Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:39:29 -0500
From: Grant Barrett
Subject: RE>Bobbysoxer; Chairman of the Board

The New York Times, in the huge obit by Stephen Holden and published Sat. 5/16,
credits "New York Radio personality William B. Williams" with Chairman of the
Board. They don't specifically say when, but reading between the lines suggests
it was some time after his resurgence in the early-ish Fifties to late
Fifties.

Grant Barrett
gbarrett[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]dfjp.com

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Date: 5/15/98 11:19 PM
To: Grant Barrett
From: Bapopik
BOBBYSOXER

The first RHHDAS citation (from the OEDS) is 1944. A 1986 citation is:

"(Frank Sinatra) launched a career that made him the idol of what were then
called bobby-soxers."

Curiously, the movie THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER (1947, with Cary
Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple) is never mentioned.
Frank Sinatra gave his famous Paramount concerts in 1941. I just watched
some of the video of the "bobbysoxers" lining up for tickets. Didn't the term
originate then?

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"CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD"

"Chairman of the Board" wasn't to be found in my slang and idioms books.