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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Joffe remembers that night, that first night, when the Columbia Kingsmen, almost by accident, played some 50's songs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rich Joffe: Greaser to Grad Student | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

...freshman at Columbia, he became involved in an extracurricular singing group called the Columbia Kingsmen which specialized in pop songs like "Goin' Out of My Head." Through a connection, the group was able to arrange an audience with an agent from Mercury Records at a school concert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rich Joffe: Greaser to Grad Student | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

...older brother of one of the Kingsmen suggested that the group dress 50's style for the concert and, without telling the group, distributed handbills which read, "So you think you're an Ivy Leaguer? Bullshit. Underneath your button-down shirt is the eighth grade greaser standing on the corner, whistling 'Duke of Earl' to yourself and watching the girls go by. Come down to Ferris Booth Hall where the Kingsmen will be reliving the old days. Come dressed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rich Joffe: Greaser to Grad Student | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

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