[GreenKeys] tty trivia from the 1960s

Bill Strangfeld bstrang at isoc.net
Thu May 10 16:52:06 EDT 2007


Remember "Easier Said Than Done" by The Essex from 1963?  It apparently had tty roots.

"This was co-written by another Marine stationed at Camp LeJeune, William Linton: 'I was working in the 
communication department. We had a bunch of teletype machines, and when they were all running together, 
they had a beat. The sound of the teletype machines inspired the beat of Easier Said Than Done.'"

For the original of this claim, see here:

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1911

Bill W8FIX



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