[Ads-l] Antedating of "Square," Adj. (Slang Term)

[Shapiro, Fred]

"It's Square But It Rocks" appears in a listing of recordings in Billboard, Feb. 22, 1941, p. 77.

Fred Shapiro


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Subject: Antedating of "Square," Adj. (Slang Term)

square (OED, 10.d., 1946)

1941 Gateway (Omaha, Nebr.) 7 Mar. 2/1 (Newspapers.com)

Okeh stacks have Count Basie on Music Makers, rougher than Harry's and backed by It's Square But It Rocks.

Fred Shapiro

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