Herman Cain's turn as overnight sensation was already done, but his exit could still be important.

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Released weeks later, the 78-rpm record became an overnight sensation and a fitting start to jazz's future.

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Brent Musburger made the Alabama quarterback's girlfriend an overnight sensation that night, gushing about her looks.

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That's just what Amazon did to nullify another price-shopping agent, this one from an overnight sensation known as Junglee.

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Georgetown Cupcakes became an overnight sensation and has since made it (even) big(ger) with a reality TV show on TLC.

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Like Bieber she became an overnight sensation largely thanks to the web.

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In the four films he made - Fists of Fury (1972), Enter the Dragon, The Chinese Connection and Return of the Dragon (all 1973) - Lee became an overnight sensation.

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Joyce Johnson says Kerouac became an overnight sensation.

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It was not an overnight sensation.

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Boyle became an overnight international sensation in 2009 after performing the Les Mis song I Dreamed A Dream on ITV's Britain's Got Talent.

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Meanwhile, Facebook almost overnight became a social media sensation with most of its content made up of personal photos sent from smart phones.

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