What Makes a Hit Song a Hit
A probe of the elusive luck behind popular tunes notes St Louis Blues as a rare triumph and recalls How Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, and Judy Garland found Over the Rainbow after initial rejection. Other stories touch Pete Kellys Blues, Cry Me a River, and Gloomy Sunday, showing fame flecked by chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. C. Handy
St. Louis
Jamaica
Harold
Yip Harburg
Judy Garland
Harburg
Arlen
Garland
Jack Webb
Dragnet
Pete Kelly
Ella Fitzgerald
Webb
Julie London
Ella
Pete Kelley
Europe
U.S.A
Merry History of the Merry-Go-Rounds in North Tonawanda
The Herschell company, based in North Tonawanda, has produced nearly 2,000 carrousels since its founding, with two steam-driven models once shipped to Tahiti. Early carrousels featured hand carved mounts and 411-piece bands, later replaced by electric records, while most now run counter-clockwise except Germany built El Dorado in 1949 which turns clockwise at Coney Island Steeplechase Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Tonawanda
N. Y
J. D. Gwinn
Indiana
Tahiti
Gwinn
United States
India
Dallas
Tex
Royal Trumpeteers
Herschell Music Department
Modern Records
Herschell
Philadelphia
Gustave Dentzel
Smith's Island
Delaware River
Ocean
Coney Island
Lincoln Douglas Debates Remembered On Century Anniversary
A Library of Congress facsimile scrapbook marks the 110th anniversary of the Lincoln Douglas debates. The manuscript, with Lincoln's notes, contains verbatim accounts and corrections, linked to Lincoln's rise to national prominence and his 1860 presidential nomination. The scrapbook cost is $10.
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Lincoln
Douglas
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Meet Bogy Monocle and All World's Dandiest Errand Boy
New York profiles Bogy Monocle a 72 year old stage manager at Ted Mack and The Original Am ateur Hour living in Manhattan. Born in Kiev he rose from chorus boy to theater veteran singing in Victor Herbert operettas and the Metropolitan Opera chorus. He decries modern theater errors and surveys Broadway life with his monocle and keen memory of classic composers.
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Bogy—Monocle
New York
Broadway
David Bogart
Bogy
Radio City
Rockefeller Center
Ted Mack
Russia
United States
Kiev
Victor Herbert
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Bogg
Manhattan
Reginald DeKoven
Jerome Kern
Gilbert and Sullivan
DeKoven
Mother Goose Truth or Fiction in English History
Folklore specialists trace Mother Goose rhymes to real English history. London Bridge memory recalls 1014 Danish takeover with Norwegian aid. Little Jack Horner ties to Glastonbury abbey aiding Henry VIII. Sing a Song of Sixpence links to Newstead abbey wealth. verses mention St Ives Huntingdonshire Banbury Cross and other place names.
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Joseph Whitt
Central Press Association
London
Old King Cole
Jack Horner
London Bridge
Little Jack Horner
Glastonbury Abbey
Somerset
Henry VIII
Mell
Horner
Newstead
Nottingham
St. Ives
Huntingdonshire
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Irving Berlin
al Smith
Cole Porter
Artie Shaw
George Gershwin
Brooklyn
Gershwin
Ethel Merman
Harold Arlen
U. S. Navy
M. Lee Lewis
Malcolm D. Ross
Minneapolis
Minn
Mars
Lewis
By James H. Winchester
Deane
David Heller
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
Illinois
Ottawa
Freeport
Jonesboro
Charleston
Galesburg
Quincy
Alton
Mr. Douglas
Franklin Pierce
Senate
Library of Congress
Boxer
Stephen A. Douglas
Conesville
David Bogort
Robert Piland
William Land
Indianapolis
Ind
Cole
Colchester
Cunebelin
Merry Old
Banbury Cross
Banbury
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