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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated July 8, 1959 reads "'No, you can't borrow my comb!' cries orchestra leader Sydney Zaid to caller interrupting business conversation as his wife Annette reaches for another ringing telephone. The Zaids, whose tele-number can be reached by people dialing number recited by Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes on record 'Like I Love You,' have averaged more than 100 calls a day from persons trying to reach either 'Kookie' or 'Marcia,' his girl friend on record." The Zaids went to court to ask for a restraining order to stop sales of the song.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Zaid, Sydney Zaid, Sydney--Trials, litigation, etc Byrnes, Edd,--1933--Trials, litigation, etc Men--California--San Fernando Valley Women--California--San Fernando Valley Telephones Dwellings--California--San Fernando Valley Interiors--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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