Word: waller
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Thomas Wright ("Fats") Waller, the three Bs were Bach, booze and broads. He was as prodigious in his appetite as le was generous in spirit. But it is, of course, as a master pianist and composer in the classic tradition of U.S. jazz that Fats has proved larger than death...
Truckin'--that's something hippies do when they get bored. That's the name of a song by the Grateful Dead. That's modern, right? Actually, Cora La Redd first introduced a song called "Truckin"' at the Cotton Club in New York in 1935. Likewise, Fats Waller's "Alligator Crawl" preceeded Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" by more than 40 years. Popular music, like the song titles, derives from an old American tradition. Rock 'n roll was born 20 years ago, like me. The national hit charts were born over 40 years ago, like...
...Universe contest. It features a particularly appealing loser named Mike Katz, sometime pro footballer, currently a phys.-ed teacher and devoted family man. Katz is one of those nice guys who finish fourth in all sorts of competitions. Here he is done in by a psych artist named Ken Waller, a not-too-merry prankster who steals bits of his opponents' costumes in order to upset their concentration before they go on-stage to face the judges. Katz's musculature may, on one level, set him irrevocably apart from the rest of us, but his sweet sporting spirit...
YaleHarvard 61 Pete Bonacum LE 84 Russ Savage 70 Paul Denza LT 74 Charlie Kaye 43 Keith Bassi MG 35 Lou Bernieri 75 Bob Skronski RT 77 Steve Kaseta 90 Sheldon Smith RE 91 Bob Baggott 91 Bill Crowley LLB 30 Joe Jason 52 Jeff Waller RLB 55 Tommy Joyce 24 Scott Rooth MB 23 Bill Emper 28 Chris Judge CB 18 Lou Rice 11 Kurt Nondorf HB 41 Andy Puopolo 35 Steve Skrovan S 17 Paul Halas
Another sophmore, linebacker Bill Crowley, is second on the team in tackles. Linebacker Jeff Waller is leading the team in this category with...