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Their names are given headspace with the likes of Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Elston Gunn as the forces that helped launch the ‘Allied Invasion’ of American rock n’ roll in the United Kingdom of England, and thus the rest of the world. They dominated the charts from early sixties with their smash hit “Because I Know You Love Me” all the way to the early seventies as they performed for the last time on top of the Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles. They burnt their draft cards, headlined Woodstock and shook hands with John F. Kennedy. If you asked any modern teenager, they might struggle to understand how Jack Lennon, Paulie McCartney, Joe Harrison and Ritchie Starkey, collectively known as the Moondogs, changed the American music scene forever. much less know where they are now. As the ten-year anniversary of their rooftop concert dawns, National Public Radio spoke to the surviving members about their memories of superstardom…

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