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TIL Producer George "Shadow" Morton wrote the song "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" in his car in one night, only to prove to fellow producer Jeff Barry that he was indeed a "song-writer". The song, played by The Shangri-Las, went on to become #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100

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