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Episode 138: “I Fought the Law” by the Bobby Fuller Four

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Bobby Fuller and the Beetles

Randy thought the cricket's actual record sounded horrible, but he also thought the song had the potential to be a really big hit. Fuller recorded his own version of the song, which once again, became a local hit. But even though the record did get some national distribution from v j records, it didn't get any airplay outside the southwest and fuller remained a local star with absolutely no national profile. Meanwhile, bob keen was stuck in a musical vote. As jim reese would later say bob was a great imitator. He could sing just like holly macartney lenon or eddie cochran, and he could imitate on the guitar too. But bobby

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