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Episode 159: “Itchycoo Park”, by the Small Faces

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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The Artful Dodger

Steve Mariette was born a month premature, and had to spend the first month of his life in hospital. He started playing the ukulele when he was 10, and graduated to guitar when he was 12. Young Steve loved music, and especially the music of Buddy Holly. When on stage with them he would wear a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, to look more like Buddy Holly. And then ignored the rule that performers could only do one song, and majorly launched into Buddy Holly's Oh Boy. The second little Stevie we've looked at in recent episodes, is also named Steve Mariette.

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