bubble gum

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:30:33 -0500, Mullins, Bill
<Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:

>"bubble gum" -- OED has 1937 for confectionary sense
[...]
>
>and OED has 1969 for the music sense
>
>"The Singing 'Mini-Mom' With a Big Family" By JUDY KLEMESRUD
>New York Times; Aug 5, 1968; pg. 48 col 4.
>"As a result, their detractors often call them the "Kool-Aid Kids" and
>their music "Bubble Gum Rock". "

HDAS has a 1963 cite for "bubble gum music".



--Ben Zimmer