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The Year Groove Went Mainstream

Closing out the decade, 1969 sent the sound of flower power and psychedelic pop to the top of the charts.

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A picture taken on April 22, 1969, in Paris during a rehearsal of the musical adapted from the Broadway production Hair.

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