Английская Википедия:(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It

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Шаблон:Short description "(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It" is a song written in 1946 by Sharon A. Pease,[1] a Chicago pianist and a columnist at the DownBeat.Шаблон:Sfn The song was recorded for Capitol Records by Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends.Шаблон:Sfn In 1947 the single was number one on the US Billboard R&B chart for twelve weeks and spent seven months on the chart.[2]

Producer Dave Dexter Jr. brought Julia Lee to Capitol Records expecting her to appeal to both black and white audiences. "Snatch and Grab It" was the first hit confirming Lee's talent.Шаблон:Sfn The song material at the time was considered too risqué for the radio, so its chart results (and the ones of the Lee's next big hit, King Size Papa) were achieved with practically no airplay.Шаблон:Sfn The recording successfully crossed over into the pop music market, where at the time Bing Crosby and Perry Como reigned supreme. The song had inspired the title of Freddie Hart's hit "Snatch It and Grab It" (1956).Шаблон:Sfn

In "Snatch and Grab It" Pease had shown an ability to match the material to a performer, the "three-minute lesson in lechery bursting with thigh-slapping vulgarity" fitted Lee's onstage persona.Шаблон:Sfn

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