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Paul Ingles

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    A Look Back At Monterey Pop, 50 Years Later
    Paul Ingles
    Festival organizer Lou Adler, documentarian D.A. Pennebaker and more recall the historic music festival that helped define the Summer of Love and set a template for rock extravaganzas to come.
  • Ed Sullivan smiles while standing with The Beatles on the set of his variety show on Feb. 9, 1964.
    The Beatles' Yearlong Journey To 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
    Paul Ingles
    Even as they reached the Top 10 in Britain, appeared on TV and had young women swooning by the thousands across the pond, their first singles in the U.S. were released on tiny independent labels and went nowhere. What went wrong, and finally right, in the leadup to the night of Feb. 7, 1964.
  • 'Sgt. Pepper,' an Album That Shaped an Era
    Paul Ingles
    The Beatles', Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released June 1, 1967, in Britain, and on June 2 in the United States. The album became a phenomenon, and its sound was perfect for the then-new frequencies of FM.
  • New Mexico School Lets Students Letter in Poetry
    Paul Ingles
    The high school letter jacket is a tradition separating the jocks from the non-varsity crowd. But at the Santa Fe Desert Academy, a small private high school in New Mexico, a different kind of student qualifies for the coveted jacket -- those who make the Precision Poetry Drill Team.