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An iconic cult amount in American pop music, Emitt Rhodes had a brief career being a saving musician, but his single debut was an excellent workout in Beatles-styled pop/rock and roll that would impact generations of performers for the pop underground. Created in Decatur, Illinois on Feb 25, 1950, Rhodes …

The Palace Safeguard didn’t make a lot of a splash anywhere but Southern California. The music group didn’t graph nationally, but among its tunes, the folk-rock “Falling Sugars,” was well-received regionally. The group debuted on Orange Empire Information, a Los Angeles-based label, using the solitary “FOREVER Long.” Later on, Verve …