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The Music of November 22: Jesus, Buddah or JFK?
About XTC's 1992 modern rock hit, "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"
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Peter Voskamp
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Music of 11/22: The Human League on How Quickly It All Changes
The haunting JFK song "Seconds" was the B-side for the British group's breakout hit
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Peter Voskamp
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The Music of November 22: Sinatra's "High Hopes" for JFK
'Jack is on the right track'
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Margot Williams
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The Music of November 22: Dion's 'Abraham, Martin and John'
The pop star was known for teenage love songs, but his reflective comeback hit was a lament powered by tragedy
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Margot Williams
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The Music of November 22: Jesus, Buddah or JFK?
About XTC's modern rock hit, "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"
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Peter Voskamp
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JFK, Bob Dylan, and the Death of the American Dream
'Music becomes the counterpoint, the juxtaposition, to the horror and chaos of both JFK’s very public death'
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Jefferson Morley
Echoes of Dallas: Music Inspired by JFK
Did you know JFK's assassination "produced a mountainous range of forgotten, discarded and ghostly vinyl artifacts?" Some were briefly notorious: Bob…
Pete Seeger: Folk Music Hero Blacklisted for Being a Communist
"Pete Seeger received some very complimentary but forgetful obituaries in the American press this week.
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Jefferson Morley
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