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Herb Alpert: Fandango

Gene Sculatti, Shout! Factory Records, 2012

IN 1975, at the age of 32, Mick Jagger famously uttered one of the more regrettable, bite-yourself-in-the-behind remarks in modern pop history. "I'd rather be dead," he said, "than sing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45."

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