Jan & Dean Ride The Wild Surf
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 2 November 1974
ABOUT ONE year ago this week Dick Clark, in his infinite wisdom, decided to host a ten year anniversary edition of his TV rock show Shindig. He scratched his head and came up with the idea of bringing back the original hosts from the Shindig show ten years before.
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