Fifty years ago today, Capitol Records released the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in the U.S. Two months later, my Aunt Mary gave me the album for my birthday. Astonishingly, nothing from the album was released as a single for AM radio. At 11, I was a big Beatles fan, but I couldn't figure out what I was listening to or looking at while…
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