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Questions

what commodity was offered to young ladies in hound dog orange, tutti frutti red and heartbreak hotel pink?

whose bama lama bamo loo hit the charts in 1964?

what jetsetting author threw a much-talked-about masked ball at new york city's plaza hotel in 1965?

what was the first hit song the platters served up?

what beatles album featured back in the u.s.s.r?