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The Beatles · 1987

The Beatles

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

August 11, 1987Other⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Description

Rolling Stone magazine named The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band the best album made during the previous 20 years. The next places went to Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Exile on Main St., The Beatles (The White Album) and Blood on the Tracks.

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