[Ads-l] Antedating of "singer-songwriter"

[Dan Goncharoff]

I believe what's missing is the word 'network' or 'stations' after 'NBC',
but that was a common omission at the time.

On Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 12:52 PM Steven Losie <stevenlosie at gmail.com> wrote:

> OED3 dates "singer-songwriter" to 1949. This first one appears to be
> authentic, if slightly ambiguous:
>
> [begin quote]
> The young singer, song-writer who wins a radio amateur contest falls in
> love with the rich girl who is masquerading under the name of Margaret
> Jones and pawns his medal to get enough nickels to telephone all the girls
> of that name in the directory.
> [end quote]
> Source: Petaluma Argus-Courier (Petaluma, CA), Jan 4, 1936, p.3, col.6
> Article title: Forthcoming Pictures At Theaters Reviewed
> Database: Newspapers.com
>
> This one is less ambiguous. There appears to be a missing "on" or "at"
> toward the end of the sentence:
>
> [begin quote]
> Johnny Mercer, singer-songwriter, will be Bing Crosby's guest on the Kraft
> Music Hall, Thursday, January 4, at 9:00 p.m. over NBC.
> [end quote]
> Source: The Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, CT), Jan 4, 1945, p.11, col.1
> Article title: Wavelets
> Author: Bill Farrington
> Database: Newspapers.com
>
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