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They Say Em' From the Golden Era - Slang & Memorable Phrases
Sounds something like "cat's pajamas" in my day.- Guiduce
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Sunny Skylar
Yeah, bad timing was and is pretty prevalent with quite a few musicians… and vocalists too. I have a friend who used to play sax with the old Charlie Barnet band. He said Charlie used to drive the band nuts trying to keep up with him. Even Eddie Fisher ( you remember him? He’s the vocalist... -
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For those who were born before 1990
Although I SAW Sinatra at the Paramount (1944) I didn't HEAR him because the theater was packed with screaming bobby-soxers. I lived in Vegas for 25 years and never caught him there even though my wife worked at Caesar's and could have been comped. Go figure. -
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They Say Em' From the Golden Era - Slang & Memorable Phrases
Ya father’s moustache, used in disagreement; ya mother wears combat boots, a put down; hit the road, beat it, get lost ,scram, take a hike, all interchangeable for go away! Milton Berle’s favorite: I’ll give ya a shot in the head; It must be jelly cause jam don’t shake that way, a...- Guiduce
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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For those who were born before 1990
Well let’s see: In the early forties I saw Sinatra at the Paramount theater in NYC, Horace Heidt, Louis Prima, Lena Horne, Frankie Laine at other theaters there; late forties and early fifties: Harry James, Russ Morgan, Ray Anthony, Billy May, Les Brown and Glen Gray, all at the Hollywood... -
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Sunny Skylar
Talk about synchronicity. Vic Damone just came on this oldie station I’m listening to. Ok, Vic Damone: Vic Damone, nee, Vito Farinola, is another Brooklynite from my old neighborhood. Oddly, I never knew him there although his sister, Theresa and I were in the same class all through grade... -
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Sunny Skylar
Ok, I just spoke with Sunny. He only vaguely recalls the album Nursery Rhymes (his memory isn‚Äôt what it used to be- whose is?), and he was surprised to hear that the record was risqu?©. Anyway‚Ķa short bio: Sunny‚Äôs real name is Selig Shaftel. He changed it to Sunny Skylar at Vincent... -
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Sunny Skylar
Sunny Skylar is alive and well at 93. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, Jackie. I met Sunny 35 years ago when we were neighbors there and we have been good friends since. I have a cassette tape of 4 recordings he made with Vincet Lopez and one he made with a recording studio band ( Don't...
