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Word: guitar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cape of red and yellow feathers which Huapala had made, and his Ilima Islanders supplied the music. Though they are now employed by a radio station in Hartford, they are natives who know well how to use gourds, coconut shells and rattles, as well as the steel guitar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Huapala's Hulas | 5/3/1937 | See Source »

...lindy hoppers, who add considerable zest to the program, and presents a home-made band which nearly steals the show. This group, led by a colored gentleman who is even lazier than Steppin Fetchil, swings high and swings low on a washboard, a couple of toy trumpets, a guitar, a decrepit piano, and a siap bass...

Author: By T. H. C., | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/23/1937 | See Source »

Three irate, dusky, and somewhat incoherent Hawaiians were the first visitors. They brought a slap base, a big drum, and a sweet guitar but all in vain. The funnymen just wouldn't let them stay and at last report the unhappy musicians were walking toward Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Sends Lampy a Goose; Other Admirers Donate Piano, Persian Rug, and Hawaiian Band | 3/18/1937 | See Source »

...attempt on the Queen's life, uncovers a Spanish plot to assassinate her, impersonates a traitor to his land at the court of Spain's King Philip II, defeats the King's palace guard in a fencing match and accompanies his own songs on the Spanish guitar, in return for which he gets a title and the Queen's cutest lady-in-waiting (Vivien Leigh). Unfortunately, in its whole handsomely photographed gamut of daring deeds, the picture contains nothing as sporting as such a mythical contest might be. The onesidedness of Ingolby's encounters, combined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Mar. 15, 1937 | 3/15/1937 | See Source »

This organization which features an electric organ and the only singing guitar of its kind in the world, broadcasts nightly over the Yankee Network...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Countrywide Hotel Bids Are Received By New Casino Band | 3/13/1937 | See Source »

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