Fact #178208
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The Eddie Duchin Orchestra with vocalist Patricia Norman records a version of the Louis Armstrong-composed song Ol' Man Mose for Columbia Records in the USA. Miss Norman's vocal appears to use the words "Fuck it!" several times, which will boost the song's sales to 170,000 at a time when sales of 20,000 were considered massive. This is widely believed to have been the first time that the F-word was used on a recording which was for sale to the general public.
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