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On this day a half-century ago, the Beatles finished work on “Yesterday” and also recorded “Wait” and a cover of Buck Owens’ “Act Naturally” featuring Ringo Starr on vocals. Nearly a quarter century down the road, Ringo and Buck recorded a duet of “Act Naturally,” complete with a cheesy video.
Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York Magazine; a longtime contributor to the Washington Monthly; and a former policy adviser to three governors and a U.S. senator from his home state of Georgia.
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