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While the art of George Harrison matches that of the promotional buttons that were released for their 1968 film, Yellow Submarine, the official first run buttons released of The Beatles featured full-body figures in the style of animation from Yellow Submarine and included the production company’s name in the curl text.
Yellow Submarine is an animated film based on the music of the Beatles and their images. George Harrison was the lead guitarist of the Beatles as well as a singer and songwriter. Aside from the music and the ending scene, however, the Beatles musicians did not contribute to the film, choosing to allow actors to voice their character likenesses.
Yellow Submarine tells the story of the villainous Blue Meanies taking over and destroying the happiness and music of Pepperland. A resident goes searching for help in a yellow submarine and find Ringo, John, George, and Paul. Yellow Submarine is a colorful, psychedelic, and music-filled, full-length, animated film. Although it was popular among critics of the time, it was not a major hit with general audiences despite being a Beatles film. Yellow Submarine received a 1968 New York Film Critics Circle Award.

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Funky But Chic is a 1978 rock song by American singer, songwriter, and actor, David Johansen, off a self-titled album. Johansen is perhaps best known for his time as the vocalist in the New York Dolls. The New York Dolls were one of the first bands active in the NYC punk rock scene and are sometimes even credited to have invented punk rock. The Dolls were visually distinguished for their androgynous and flamboyant stage costumes. Though he left the Dolls in 1976, Johansen has had a long musical career that has been heavily influenced by Blues and Jazz music. Upon reflection of Johansen’s musical and visual oeuvre, “Funky but Chic” seems to be a fitting summation.

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Mick Jagger is best known as the lead singer and one of the founding members of the Rolling Stones band. The band was formed in the 1960’s and initially started playing for free in a basement club but over the next few decades, they rose to fame with multiple album releases and tours all over the world. In 1989 Mick Jagger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and even now, at the age of 75, he still has plans to tour the world.  

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Elton John has been called the biggest pop star of the 1970s and his career has gone on to span decades. He was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in England in 1947 and demonstrated musical talent at a young age; he began playing the piano at age four and by eleven, had won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. He joined his first band in 1961, but after leaving that group, he teamed up with lyricist Bernie Taupin, writing music to Taupin's lyrics, forming a songwriting partnership that has lasted decades. Elton John’s fame skyrocketed in the 1970s; he began to record the songs created with Taupin. From 1972-1976, they were unstoppable with sixteen top 20 hits in a row. John has gone on to record successful albums ever since. 

Elton John is famous for his flamboyant performances as well as elaborate costumes, both on and off the stage. He experienced a decline in popularity after publicly identifying as bisexual due to oppressive views about homosexuality. Rising above conservative attitudes, he went on to record top hits and has become a prolific and iconic musician. In 1992, he came out as gay and married his husband, David Furnish, the following year.

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Cool to Be You is the sixth studio album by American punk rock band the Descendents. The band’s lineup includes singer Milo Aukerman, guitarist Stephen Egerton, bassist Karl Alvarez, and drummer Bill Stevenson. Released in 2004, Cool to Be You was the band’s first album of new studio material since 1996. Like the majority of their other albums, the cover of Cool to Be You features a caricature of Aukerman, which has been used as a kind of mascot for the band since 1987. The caricature was created by a high school classmate of Aukerman and Stevenson’s, who often drew comic strips and posters portraying Aukerman as the class nerd. The Descendents formed in Manhattan Beach, California in 1977 and rose to prominence in the Los Angeles punk scene, influencing many pop punk and skate punk bands over the years. 

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The Chickasaw Mudd Puppies are a rock band formed by Brant Slay and Ben Reynolds out of Athens, Georgia. The image of their 1991 vinyl EP release “Do You Remember?” is the same image as featured here. The duo found local success in the early 1990s and subsequently released two albums produced by R.E.M. frontman Micheal Stipe. The group was known for their use of unique percussion instruments such as washboard and cowbells, they even invented the instrument known as the stomp board. In 1991, they were featured in a San Bernardino newspaper as an up and coming rock band alongside Dinosaur Jr. and others. The group never found national success and broke up in 1991. They have, however, reunited for local shows in Athens as early as 2011.

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Brass Plum is a clothing brand exclusively sold at Nordstrom since 1984. Now renamed BP, Brass Plum is marketed as a trendy, but affordable juniors line. It sells everything from cocktail dresses to chunky jewelry to studded sandals. According to Glamour Magazine, young shoppers are sure to gravitate towards this in-house brand. BP collaborated with Twilight to develop a special collection in 2010 for movie fans. To draw attention to its clothing, Brass Plum manufactured promotional buttons that portrayed retro and sock-hop themes during the first decade of its existence.

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Brass Plum is a clothing brand exclusively sold at Nordstrom since 1984. Now renamed BP, Brass Plum is marketed as a trendy, but affordable juniors line. It sells everything from cocktail dresses to chunky jewelry to studded sandals. According to Glamour Magazine, young shoppers are sure to gravitate towards this in-house brand. BP collaborated with Twilight to develop a special collection in 2010 for movie fans. To draw attention to its clothing, Brass Plum manufactured promotional buttons that portrayed retro and sock-hop themes during the first decade of its existence.