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randr

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2. Somewhere near 1964 or 65 a local AM station, WMAS I think
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 09:25 AM
Aug 2018

held a contest for the first person to send in the lyrics. They played the song every day after schools got out and needless to say many minds were blown in the Wilmington, Delaware area.
This was obviously pre recording devices or access to lyrics the way we would now. We had to sit in our cars and listen very closely. We had a team with each person trying to write down individual verses. I do not remember how the contest ended, but I do remember each and every word.

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