[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bop" (Verb, Music)

[Shapiro, Fred]

bop, v. (OED, v2, a., 1947)

1946 Down Beat 17 June 1 / 2 (RIPM Jazz Periodicals)

Milt Shaw, Dizzy Gillespie's manager, and Walter Fuller have come up with a song called He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped !

Fred Shapiro

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