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who wrote the music for walk on by for dionne warwick?

what asian country did james michener take readers to in his 1963 novel caravans?

what nonconformist group did london's daily express call 'the new barbarians' in 1958?

what billy joel album was 1979's top seller?

who received $50,000 in back salary when he was released from a russian prison in 1962?