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A British Band's Missteps Kept Them from Success

Small Faces were contemporaries of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, but never reached the same level of fame, in part because they failed to break onto U.S. charts. Rock historian Ed Ward says it's a shame -- they broke up soon after hitting their stride in 1968 -- but the members later found success with Humble Pie and Rod Stewart.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 18, 1989: Interview with Thomas Boswell; Commentary on the rock band Small Faces; Interview with Jonathan Winters; Review of Christa Wolf's novel "Accident: A Day's…

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