Word: wackiness
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...Iskowitz on Manhattan's Lower East Side, Cantor sang, danced and joked his way to stardom on Broadway (Banjo Eyes) and in Hollywood (Kid Boots), pioneered live comedy on radio and TV, set the U.S. humming such ditties as Ida and Oh How She Can Yicky Yacki Wicki Wacki Woo. Stricken with heart trouble in 1952, grieved by the death of his wife and eldest daughter, he donated most of his later years and many of his millions to charity. But charity had always been a big thing with Cantor; he was instrumental in founding the March of Dimes...
...wrote (1908) Take Me Out to the Ball Game (with Lyricist Jack Norworth), reputedly did not see a baseball game until 20 years later, also turned out Heart of My Heart, I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time and Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wacki Woo; in Los Angeles...
...stuffed monkey set up in front of the drums with electric lights for eyes and a baton that waved automatically. Popular tunes when the Dixieland first went North were Pretty Baby, They're Wearing 'em Higher in Hawaii, Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wacki Woo. Soon the metropolis was cavorting to the Dixieland's own tunes, which have since become jazz classics: Tiger Rag by La Rocca, Clarinet Marmalade by Shields and Ragas, Sensation Rag by Edwards, At the Jazz Band Ball by La Rocca and Shields...
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