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When producers Nile Rodgers and Don Was lent their wizardry to the B-52's' Cosmic Thing (1989), it provided a much-needed shot in the arm. The reason early B-52's songs like "Rock Lobster" and "Private Idaho" have been party staples for more than ten years is that aside from being camp classics,...

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Initially, the gleefully eccentric party music of the B-52's - stripped-down, off-kilter funk, topped by chirpy vocals and lyrics crammed with '50s and '60s trivia - garnered such a large following at dance clubs and colleges that the band's debut album sold 500,000 copies despite minimal airplay. Named for the tall bouffant hairdos worn onstage by the two female members, the group claims that it ...

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