When the Allman Brothers Band broke into the Billboard Hot 100 of August 12, 1972, they introduced us to an old friend. Her name was “Melissa,” a song that was
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In 1964, life looked good for Lee Morgan. The young hornblower’s situation hadn’t been quite as rosy two years earlier. That was when his heroin addiction spiraled out of control,