Released: 1964 Aptly named in an era in which such a thing was about to have it’s golden age, The…
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Released: 1969 One way or another all kings eventually lose their crown. If by the end of the decade Elvis…
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Released: 1966 Whilst the British were good at inventing and then perfecting formulas, no society in the world was as…
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Released: 1965 Every so often a song achieves a transcendence way beyond it’s construct – Imagine, Smells Like Teen Spirit,…
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Released: 1967 Ah, the curious case of The Doors: Even now as many people hate them as those that profess…