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The Staple Singers transcended generic boundaries with their groundbreaking, funky grooves and relentlessly positive message.

 

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X stood out amidst the west coast punk rockers of the late 1970s.

Why did Dean, Sammy and Frank attended the wedding of Angelo Bruno’s daughter? Because they had to.

 

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When Sam Giancana called, the Rat Pack came a-runnin’.

 

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Lt. James Reese Europe helped invent jazz, developed the fox trot and fought for his country in the trenches of France.

Could Klaatu have barada niktoed Gort without Dr. Samuel Hoffman?

 

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Leon Theremin toiled in the horrible gulag of Kolyma.

 

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Leon Theremin invented the world’s first electronic musical instrument.

 

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“De-evolution” was a notion that germinated at the site of a shameful American tragedy, then was kindled by an obscure Christian pamphlet, forged in the crazed writings of a racist German monk and that gave its name to Devo.

Hasil Adkins wrote the best songs about decapitation ever.

 

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