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- ↑ Richie Unterberger -Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-rock Revolution 2002 -- Page 240 "Crispian St. Peters had a Transatlantic Top Five with "The Pied Piper", originally an obscure single by the Changin' Times, a New York duo including future Woodstock Festival co-organizer Artie Kornfeld. St. Peters also took a sluggish reading ..."
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