chitlin' circuit (Dec. 1966)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Great cite, Wilson. Here is another cite in Billboard the next year,
1954 (which Wilson probably also found).

Periodical: Billboard
Date: Jun 19, 1954
Quote: Page 51

http://bit.ly/1lZehHp
http://books.google.com/books?id=4h4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Chittlins#v=snippet&

[Begin excerpt]
THE LIPPINCOTTS, Mal and Maxine, after an extended season in Florida
and several months on the Grits and Chittlins Circuit thru Alabama and
Georgia, begin a 15-day stand at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, June
21, just in time to mingle with the IBM-ers in convention there.
[End excerpt]

Here is a short link for the cite Wilson found. The spelling of
Lippincott changes between the two citations.

Periodical: Billboard
Date: Feb 21, 1953
Quote Page: 57

http://bit.ly/1cfyzsX
http://books.google.com/books?id=jgoEAAAAMBAJ&q=Chittlins#v=snippet&

[Begin excerpt]
MAL B. LIPPENCOTT, playing his usual route over the Grits and
Chittlins Circuit thru the South, typewrites from Natchez, Miss.,
under date of February 4, to report that business is okay but that
heavy opposition in the territory is making booking tough.
[End excerpt]

Garson


On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Billboard - Feb 21, 1953 - Page 57
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> ... playing =E2=96=A1*=E2=80=A2"=E2=96=A1 his usual route over the
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> _Grits and Chittlins_ Circuit
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> thru the South, typewrites from Natchez, Miss., under date of February 4,
> to report that business is okay but that heavy opposition in the territory
> is making ...
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> On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On NPR's Code Switch blog, Tanya Ballard Brown has a piece on the
>> origins of the term "chitlin' circuit," citing Jon Lighter and me,
>> among others:
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>> http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/02/16/275313723/the-origin-and-h=
> ot-stank-of-the-chitlin-circuit
>>
>> There's a modest antedating in there -- a Dec. 3, 1966 Billboard
>> article that edges out the Jan. 8, 1967 L.A. Times article noted by
>> Bill Mullins on the list back in '05. As with the other early
>> examples, Lou Rawls is the credited source of the term:
>>
>> http://books.google.com/books?id=3DeQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=3DPA6
>> "As a result of the disk hits, [Lou] Rawls has become an artist in
>> demand. He's booked solid through next August and is first starting to
>> play cities off the 'chitlin' circuit,' his affectionate name for the
>> small blues clubs."
>>
>> --bgz
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