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Ruben & The Jets: For Real, Con Safos

Miles, MOJO, May 1995

WHEN FRANK ZAPPA released his 1968 Cruising With Ruben & The Jets album of parodies of '50s R&B and doo wop, a number of radio stations mistook it for the real thing.

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