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Word: uptempo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mack the Knife (Louis Armstrong combo; Columbia). An uptempo, updated version of Kurt Weill's wonderful old ragtime hit from The Threepenny Opera (1928). Satchmo plays a lilting chorus and growls some free variations on the fine Marc Blitzstein lyrics (1954). Then he hears a shouted "Take it, Satch," and the Armstrong trumpet takes it high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Nov. 21, 1955 | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

...House of Blue Lights (Chuck Miller; Mercury). A boogie-woogie in uptempo, with some nonsense words about boogie-woogie. The disk is a bestseller. Does it herald the decline of rock 'n' roll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Jun. 27, 1955 | 6/27/1955 | See Source »

Fascinating Rhythm (Freddie Hall; King). An uptempo, two-beat scramble through the old Gershwin tune. Vocalist Hall mutters his pattering lyrics in an offhand manner that is good for a chuckle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Jul. 21, 1952 | 7/21/1952 | See Source »

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