A fact from Lee Erwin (organist) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 July 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Lee Erwin spent six years scoring every one of Buster Keaton's silent features?
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... that "Moneybags" was credited as singularly responsible for the revival of a genre? Source: "Among his jobs was to appear on camera as Moneybags Erwin on the Arthur Godfrey Show." [1]; "Lee Erwin was one of the very few musicians fortunate enough to get to single-handedly revive a music genre." [2]
ALT1:... that Lee Erwin was performing in two theatres at age of twelve? Source: "..I was given permission to play the supper show in both theatres any time I wanted to.... a real prize for a twelve-year-old boy....." [3]
ALT2:... that Lee Erwin spent six years scoring each of Buster Keaton's silent features? Source: "Erwin spent about six years composing scores for all of Buster Keaton's movies" [4]
The article is long enough and new enough. I assume good faith on the references that I can't read. A QPQ has been completed. All of the hooks are directly cited and the promoter can choose the hook. SL93 (talk) 01:23, 25 July 2021 (UTC)Reply