Fwd: "next big thing"

[Fred Shapiro]

Here's an earlier example of "next big thing" in the sense requested:

1951 _Wash. Post_ 25 Mar. L3 (ProQuest)  Guy Mitchell looks like the next
big thing among the male vocalists.

Fred Shapiro


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