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We died but we died in style.\" — Speedy Keen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThunderclap Newman stunned the music world in the summer of 1969 with the success of their wonderfully odd debut single 'Something In The Air', which ousted none other than the Beatles from the top of the charts. 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