Antedating of "Folkie"

[Jonathan Lighter]

> have not produced one composer the equal of George Gershwin

Isn't that like saying "opera has not produced one librettist equal to
Tolstoy."

JL


On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>wrote:

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> folkie (OED 1966)
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> 1964 _N.Y. Times_ 29 Nov. X23 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  The
> folkies=
>  ... have not produced one composer the equal of George Gershwin, Cole
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> er, Harold Arlen.
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> [NOTE:  This article is quoting earlier usage in an article by Gene Lees
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>  the November or December 1964 issue of HiFi / Stereo Review.]
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> Fred Shapiro
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