EMI's little acorn

On this day in history, May 9, 1962 the Beatles signed their first recording contract with EMI. This led to their catchy but humble debut single "Love Me Do." From such a little acorn grew Sgt. Pepper. Who'd a thunk it?

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Unreformed hawkish Hoosier hillbilly Al Barger runs the still squeezin' down the psychodelic Kentucky moonshine at More Things. What with the paranoid religious visions, the Pentecostal music, visions of God and anarchy running amok and such, somebody …

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