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Significant Books and Music of the Century, Year by Year
1931 was the year that Japan occupied Manchuria; Chicago mob boss Al Capone finally went to jail -- for income-tax evasion; the Empire State Building, the tallest in the world, opened for business; and "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became our national anthem.


Significant Book of 1931:
Irma S. Rombauer's The Joy of Cooking

BOOK Self-published in 1931, THE JOY OF COOKING has become an American classic over time because of its authority and reliability as a basic resource. The sixth revision, recently published, advances the tradition with distinction.

  Significant Music of 1931:
 Cab Calloway's Minnie the Moocher

BOOK Cab Calloway, a great jazz singer and all-around entertainer, records his hipster theme song "Minnie the Moocher," whose chorus would give Calloway the nickname "The Hi-de-ho Man."




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