'Hot Mikado' blends cultures in Broadway musical Apr 13, 2008
With the music adapted into blues, "Cab Calloway swing," resounding gospel, scorching torch songs and the "Three Little Maids" as performed by the Andrew Sisters, this zoot-suited, tap-dancing, colorful show has audience appeal, explained Sam Shanks, director of the production and BC faculty member. "The show is generally light-hearted," he said. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Boosters bring Cab Calloway & Orchestra Apr 8, 2008
Boosters bring Cab Calloway stra ... This year it is the Cab Calloway Orchestra, which costs a whopping 12,000 ... Imagine being able to hear the music of legendary musician Cab Calloway. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Jerry Kravat, 72, musician and manager Apr 3, 2008
Besides Cook, performers he either managed or frequently booked at some time in their careers included Eartha Kitt, Joel Grey, Cab Calloway, Bobby Short, Lena Horne, Mort Sahl, Steve Allen and Sylvia McNair. Jerome Kravat was born and brought up in the Bronx, attended the High School of Music and Art, graduated from New York University and served two years in the Army. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
44 Years of 3-Minute Poems Mar 18, 2008
The parties featured rowdy performances of pop hits and music-hall standards, with Davies s father doing a drunken impersonation of Cab Calloway. As Kitts notes, The influence of these parties on the Kinks, particularly the campy Kinks of the early to mid-1970s, is remarkable. (The American Conservative)
Film: The Cincinnati Kid Mar 9, 2008
Other performers added to the cast included Karl Malden (Shooter), Ann-Margret (Melba Nile), Joan Blondell (Lady Fingers), Rip Torn (Slade), Jack Weston (Pig), Cab Calloway (Yeller) and Jeff Corey (Hoban). McQueen's Big Las Vegas Trip. (Suite101.com)
Complete Grammy Coverage Feb 12, 2008
Songwriting legend Burt Bacharach, the Band and late jazz vocalist Cab Calloway are among the acts that will receive the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement award at the upcoming 50th annual Grammy Awards. Dec 18, 2007 - Billboard. (Billboard.com)
Grammys Good for Carrie Underwood Feb 12, 2008
Scruggs was lauded the night before the show with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in a ceremony that also tapped songwriter Burt Bacharach, rock-country originals The Band, jazz pioneer Cab Calloway, songstress Doris Day, classical violinist and conductor Itzhak Perlman and jazz drummer Max Roach. The night before that event, Grammy nominee Bentley threw a musical bash in a Hollywood club where he jammed with Miranda Lambert, Paisley, Dwight Yoakam and members of Pearl Jam and Paramore. (VHI.com -- CMT.com Music News)
Backstage bits Feb 11, 2008
Grammy News - Lifeline Live - USATODAY.com. Hancock admits win took him by surprise. (USA Today -- Life)
Winehouse, West Win Big At 50th Annual Grammys Feb 11, 2008
Burt Bacharach, the Band, Cab Calloway, Doris Day, Itzhak Perlman, Max Roach and Earl Scruggs all received Lifetime Achievement Grammys. For live blogging from the Grammy Red Carpet, visit Billboard's. (MediaWeek.com)
Vince Gill Wins Best Country Album Grammy Feb 11, 2008
During the telecast, the recipients of the Record Academy's Lifetime Achievement award were acknowledged, including bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs, Burt Bacharach, The Band, Cab Calloway, Doris Day, Itzhak Perlman and Max Roach. RELATED NEWS. (VHI.com -- CMT.com Music News)
Grammy Awards Feb 8, 2008
Noms will be announced Tuesday, Jan. 22. Check back later to see how you did. (Variety)
Ribs & Brisket Revue’ and all that Jewish jazz Feb 8, 2008
It was amazing to discover that Slim Gaillard s (he wrote Flat Foot Floogie ) Matzo Balls and Henry Nemo s A Bee Gezindt were recorded by Cab Calloway, a black jazz musician, says Shapiro ... Black performers like Cab Calloway sings Everybody eats when they come to my house. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Troppo, Chance infused crowds with dose of heat Feb 1, 2008
Before getting really hot with The Children of Sanchez, featuring the trumpet section and the Canadian modern jazz prodigy Maynard Ferguson in the last set, the band and the audience accompanied skilled vocalist Jay Peterson, scatting through Minnie The Moocher, made famous by Cab Calloway. Patsy Cline fans were not denied as lovely Sharon Hahn stepped to the mic singing Crazy, followed by a bewitching Over The Rainbow. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Chavis Park a ghost of glory past Jan 29, 2008
Cab Calloway popularized the "scat" form of jazz singing and was a fixture at Harlem's Cotton Club in the 1930s ... Advertisements Josh Shaffer, Staff Writer RALEIGH - In its prime, Chavis Park boasted an Olympic-size pool that drew jazzman Cab Calloway in a pair of red trunks ... Cab Calloway couldn't swim a lap in the modern Chavis pool without bumping his chest on the shallow end. (News & Observer)
Buford's Hunter headed to Florida? Jan 22, 2008
The scoop on college football recruiting. The entry titled "Hunter "feeling good" about Florida; Dennard commits to UNC," and any of the comments about it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The Band to get Grammy for lifetime achievement Dec 23, 2007
Also on the list this year are Burt Bacharach, Doris Day, Earl Scruggs, Cab Calloway, Itzhak Perlman and Max Roach, the Recording Academy has announced. The award honours "lifelong artistic contributions to the recording medium.". (Globe and Mail)
Lifetime Grammy for Bacharach Dec 20, 2007
Posthumous honours will be given to jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloway and jazz drummer Max Roach. Bacharach, the composer of memorable tunes such as Walk on By, Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head and What the World Needs Now, has already won six Grammy Awards. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Burt Bacharach, Doris Day earn lifetime Grammys Dec 19, 2007
Also on the list are jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloway, classical violinist Itzhak Perlman, jazz drummer Max Roach and bluegrass banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs. The awards will be posthumous for Calloway, who died in 1994, and for Roach, who died in August. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bacharach, Band, Calloway Get Lifetime Grammys Dec 19, 2007
Katie Hasty, N.Y. Songwriting legend Burt Bacharach, the Band and late jazz vocalist Cab Calloway are among the acts that will receive the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement award at the upcoming 50th annual Grammy Awards. Swing vocalist Doris Day, Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman, jazz drummer Max Roach and bluegrass innovator Earl Scruggs will also receive Lifetime Grammys. (Billboard.com)
Grammys to honor 12 Dec 19, 2007
Lifetime achievement awards will go to composer Burt Bacharach, the Band, bandleader Cab Calloway, singer Doris Day, violinist Itzhak Perlman, the late drummer Max Roach and bluegrass banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs. Clarence Avant, who ran Sussex Records and then Motown; Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman; and Memphis producer Willie Mitchell will be honored with the Academy's Trustees Award. (Variety)
Public radio Dec 15, 2007
In 1939, Mario Bauz convinced bandleader Cab Calloway to hire the young trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Gillespie fell in love with Bauz s arrangements and helped spark Latin jazz. (Montana Standard, MT)
Jazzing it up Dec 14, 2007
Among the classics they played were Salt Peanuts, made famous by Dizzy Gillespie and Minnie the Moocher, made famous by Cab Calloway. Before the show, trombone and bass player Dan Fox said his band plays about 50 shows in schools across the state. (Boxford Tri Town Transcript, MA)
Kweskin still looking back for future inspiration Dec 13, 2007
"I fell in love with traditional jazz at a very early age," Kweskin said, remembering nights spent listening to records by trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke or Cab Calloway in his bedroom. His friends, presumably more into sounds like Elvis Presley or Chuck Berry, "thought I was a little weird.". (North County Times)
Messiah, gospel, hints of jazz herald the season (11/22) Nov 22, 2007
The shell of the Seventh Avenue building that saw such as James Brown, Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway cross its threshold decades ago, came down last week. The Karriem family and others like them who tried to breath life into saving the property deserve recognition for their efforts. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
Dawn Smith gets WHS Marching for Veterans Day Nov 9, 2007
All these stories are included in the book, along with the history of Newport Gardner, the "first African-American music educator," and jazz great Bobby Hackett, who "played with Louis Armstrong and Cab Calloway and all the big names," says Smith. Her own chapter, fittingly enough, focuses on the history of music in the Westerly schools. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Stars align in Dowagiac for unforgettable show Nov 6, 2007
Jewell narrated a slideshow, "A Short Version of a Long Life" about his remarkable eight-decade career which began at 16 in 1929 with stride pianist Albert Ammons and continued in the 1930s and '40s with Carroll Dickerson, Jimmy Noone, Walter Barnes, Roy Eldridge, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter, Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway and James P. Johnson. Jackson replaced Ben Webster in Henderson's and Eldridge's bands and won attention for big band composing and arranging for Benny Goodman,... (Dowagiac News, MI)
Harlem harmonies Nov 3, 2007
Listing Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Eubie Blake, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver and Cab Calloway among the honored composers, director Steve Simpkins compared the influence of Harlem on the music of the 1920s and 30s to the influence of Vienna in the 18th century. Many of these composers led the way, Simpkins said. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Q&A with Meredith Garniss Oct 29, 2007
A gramophone in the center of the room blasts out a scratchy song from the 1930s; it's Cab Calloway, leading his band ... IDEAS: Will you be playing Cab Calloway on the gramophone that night ... We'll put Cab Calloway back on while we are repainting the gallery after Halloween. (Boston Globe)
Sioux City sees stars Oct 22, 2007
Think Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Ozzie Nelson (with wife Harriet as a singer), Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman. Plus the "March King" himself -- John Phillip Sousa. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Beat wenton despite segregation Oct 17, 2007
B.B. King, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Ike Turner, Patti LaBelle, Jimi Hendrix, Gladys Knight ips, Otis Redding, The Isley Brothers and The Jackson 5 have one thing in common. They got their start on the Chitlin' Circuit. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Still swingin': Jackson turning 95 Oct 2, 2007
He has played with virtually every renowned jazz great, including Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Jimmy Noone, Earl Hines, Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne. He formed his own band, The Original Jazz All-Stars, in 1957 and solidified himself as a Chicago jazz institution with various appearances at clubs throughout the city, most notably a 10-year engagement at The Red Arrow nightclub in Berwyn, Ill. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Read on... Sep 29, 2007
Minnie the Moocher, by Cab Calloway. The whole family sings along in the car at top volume. (Variety)
Londzell's serves soulful music, food Sep 18, 2007
Flat-screen TVs dot the walls as do graceful black-and-white photographs of jazz maestros from Miles Davis and Billie Holiday, to Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Josephine Baker. They pump up the jazz ambience to a tilt. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
He's leaving day job, but won't lose his roots Sep 8, 2007
"Sung by Charlie Burse, almost a Cab Calloway type, jazzy singer. It's just a wild tune. It has a rhythm that's unusual, a mandolin, all these string-band instruments. It also features a jug, and how many songs have that?". 10. (Boston Globe)
Legendary Mill Valley Record Store To Close Sep 5, 2007
The shirts feature a logo that shows famous American jazz singer Cab Calloway. Copyright 2007 by. (NBC 11, CA)
Renowned record store fading out Sep 5, 2007
" The Cab Calloway logo came from a teenage customer who drew the cartoon in the store's backroom for $100 of store credit. Goddard already knew he wanted Calloway because he looked so cool. Calloway eventually visited the store, and someone snapped his photo with Goddard out in front. Goddard bought half the photo archives of the great postwar Broadway jazz and pop photographer William "PoPsie" Randolph in a bankruptcy auction in 1987, a trove that turned out to be around 12,000 negatives. He... (San Francisco Chronicle)
We happy fakes Sep 1, 2007
In this role, weirdly, Brown's greatness is actually confirmed, since the notion of him as a kind of charlatan-presider over music he could never play himself exactly describes his role as bridge between the clown-jazz figures of Louis Jordan and Cab Calloway and the hip-hop musicians whose world he brought into being, as the scatting, grunting foreground presence against a landscape of sonic astonishments. The showman whose exhortations and shouts of surprise at the virtuosity of the soloists... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Wayne Choralaires Celebrate 40 Years Jul 12, 2007
He would hitchhike to Scranton to hear the likes of The Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway, Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra. That same mix of music is what one hears from the Choralaires, from folk music to Broadway, from songs praising God to those filled with pride in country; songs such as raise His Holy Name, he Star Spangled Banner and iddler on the Roof. (Honesdale Wayne Independent, PA)
Entrepreneur and theatre impresario Mirvish dead at 92 Jul 12, 2007
" Items were priced so low the store soon became a Mecca for bargain hunters. Mirvish also used to advertise in the Toronto newspapers, but he was getting lots of ink for his own antics. On Christmas Eve 1957, he stood outside a shelter for homeless men and gave out dollar bills, 325 of them, good for stories in the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. Seven months later, he held a Noah's Ark Sale in which he displayed dozens of animals in the store's basement. People came to see his little zoo... (Canada.com)
SUMMER KICK-OFF Jul 6, 2007
The Elsbeary Hobbs Drifters, Cab Calloway Orchestra, Cornell Gunther s Coasters, the Marvelettes and the Glen Miller Orchestra are all on tap for free performances this summer. For more information, call CALDC at (718) 728-7820 or visit www. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Stairway to heavenly music Jul 1, 2007
" Those were the days when Pittsburgh was hopping -- clubs, casinos, burlesque houses and strip joints -- catering to all sorts of revelers. Downtown was dotted with clubs, both private and public, including the Benjamin Harrison Literary Club, an after-hours spot on Liberty Avenue reputed to be owned by gangsters. The North Side featured such clubs as Red's Cafe, Pace's and the Moose Club. Some of the best clubs could be found in the East End, including the Del Mar Canoe Club, which had... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The sweet life Jun 22, 2007
Corea himself was barely out of high school when he began playing in the big band of Cab Calloway. This was followed by stints in the groups led by the fiery Latin percussionists Mongo Santamaria and Willie Bobo, in 1962 and 1963, respectively. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Having a ball -- Teens go all out for prom night Jun 10, 2007
Lookalikes of Pamela Anderson, Gwen Stefani, the Rock, and even Cab Calloway appeared, too. There were tipoffs that times have changed, though. (North County Times)
Dirty Sweet gets its sugar rush from classic rock May 24, 2007
"But we're fans of music. I'm a fan of '30s music ---- I could take Django Reinhardt and Cab Calloway. I could take the '50s, and I'm into Elvis and Ricky Nelson and the Everly Brothers. Literally every decade, we have hundreds of bands we draw from. I guess we're always into popular music, so the Beatles are going to be there, the Stones are going to be there, Led Zeppelin is going to be there.". Murino said all five members of the band are huge record collectors, with more than 3,000 LPs in... (North County Times)
'Boffo' show ends Civic season May 9, 2007
Trumpeter Zahnle used his mute on "Minnie the Moocher" with theatrical dexterity, turning his horn into a comical character in the Cab Calloway farce. The band slipped in little hints of "The Pink Panther" and circus themes while Weisenburg camped and vamped at the front of the stage. (The Hawk Eye)
‘WALKING HISTORY BOOK' Mercersburg man recounts stark division of the races before civil rights movement May 4, 2007
Over the years, Watson has attended performances by famous black entertainers and has collected their autographs, including musician Cab Calloway, comedian Joey Brown and possibly the greatest female vocalist of all times, Ella Fitzgerald. Watson said he also had the pleasure of watching Jackie Robinson play. (Waynesboro Record Herald, PA)
Arts and Entertainment May 1, 2007
This was the '20s, '30s and '40s jazz of musicians like Cab Calloway and Louis Armstrong. By Soo Souriyavongsa. (The Current Online, MO)
The Con's English: May 1, 2007
Burley defined hep cat as "a man that knows all the answers" and sadder than a map as "terrible, sad, disgusting." Cab Calloway, no stranger to Harlem jive, published his Hepster's Dictionary in 1944, and more recently there have been numerous New York-based slang guides: another volume called Street Talk. from a Harlem youth center; the Dictionary of Street Communication; and New York Addict Argot New and Old, to name a few. (Slate)
Summer film festival roundup Apr 29, 2007
Included will be Winsor McCay's 1914 work "Gertie the Dinosaur," in which an animator brings a dinosaur's museum bones to life; 1933's "Snow White," which pairs Betty Boop with Cab Calloway in a technique that married animation with rotoscope technology; and 1966 Marvel Comics cartoons that managed to animate existing print comics. The 18 -plus show is free. (Boston Globe)
Star-studded rock farewell to Atlantic boss Apr 18, 2007
Inspired by seeing a concert by jazz singer Cab Calloway, the Turkish immigrant launched Atlantic Records in 1947 with the help of a $10,000 loan from the family dentist. The label recorded early success with Rsts such as Big Joe Turner and Ruth Brown, before crossing into a wider market in the late 1950s with artists such as Ray Charles and crooner Bobby Darin. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
All that jazz Apr 12, 2007
While you're at The Florida Theatre, check out six decades worth of photographs of jazz greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway, part of "The Jazz Odyssey: A Retrospective of Photographs" by famed jazz bassist Milt Hinton. By the way, we highly recommend the Jazz Brunch at the Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum on Sunday. (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
The Legendary James Brown Rightfully Peaks List of BET's TOP 25 DANCERS of All Time Apr 11, 2007
COMPLETE LIST OF TOP 25 DANCERS: 1) James Brown 2) Michael Jackson 3) Nicholas Brothers 4) Chris Brown 5) Janet Jackson 6) Prince 7) MC Hammer 8) Savion Glover 9) Beyonce 10) The Temptations 11) Usher 12) Alvin Ailey 13) Jennifer Lopez 14) Bobby Brown 15) Omarion 16) Shakira 17) Cab Calloway 18) Aaliyah 19) Tina Turner 20) Missy Elliot 21) Gregory Hines 22) Rosie Perez 23) Big Daddy Kane 24) Puffy 25) Ciara. About BET Networks. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Home Where Family Died Is Now Safe Haven Apr 9, 2007
Taylor Street, 12, a sixth grader, is working on a biography of the Baltimore jazz musician Cab Calloway. Everybody was scared to come in here,; she said. (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Strutting their stuff Apr 9, 2007
"The All Night Strut" is more than a "greatest hits" collection; it is a musical history of the Depression, World War II and the heady post-war years, set to the jazz, blues and bebop stylings of such legendary songwriters as Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Cab Calloway and the Gershwins. "During this era music was written to commemorate what was going on, or to offer a diversion from it," said director Erika Koch, who previously directed the comedic play "Noises... (Pawtucket Times, RI)
BET Doesn't 'Miss A Beat' With the King-Size Countdown of The TOP 25 DANCERS of All Time Apr 3, 2007
From siblings Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson to veterans like The Temptations, Cab Calloway, Tina Turner and Alvin Ailey, to new superstars like Chris Brown, Savion Glover and Beyonce, BET'S TOP 25 DANCERS highlights and celebrates the accomplishments and the talent of the very best entertainers in the world. Chris Brown, recent host of BET'S RIP THE RUNWAY and Grammy Award- nominated R&B pop sensation, rose to fame in mid 2005 with his Billboard Hot 100 number-one, debut single "Run It!"... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
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Each has her favorite; Snow, for example, is a big Cab Calloway fan. Minnie the Moocher is great, she said. (Yreka Siskiyou Daily News, CA)
Dig it, Daddy: These cats and kittens could groove Mar 8, 2007
Cab Calloway virtually defines the term showmanship with his personality-oozing delivery of "Blowtop Blues," surrounded by a bevy of babes. Duke Ellington offers more musicality on "Hot Chocolate," and yet more jump, too, with blazing moves from Arthur White's Lindy Hoppers. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Big Easy in D.C. Feb 20, 2007
Guests can revel throughout the night in the music of Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway along with performances by a number of traditional and modern groups. Admission is $45 and includes a full-course dinner (A vegetarian option is available. (Washington Times)
Mission from God | Feb 19, 2007
The cast runs the gamut from Aretha Franklin to Ray Charles to Cab Calloway to John Lee Hooker to Chaka Khan (all of whom sing) to cameos by John Candy, Bill Murray, stick-insect '60s model Twiggy and, at one point, a very young and weedy Steven Spielberg ... Most of the songs are there because the plot demands or justifies them (Ray Charles just has to show them that the piano in his music shop works; Cab Calloway as Curtis has no choice but to do something to placate the impatient audience... (iAfrica.com)
$5 - $10 - $20: An entertainment guide for the cash-strapped college student Feb 8, 2007
Pocket it and take in some cinema at the Black History Month Film Festival, sponsored by William C. Smith and Co. On Monday at 11 a.m. you can see "Stormy Weather," a 1943 musical featuring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and Fats Waller. On Tuesday at 1 p.m., catch "Carmen Jones," also a 1943 musical, this time starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
'First of the white soul singers' Feb 7, 2007
Dancing gave him the chance to see Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, Cab Calloway and Louis Armstrong. This rooted him in jazz but, as he said, he didn't then know that Jolson really wasn't a jazz singer, or what the blues were. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Jazz comes home to city Feb 1, 2007
She alluded to such Baltimoreans as composer-pianist Eubie Blake, drummer Chick Webb, singer Billie Holiday and big-band leader Cab Calloway, and added that she could think of nowhere more suitable than Baltimore for the festival. John Nugent, a Toronto-based tenor saxophone player and concert producer, and trumpeter Marc Iacona will produce the festival. (SunSpot.net)
U Street, Adams Morgan humming again Jan 29, 2007
It claims to have served such legends as Nat King Cole, Cab Calloway, and Bill Cosby, among many others. The bright Formica counters may be a far cry from the warm candlelit jazz venues, but the same crowds head here to nosh on late-night burgers and chili dogs. (Boston Globe)
Carole Horowitz: 'Rodin: In His Own Words' exhibit is a thrill to behold Jan 20, 2007
" "Hollis is our Cab Calloway," Jim said with a smile. It sounds like an evening of fun, and Jim adds, "Here is a chance to enjoy and learn about an important part of American music history. " Tickets can be purchased in advance at the ISU Music Department's main office or at the door. For more information, call Jim at 294-2982. *** The opportunities in theater arts for young people in our community, both as performers and audience, have been limited. Happily, a new youth theater group, Story... (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Review: Ray Charles love fest never let up Jan 18, 2007
Ten zoot-suited dancers slunk into the second half opener, Minnie the Moocher, which morphed into a Cab Calloway audience exchange of the Hi-dee-hi-dee-ho type a notable crowd-pleaser in a program loaded with them. Making Whoopee featured a sizzling Apache dance, which recalled recent TV commercials with the refrain, Get a room. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
