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3 unusual facts about James Petrillo


Hurdy-Gurdy Hare

Bugs counts all the money coming, noting to the audience: "I sure hope Petrillo doesn't hear about this" (a then-topical gag referencing the president of the American Federation of Musicians, which was on strike in 1948 when the short was copyrighted).

Jack Lathrop

Jack Lathrop was an American vocalist and guitarist who recorded for RCA Victor as “Jack Lathrop and his Drugstore Cowboys” and had a couple of minor hits, in part because of the Petrillo recording bans.

National Ballroom Operators Association

(ii) James Petrillo's attempt to return to the old Form B band contracts, and



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