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Mister Ed

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87. The Archies were great, but greatly underrated.

Thu May 7, 2020, 12:53 PM

May 2020

Man, that Veronica was somethin' else. I never could understand how a spoiled little rich white girl learned to sing with all the power, sass, and style of the best Soul vocalists of the day.

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