[Ads-l] Antedating of "Get-Go"

[Shapiro, Fred]

get-go (OED 1960)

1959 St. Louis Argus 19 June 6B/5 (Newspapers.com)

James Moody, the self-styled saxophonist ... finally made it to the Bamboo Club last Saturday nite. ...  Jamming from the get go - Moody had everyone on hand eating from his palm.

Fred Shapiro

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