Word: victor
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Records. RCA Victor posted the prices for its new small records (TIME, Jan. 17). At 68^? for popular discs and $1 for classical ones, they were a nickel higher than Columbia's small Microgroove records. RCA's player-changer, which will sell for $24.95, was $5 less than Columbia's player, which has no automatic changer. But some retailers had already cut Columbia's price...
Other performers during the evening included: Eric Victor, a dancer from the cast of "Inside U.S.A.," the Dunster Dunces and the Krockodiloes, both collegiate singing outfits; Ellis Traub '52, who played a musical saw; Hugh Shepley '51, a juggler; the Four Flats, a freshman barbershop quarter; and Marie McDonnell, New England Tributary Theater singer...
Clarinetist Ed Hall, who is currently at the Savoy, and several follow musicians headline a series of eight entertainment acts. Pat Rainey, former vocalist at the Campus Room and now at the Hotel Fensgate; Marie McDonald, not "The Body" but a New England Tributary Theater singer, and Eric Victor, from the cast of the musical revue "Inside U. S. A." are the other professional performers who will be on hand...
...Quelle Horreur!" At 5:30 on the evening of Sept. 30, 1869, France's Empress left St. Cloud with her staff, her pets and her retainers to board the imperial yacht Aigle at Venice and sail to Suez. On the way they called on Italy's Victor Emmanuel (whom Eugénie detested), the King & Queen of Greece, and the Sultan of Turkey. When she left, the Sultan gave her a carpet on which was embroidered a portrait of her husband, the Emperor, with real human hair and a mustache. "Mon Dieu," exclaimed...
Beethoven: Sonata No. 3, Op. 69 (Pierre Fournier, cello; Artur Schnabel, piano; Victor, 6 sides). French Cellist Fournier made a hit two seasons ago at the Edinburgh Festival with Pianist Schnabel, Violinist Joseph Szigeti, and Violist William Primrose (TIME, Sept. 22, 1947). Here, in his U.S. record debut with Schnabel (and Beethoven), he succeeds again. Recording: excellent...