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Babooshka by Kate Bush

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WEEK 47

It was in this week in 1963...

that John F Kennedy was assasinated. One of the unknown witnesses that day in Dallas was dubbed "Babushka Lady" because of her resemblance to a Russian woman. That is why Babooshka by Kate Bush is our single of the week.

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