Precious metals such as gold and silver are often sold by the troy ounce. Many people dont realize that an ounce of gold (and other precious metals) is weighed in a different weighing system called troy weights. A troy ounce is heavier than the typical ounce found at the grocery store.
Get a Job (song) For the Gossip song, see A Joyful Noise (Gossip album). Get a Job is a song by the Silhouettes released in November 1957. It reached the number one spot on the Billboard pop and R&B singles charts in February 1958.
Whatever Lola Wants is a popular song, sometimes rendered as Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets. The music and words were written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross for the 1955 musical play Damn Yankees. The song is sung by Lola, the Devil's assistant, a part originated by Gwen Verdon, who reprised the role in the film. The saying was inspired by Lola Montez, an Irish-born Spanish dancer and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who later became a San Francisco Gold Rush vamp.