Word: guitar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seemed more skillful dancers, in general, but the performances were very good throughout. The weak point of the evening was the singing. Although a chubby foursome, the Dowd quartet, gave a good account of themselves, the singing of Miss Dunham; as well as that of guitar-strumming Bobby Capo, could well have been omitted...
...Dewey Dip, "a sedate jive with three samba steps dropping into a dip," and the Roosevelt Roger, a step with "lots of action, whirlabouts, and plenty of travel." Pitch Battle. In Philadelphia, the police broke up a fight between a man with a knife and a man swinging a guitar in his left hand, a mandolin in his right...
...clowning act is performed with a guitar-strumming stooge against a shiny backdrop that looks like the cover of a Pocket Books mystery. Tin Tan himself wears a cock's tail in his flat black homburg, a knee-length purple velvet jacket, a steel watch chain hanging below the knees of his balloon trousers which narrow at the ankles. He is forever fondling and fussing over his mike, always starts off by jabbering such gibberish as Viriviriviri-virividee, V por Victori. At intervals he tosses in his own crazy versions of mariachi tunes, Russian melodies, Italian arias; but mostly...
...Likes Beans. The Benny Goodman of the Spanish guitar is unquestionably Sabicas. Like most authentic popular musicians, 27-year-old Sabicas never had any formal training, never learned to read a note of music. Blind beggars on the streets of his native Pamplona, Spain, taught him flamenco...
...gypsy guitar player, Sabicas started playing a half-size guitar when he was 5. He was christened Augustin Castellón after his father. But a childhood passion for lima beans earned him the nickname Sabicas, which, in the dialect of Pamplona gypsies, means "the little one who likes beans." Famed for his unusual ability to play the guitar with one hand, Sabicas soon became the favorite accompanist of flamenco singers and dancers all over Spain. Nowadays, on evenings when he is not working, easy-going Sabicas-who looks like a Spanish Tom Dewey-is usually to be found...