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- Composer and protagonist of Paul Bowles’ 1949 novel ''[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheltering_Sky The Sheltering [[Category:1949|Moresby, Port]]244 bytes (33 words) - 13:33, 24 February 2018
- ..._Rip_Kirby.jpg|right|600px]]Singer from the "Second Chances" (1949-05-23 - 1949-09-03) and "Return of the Mangler" (1952-05-26 to 1952-09-27) story lines ...kirby-daily-comic-strip-original-art-dated-8-29-49-king-features-syndicate-1949-/a/122101-11514.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515990 bytes (126 words) - 07:37, 5 May 2022
- Opera singer from the 1949 film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041956/combined That Midnight Kiss]''. [[Category:1949|Betelli, Guido Russino]]354 bytes (52 words) - 09:15, 7 September 2017
- ...rel." He first appeared in "Treachery on the Trail" in issue #3 (September 1949). Despite his first name, he is male. *"Treachery on the Trail" #3 (September 1949)662 bytes (85 words) - 10:39, 13 April 2018
- *[[The Mystery Songstress]], comic book, 1949 *[[The Mystery Singer]], comic book 1949355 bytes (46 words) - 09:16, 4 May 2018
- ...night at 8pm, in the Ezra story of comic book ''Modern Comics'' #84 (April 1949). [[Category:1949]]504 bytes (73 words) - 17:14, 28 April 2018
- ...e Dugan]'', and reprinted in Columbia comic book ''Big Shot'' #97 (January 1949). ...ed to invest his wife's money in an off, off Broadway show, ''Has-Beens of 1949'', featuring a variety of formerly popular performers now down on their luc836 bytes (133 words) - 13:14, 24 March 2019
- ...sked singer from the Ezra story of comic book ''Modern Comics'' #84 (April 1949). This singer with a gimmick gives teenager Ezra the idea to fake a date wi [[Category:1949|Mystery Songstress]]522 bytes (72 words) - 11:17, 14 May 2018
- From the 1949 film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041956/combined That Midnight Kiss]''. [[Category:1949|Budell, Prudence]]602 bytes (92 words) - 19:17, 6 August 2018
- Truck driver turned opera singer from 1949 film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041956/combined That Midnight Kiss]''; [[Category:1949|Donnetti, Johnny]]506 bytes (71 words) - 09:09, 7 September 2017
- ...e "The Singing Rivals!" story of comic book ''All Love Romances'' #26 (May 1949). He's popular with the ladies and performs at the local amateur night cont [[Category:1949|Lewis, Randy]]586 bytes (84 words) - 08:08, 19 March 2019
- ...ical Interlude" story of Fawcett comic book ''The Marvel Family'' #41 (Nov 1949). They're doing a concert, and reporter Headline Harry of ''The Gazabo Gaze [[Category:1949|Podunk Philharmonic Orchestra]]615 bytes (77 words) - 07:52, 22 August 2018
- Fictional classical pianist and composer from the 1949 film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041158/ The Barkleys of Broadway]''. H [[Category:1949|Millar, Ezra]]525 bytes (74 words) - 16:20, 6 April 2018
- ...ystery" story of comic book ''Green Hornet, Racket Buster'' #47 (September 1949). The Annual Civic Charities Dance is pretty much ruined when she turns up [[Category:1949|May, Mary]]543 bytes (80 words) - 07:54, 30 May 2018
- ...r at the Opera" story of comic book ''Abbott and Costello Comics'' #7 (May 1949). [[Category:1949|Fortissimo, Fortune]]599 bytes (82 words) - 09:29, 23 October 2018
- ...book [https://www.comics.org/issue/7876/ ''Batman'' #55] (October-November 1949). His real name is Ed Peale. He becomes obsessed with bells, goes insane, f [[Category:1949|Gong]]629 bytes (87 words) - 14:05, 12 June 2019
- ...m "The Horn of Plenty of Trouble" story of ''Police Comics'' #87 (February 1949). Invented by amateur Cajun musician [[Casimir]], it is desired by criminal [[Category:1949]]641 bytes (90 words) - 11:32, 3 January 2019
- ...ed Bebop" story in Superior Publishers comic book ''Bruce Gentry'' #6 (May 1949). They play in a South American club called La Cucaracha. Hero Bruce Gentry [[Category:1949]]705 bytes (103 words) - 18:52, 9 February 2019
- ...e Mikado'' in The Jester story of comic book ''Smash Comics'' #85 (October 1949). [[Category:1949|Brewster, Keith]]657 bytes (101 words) - 17:46, 24 March 2019
- ...tps://www.comics.org/series/14340/ Ozzie and Babs]'' (December 1947 - Fall 1949). And one random appearance in ''Fawcett's Funny Animals'' #64, reprinted i *"Blowhard's Big Fight," #8 (January 1949)3 KB (395 words) - 10:08, 8 November 2018
- ....org/stream/DollMan023/Doll_Man_023#page/n3/mode/2up Doll Man #23]'' (July 1949). Also reprinted in 1963 in ''Doll Man #15''. [[Category:1949|Bohanini, Rodolfo]]745 bytes (101 words) - 07:30, 18 May 2021
- ...an who kinda looks like The Joker in the comic book ''Doll Man #23'' (July 1949). The story was also reprinted in 1963 in ''Doll Man #15''. The reprint has ...38 of ''[http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=14493 Feature Comics]'' (September 1949), The Minstrel has dropped his cartoony zoot suit and giant chin and just l1 KB (199 words) - 10:26, 11 April 2018
- ...r at the Opera" story of comic book ''Abbott and Costello Comics'' #7 (May 1949). He's gone missing, allowing Costello to accidentally assume his idenity a [[Category:1949]]641 bytes (96 words) - 09:22, 23 October 2018
- ...s Apron Strings" story of romance comic book ''Darling Love'' #2 (December 1949-January 1950). He's controlled by his aristocratic, cold, and domineering m [[Category:1949|Hayes, Rick]]669 bytes (95 words) - 07:43, 31 May 2018
- ...c book ''[https://www.comics.org/series/14340/ Ozzie and Babs]'' #13 (Fall 1949). Written by R.R. Symes, a pseudonym for Rod Reed. *[http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=19196 ''Ozzie and Babs'' #13 (Fall 1949)]672 bytes (89 words) - 09:09, 12 November 2018
- ...m "The Horn of Plenty of Trouble" story of ''Police Comics'' #87 (February 1949). It's a bizarre combination brass and string instrument much desired by cr [[Category:1949]]744 bytes (106 words) - 11:32, 3 January 2019
- ...ed Bebop" story in Superior Publishers comic book ''Bruce Gentry'' #6 (May 1949). She plays in a South American club called La Cucaracha, billed as "Senori [[Category:1949]]741 bytes (107 words) - 08:12, 23 January 2019
- ...8#page/n5/mode/2up issue #139 of comic book ''Feature Comics]'' (September 1949). Doll Man nemesis [[The Minstrel]] can't resist messing with this guy, one [[Category:1949|Slim, Texas]]814 bytes (127 words) - 15:14, 28 December 2017
- ...sign advertising the stage musical comedy ''A Day in New York,'' from the 1949 musical comedy film ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041716/reference On th [[Category:1949|Nagen, Gregory]]787 bytes (122 words) - 07:19, 6 August 2020
- ...ical Interlude" story of Fawcett comic book ''The Marvel Family'' #41 (Nov 1949). They're doing a concert, and reporter Headline Harry of ''The Gazabo Gaze [[Category:1949|Fortissimo, Andante]]860 bytes (117 words) - 05:59, 28 May 2021
- ...s comic book ''[https://www.comics.org/issue/248367/ Dotty]'' #38 (January 1949). Hat check girl and protagonist [[Dotty Draper]] talks her boss into givin [[Category:1949|Hanley, Joe]]752 bytes (123 words) - 09:04, 7 February 2018
- ...e "No Life of Her Own" story of Fawcett comic book ''Life Story'' #3 (June 1949). [[Category:1949|Lucey, Edna]]731 bytes (113 words) - 12:44, 26 May 2018
- ...ut_Gaylord_Adventures_of_Gossamer_Wump.png|right]]Dance band leader in the 1949 comedy album ''[http://www.gowump.com/wump-menu.html The Adventures of Goss [[Category:1949|Gout, Gaylord]]915 bytes (143 words) - 11:21, 9 April 2018
- ...to appeal to the lowest common denominator (the Proles) in George Orwell's 1949 classic ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. A song written by a versificator ("It was [[Category:1949]]850 bytes (135 words) - 07:33, 4 April 2019
- ...-headed Italian opera singer and one-off Bugs Bunny nemesis in the classic 1949 Warner Bros. cartoon, ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041598/ Long-Haired H [[Category:1949|Jones, Giovanni]]979 bytes (144 words) - 06:50, 5 May 2022
- ...'s Trumpeter" story of Fawcett comic book ''Captain Marvel Jr.'' #75 (July 1949). They unfortunately hire jazz-loving crime boss [[Jazzbo]] as a new trumpe [[Category:1949]]700 bytes (111 words) - 06:53, 30 January 2018
- ..."The Singing Donkey" story of comic book ''Captain Marvel Jr.'' #71 (March 1949). He's not the singing donkey. He's the idol of [[Equo]], the singing donke [[Category:1949|Dosbey, Bop]]747 bytes (116 words) - 07:13, 19 March 2019
- ...Morgan in "The Race-Track Rub-out!" story of comic book ''The Saint'' #5 (1949). She sings at Cash Cassidy's Coronado Club, and wants a divorce so she can [[Category:1949|Morgan, Carole]]810 bytes (122 words) - 07:49, 21 August 2018
- ...mehow shows up in their romance comic book ''All Love Romances'' #26 (May 1949) in "The Singing Rivals!" story. When Ernie's sister's friend discovers he [[Category:1949]]881 bytes (138 words) - 08:22, 19 March 2019
- ...n ''[https://www.comics.org/issue/97858/ Comics on Parade]'' #64 (February 1949) and ''[https://www.comics.org/issue/256024/ Fritzi Ritz]'' # 14, (Jan.-Feb [[Category:1949|Sonata, Jack]]1 KB (167 words) - 08:02, 28 September 2021
- ...m the "Singing Swindle!" story of comic book ''Smash Comics'' #85 (October 1949). [[Category:1949|Sweet, Peggy]]836 bytes (116 words) - 05:58, 14 December 2018
- ...Adventures_of_Gossomer_Wump.png|right]]European orchestra conductor in the 1949 comedy album ''[http://www.gowump.com/wump-menu.html The Adventures of Goss [[Category:1949|Hudnut, Stanislav]]1 KB (167 words) - 10:25, 2 November 2017
- ...8#page/n5/mode/2up issue #139 of comic book ''Feature Comics]'' (September 1949). Doll Man nemesis [[The Minstrel]] can't resist messing with this guy, one [[Category:1949|Hurl, Harry]]934 bytes (148 words) - 15:08, 28 December 2017
- ...Who Sang Tenor" in crime comic book ''Exposed'', vol. 1, no. 6 (Jan.-Feb. 1949). [[Category:1949|Marino, Tony]]806 bytes (123 words) - 18:09, 24 March 2019
- ...for Two " story of Quality romance comic book ''Love Diary'' #1 (September 1949). She breaks up with high-school sweetheart Jim Norton to pursue her singin [[Category:1949|Miller, Muriel]]904 bytes (135 words) - 10:47, 14 August 2018
- ...rt Concerto" story of romance comic book ''Love Confessions'' #2 (December 1949). He and amateur Nina Dale bump into each other at the Deschamps School of [[Category:1949|Frayne, Bruno]]973 bytes (145 words) - 08:59, 2 August 2018
- [[Category:1949|Lewis, Elliott]]93 bytes (10 words) - 18:05, 17 July 2018
- ...Sisson]] from the Swing Sisson story in ''Feature Comics'' #131 (February 1949). When Sisson hires pretty dancing girls to compete with the Rhythm Club, o [[Category:1949|Horton, Hot-Lips]]919 bytes (137 words) - 15:03, 20 April 2019
- ...g|right]]Bandleader from the romance comic book ''Love Diary'' #2 (October 1949). He leads the band at the upscale Green Meadows Inn, where social climber [[Category:1949|Welles, Jock]]941 bytes (150 words) - 10:37, 14 August 2018
- ...8#page/n5/mode/2up issue #139 of comic book ''Feature Comics]'' (September 1949). Doll Man nemesis [[The Minstrel]] can't resist messing with this guy, one [[Category:1949|Hanor, Eddie]]1 KB (176 words) - 15:22, 28 December 2017
- ...he Nightclub Murder" story from comic book ''Joe Palooka Comics'' #29 (Feb 1949). [[Category:1949|Fowler, Judy]]992 bytes (155 words) - 07:25, 15 August 2018
- ...s in the Swing Sisson story of comic book ''Feature Comics'' #139 (October 1949). He sang a song ("Song of the Bull") making fun of the island's tyrant, Do [[Category:1949]]952 bytes (142 words) - 20:34, 17 February 2019
- ...Singer" story of comic book ''Adventures into the Unknown'' #5 (June-July 1949). She haunts old Craigside Hall, singing her "weird, ghostly song": [[Category:1949|Bradwell, Alicia]]1 KB (160 words) - 12:29, 14 August 2018
- ...ries ''[https://www.comics.org/series/14340/ Ozzie and Babs]'' #11 (April 1949). Their tour bus gives local teen swing wanna-be [[Blowhard McDuff]] the id *[http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=64621 ''Ozzie and Babs'' #11 (April 1949)]1 KB (157 words) - 09:15, 8 November 2018
- ...cert of the Apes" story of comic book ''Rulah, Jungle Goddess'' #24 (March 1949). [[Category:1949|Tucker, Lilli]]1 KB (177 words) - 08:10, 19 February 2018
- ...Prom" story of romance comic book ''Youthful Love Romances'' #3 (December 1949). He's a big fan of real swing bandleader [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te [[Category:1949|Frazer, Don]]1 KB (172 words) - 09:14, 15 February 2018
- ...|right]]Aspiring triangle player with heterochromia iridum and hero of the 1949 comedy album ''[http://www.gowump.com/wump-menu.html The Adventures of Goss [[Category:1949|Wump, Gossamer]]1 KB (200 words) - 05:50, 3 November 2017
- Then it was adapted to film again in 1949 as ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041341/reference Everybody Does It]'', [[Category:1949|Bennett, Logan]]1 KB (171 words) - 18:03, 14 March 2024
- ...in the "Scandal-Marked" story of comic book ''Real Secrets'' #2 (November 1949). She's "... begun to be a success in radio in television." [[Category:1949|King, Jina]]1,023 bytes (168 words) - 12:15, 13 July 2018
- ...e Minstrel Who Sang of Death!" story of comic book All Top Comics #17 (May 1949). She despises emotionally disturbed fellow singer [[Boris]], who is obsess [[Category:1949]]1 KB (181 words) - 06:26, 3 November 2018
- ...leo-style, in the Midnight story of comic book ''Smash Comics'' #82 (April 1949). [[Category:1949]]1 KB (184 words) - 08:17, 15 February 2019
- *[[The Minstrel (Doll Man)]], comic book villain, 1949171 bytes (22 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2018
- ...g Sisson]] story "Trumpet Call of Death," in ''Feature Comics'' #135 (June 1949). This mysterious, quiet stranger turns up regularly to listen to Swing Sis [[Category:1949]]1 KB (187 words) - 10:48, 7 August 2018
- ..."The Singing Donkey" story of comic book ''Captain Marvel Jr.'' #71 (March 1949). He's the singing donkey. Formerly an ordinary,fruit-cart-pulling, non-sin [[Category:1949]]1 KB (213 words) - 15:00, 20 April 2019
- ...f the Pachyderms" story of comic book ''Nyoka the Jungle Girl'' #29 (March 1949). He's referred to as a "brilliant young composer" despite his head full of [[Category:1949|Pizzicatto, Peter]]1 KB (215 words) - 12:05, 8 December 2018
- ...e Minstrel Who Sang of Death!" story of comic book All Top Comics #17 (May 1949). He's obsessed with his fellow singer, [[Donna]], who despises him. They q [[Category:1949]]2 KB (247 words) - 09:06, 14 May 2018
- ...er Midnight in ''[https://www.comics.org/series/123/ Smash Comics]'' (1939-1949). He was a knock off of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_(comics) The628 bytes (90 words) - 06:32, 17 June 2019
- ...zen appearances in funny animal comic book ''Giggle Comics'', from 1946 to 1949.470 bytes (59 words) - 12:19, 8 December 2018
- ...ries ''[https://www.comics.org/series/14340/ Ozzie and Babs]'' #8 (January 1949). He's a rival to high school clarinetist [[Blowhard McDuff]] in a statewid *[http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=16629 ''Ozzie and Babs'' #8 (January 1949)]1 KB (228 words) - 10:19, 8 November 2018
- ...m the "Singing Swindle!" story of comic book ''Smash Comics'' #85 (October 1949). [[Category:1949|Mystery Singer]]2 KB (229 words) - 05:58, 14 December 2018
- ...y of Harvey Comics' romance comic book ''First Love Illustrated'' #3 (June 1949). She sings for the New York big band/dance band [[Duke Dyler's Band]] and [[Category:1949|Gaige, Rita]]2 KB (261 words) - 11:59, 6 January 2021
- ...'s Trumpeter" story of Fawcett comic book ''Captain Marvel Jr.'' #75 (July 1949). When his gang and office are busted up by Captain Marvel Junior, he takes [[Category:1949]]2 KB (261 words) - 07:49, 24 July 2018
- ...y was also adapted for radio (1940) and television (1949 and 1974). In the 1949 version, Jack Lemmon played Fred Stevens.2 KB (278 words) - 12:51, 29 November 2021
- ...y of Harvey Comics' romance comic book ''First Love Illustrated'' #3 (June 1949). Leader Dyler is a pianist. [[Category:1949]]2 KB (293 words) - 12:00, 6 January 2021
- ...y of Harvey Comics' romance comic book ''First Love Illustrated'' #3 (June 1949). [[Category:1949|Bowen, Sherry]]2 KB (296 words) - 11:50, 6 January 2021
- ...as written in the 1950s, but not published until 1996. The novel is set in 1949, in the fictional Western North Carolina town of Carolina City.893 bytes (127 words) - 14:06, 30 December 2020
- ...autobiographical novel ''A Vision of Battlements''. Burgess wrote it circa 1949, but it was not published until his later successes, in 1965.699 bytes (99 words) - 10:24, 1 December 2017
- ...''The Jack Benny Program,'' but was voiced by a different actor. Then, in 1949, Benny jumped ship to CBS, taking the rights to the Remley name. So they ju699 bytes (107 words) - 12:57, 23 October 2018
- ...ttps://www.comics.org/series/18193/ Juke Box Comics]'' (March 1948-January 1949) was mostly comic book biographies of real singers, but Jivey and Groovy we643 bytes (99 words) - 11:54, 21 February 2018
- ...ps://www.comics.org/series/14289/ Dotty]'', briefly, from June 1948 to May 1949.932 bytes (151 words) - 13:24, 11 December 2017
- ...as written in the 1950s, but not published until 1996. The novel is set in 1949, in the fictional Western North Carolina town of Carolina City.2 KB (276 words) - 14:07, 30 December 2020
- ...ces: Handel's ''Royal Fireworks Music'' (1749), Britten's Spring Symphony (1949), Respighi's ''Fountains of Rome'' (1916), Villa-Lobos's "The Little Train1 KB (176 words) - 06:13, 4 September 2019
- ...was the title of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_of_Laredo_(film) 1949 Western film], and is the name of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_2 KB (316 words) - 06:56, 7 February 2019
- ...am Demarest as Sears. It was also adapted for radio (1940) and television (1949 and 1974).2 KB (366 words) - 09:05, 6 March 2019
- ...concerto+for+fun%22#v=onepage&q&f=false Billboard magazine review, May 21, 1949]3 KB (410 words) - 10:04, 23 October 2017
- R. G. Arnett, ed.: ''Otologia otiosa'', 20 vols. (Cambridge, 1949-57; Tibetan trans., 1979-)2 KB (331 words) - 06:56, 23 April 2019
- ...ished in four parts in ''Astounding Stories'' from October 1948 to January 1949. It was later collected and published as ''Pawns of Null-A'' in 1956.3 KB (474 words) - 09:42, 11 February 2019