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36. The Left Banke Co-founder Michael Brown wrote that great song,

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 06:29 PM

Jan 2016

He died last year at 65.

I think "Walk Away Renee" was their first record, and it went to # 5 on Billboard.

They disbanded in 1969, reformed in 2011, & again in 2015 with original singer Steve Martin Caro.

As far as I could find out, they have apparently disbanded again...this time probably for good.

http://www.leftbankeband.com/

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