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Great American union rules with a fist, a smile, and a gun. Great American napalm lights up the sky like the sun.

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Ray Davies
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: June 21
Composer
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Sir Raymond Douglas Davies
Raymond Douglas Davies
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