon Tabernacle Choir, the noise is usually sufficient to distract attention from them--and the noise is thumping good...

Author: By A. B. H., | Title: The Krokodiloes | 3/29/1962 | See Source »

...Penguin" received much publicity as an alternative to the , but frankly, it falls flat on its . The dance is too complicated, and the music lacks the sensuality of Chubby Checker's Twist. And Cerf, although chubby, is no Checker...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Close Harmony, Few Notes | 3/23/1962 | See Source »

Look here. Take it from me. Drumbeats and Song's production of The Pajama Game has got just about everything: it's got the twist, a chorus line of dolls, the Hencken sisters (both of 'em), magnificent leads, even a great Pop. But, as Chairman Khrushchev has said, statistics fry no pancakes. Just let me say I loved it; it's the most exuberant show ever...

Author: By Anthony Hiss, | Title: The Pajama Game | 3/17/1962 | See Source »

...conservative messages. Said New York University's Economist Ludwig Von Mises, 80: "Until a few years ago, I thought freedom was dead on the American campus; now I see that you young men will make us free." Said Indianapolis News Editor M. Stanton Evans, 27: "I say the twist was originated in Washington by the Kennedy Administration-a lot of frantic motion with no visible progress." South Carolina's Senator J. Strom Thurmond, 59. combined an attack on the Administration for invoking executive privilege during the continuing Senate investigation of military censorship ("This is nothing more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Organizations: Convincing the Convinced | 3/16/1962 | See Source »

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