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The go-go dancers of the 1960s are etched in our minds as a visual icon of the decade (usually confined to a large version of a birdcage, the female gyrators typically wore miniskirts and brightly-colored "go-go boots"). Dobie Gray was a fan of the many nightclubs where the girls displayed their assets, saying "See You at the 'Go-Go'" in 1965, then The Miracles were "Going to a Go-Go" in '66 and Lee Dorsey went wild for a "Go-Go Girl" in '67. The boldest fashion yet ... MORE ››

The Rolling Stones

"We Love You": It's those madcap Rolling Stones showing up on the Top 100 Psychedelic Hits 1966-1969! See the list of rockin' singles and album cuts... MORE ››

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GARY PUCKETT
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The small city of Hibbing, Minnesota has produced more than its share of celebrities. Folk singer-songwriter and inspiration-to-up-and-coming rockers Bob Dylan grew up there. 61-homers-in-one-year major league baseball slugger Roger Maris was born there. It was also the city where promising, bright-future singer Gary Puckett was born, though his image is much more closely associated with Yakima, Washington (his family, headed by a piano-playing mom and sax-blasting dad, moved there when he was a youngster) and the small, adjacent city of Union Gap. He spent most of his childhood and teenage years in Yakima ... MORE ››

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Billy 'The Kid' Emerson

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by Billy "The Kid" Emerson

Tarpon Springs, Florida, a scenic spot on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico up the road from Clearwater, was the center of the world to William Robert Emerson; he was born there in 1929, performed there some two decades later when he began supporting himself as a musician, and named his own short-lived record label after the city nearly two decades ... MORE ››

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