The Marcels: Bom Baba Bom
Penny Reel, Let It Rock, February 1975
1961. Rock'n'roll was dead and buried. The Beatles weren't even a twinkle in Epstein's eye. Pop was Kenny Ball and Anne Shelton, Acker Bilk and Bobby Rydell Until...along came the Marcels. Now read on...
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