In the 1960s, blue-eyed soul, R&B and garage rock bands became popular with acts such as the Fabulous Flippers, The Blue Things, the Red Dogs, the Serfs, Eric & The Norsemen, Don Gould's The Sensational Showmen and Mike Finnigan traveling the midwest and releasing regional singles.
The serfs of Russia were not given their personal freedom until Alexander II's Edict of Emancipation of 1861.
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