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Peters & Lee
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Windsor Davies & Don Estelle
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Stanley Black
25,716 listeners
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Don Costa
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Bernie Green
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1) Bernie Green's career embodies the contradictions of space age pop. On the one hand, here is a typical worker on the assembly line… read more1) Bernie Green's career embodies the contradictions of space age pop. On the one hand, here is a typical worker on the assembly line of studio music, taking on whatever job comes next: musical director for "The Garry Moore Sh… read more1) Bernie Green's career embodies the contradictions of space age pop. On the one hand, here is a typical worker on the assembly line of studio music, taking on whatever job comes next: musical director for "The Garry Moore Show," leading the pit orchestra for years of Miss USA an… read more
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Ray Martin
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Sid Bass
5,962 listeners
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Sir Julian
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