[Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Chitlin Circuit"

[Shapiro, Fred]

chitlin circuit (OED 28 Nov. 1966)

1966 _Daily Report_ (Ontario-Upland, Cal.) 19 Nov. B-5 (Newspapers.com)

[Lou] Rawls ... moved into show business with a religious singing group and then out on his own playing what he calls the "Chitlin Circuit."

Fred Shapiro

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