Greyhound (cocktail) similar cocktail with the name "Greyhound" appears in Harper's magazine in 1945 (volume 191, page 461) thus: ""The cocktails were made of vodka, sugar, and canned grapefruit juice -- a greyhound. This cocktail was served at Greyhound's popular restaurant chain that was located at bus terminals, called 'Post House'."" Before 1945, vodka was an uncommon spirit and most drinks we think of today as "classic cocktails" and which call for vodka, originally would have contained gin. As vodka's popularity grew after the War and gin's popularity waned, many of the popular cocktails persisted, albeit with vodka substituted for gin. The
Spirit of America (The Beach Boys album) Spirit of America (The Beach Boys album) Spirit of America is the 1975 follow-up to the Capitol Records compilation of music by The Beach Boys, "Endless Summer", released the previous year. Although it features only a handful of genuine hits, "Spirit of America" proved to be another success for The Beach Boys' former label, reaching No. 8 in the USduring a chart stay of 43 weeks and going gold. After the success of its predecessor Capitol rounded up the few remaining early hits that were not released on "Endless Summer", as well as some album tracks, in addition to two