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Word: xylophonist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bill were two U. S. acts, many British. Juggler Rich Hayes (British) drew royal smiles. Blackfaces Alexander & Mose (British) caused Lady May Cambridge to titter. Xylophonist Teddie Brown (U. S.) realized his ambition of some years to play at a "command performance" and thus swell his British gate. But with a gobbet of chewing gum, Broadway's robustious Al Trahan stopped the show, rocked the Palladium with mighty mirth and convulsed the Royal Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Great Gobbet | 5/25/1931 | See Source »

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