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October 16, 2018

This time, It's 1979. Sugar Hill Gang brought hip-hop to a vast audience; the B-52's emerged out of Athens, Ga.; Patti Smith was "Dancing Barefoot"; the Police sent a "Message in a Bottle"; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers quoted a Civil War admiral for their album title; Blondie suggested we eat to the beat; and The Knack dropped a jukebox classic.

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