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TIL that during the Hungarian Uprising, Radio Bucharest was raided by the Soviets in early October 1956, leaving only one western recording for the station to play: My Boy Lollypop by Barbie Gaye. The station played the song non stop for over a month, making it very much the song of the revolution.

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