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  My Musical Journey – High School Years Me, Senior Year I attended high school from September 1963 through June of 1967. The music of that period was flooded by the British Invasion groups, particularly The Beatles, but there was lots of American music too. 1964 was the year of The Beatles and the British Invasion. As I mentioned in the previous piece the The Supremes, as well as The Beach Boys, and The 4 Seasons (“Ronnie”, “Ragdoll”) were also prominent. Other artists and songs that year were, Roy Orbison's “Oh Pretty Woman”, Dean Martin with “Everybody Loves Somebody“, and, don't we all remember, The Dixie Cups “Chapel of Love”. Lorne Greene, of Ponderosa fame, had a #1 hit with “Ringo” that year. Perhaps you don't need to remember that one. Other than “Ringo” I bought all these songs. I spent much of the summer of '64 at Crescent Beach again. I was 15. For money that summer I cut lawns and worked weekends at the Van Sise Farm Stand in Syosset. I ...