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There was a gas strike, oil strike, lorry strike, bread strike, got to be a Superman to survive.

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Ray Davies
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: June 21
Composer
Film Director
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Sir Raymond Douglas Davies
Raymond Douglas Davies
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