Go Go's Beauty and the Beat Anniversary

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Text on Button GO-GO'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAT 30TH ANNIVERSARY
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Black and white photograph of The Go-Go's on blue background, with blue text on a white background around the edge of the pin.

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Beauty and the Beat is the debut album from Californian all-female band The Go-Go's. The album was released in 1981, and included the hit single "We Got The Beat." Beauty and the Beat climbed the Billboard 200 chart until it hit number one, where it remained for six consecutive weeks. The album sold over two million copies and reached double platinum status, making it one of the most successful debut albums of all time.

Catalog ID MU0190

Garth Brooks

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Text on Button GARTH BROOKS FRESH HORSES
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A closeup blue photograph of Garth Brooks eye with blue text. 

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This is a promotional button for Garth Brooks 1995 album "Fresh Horses". Reaching number two on the billboard charts and number one on country music charts it was commercially successful.  To date the album has sold over seven million copies featuring singles such as "She's Every Woman" and "The Fever". It it Brooks sixth studio album
Garth Brooks is an American country musician who become active in 1989 with the release of his first (self-titled) album. One of the highest selling musicians of all time, Brooks boasts six albums that have reached Diamond status. In 2012 he was inducted into the country music of Hall of Fame. 
Brooks has had two brief stints in Professional Baseball, his first with the San Diego Padres and shortly after the New York Mets and later on his second with the Kansas City Royals. 
Catalog ID MU0182

Elvis GI Blues

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Text on Button Elvis G.I BLUES
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The right side of the button features a blue background with blue and white text. The right side features a yellow background with a picture of Elvis Presley in military regalia.

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This is promotional button for Elvis Presley's 1960 album "G.I Blues". A smash hit, the album went to number one on the billboard charts. The first single of the album, "Wooden Heart", remained at number one for six weeks. Featuring songs from the Elvis Presley film of the same name, it managed to win two Grammy Awards. 

The film G.I Blues was a Paramount Studios production and reached the second place spot in national box office rankings. Presley served as the film's star alongside Juliet Prowse and Robert Ivers.

Elvis Presley is an American rock and roll musician active from 1954 until his death in 1977. Considered one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and of the modern United States he is one of the highest selling musicians of all time. Additionally Presley's career served as one of the most influential of the 20th as his he pushed musical, racial, and sexual boundaries through music and television. 

Catalog ID MU0181

Eddie Van Halen

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Text on Button eddie Van Halen
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Photograph of Eddie Van Halen playing guitar with a black background and white text over the image.

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Eddie van Halen is the lead singer, guitarist, keyboardist, and co-founder of the rock band Van Halen. He popularized the "tapping" technique, where both hands are utilized on the guitar neck. The intro to "Eruption" showcased such technique. Eddie van Halen is also known for "volume swells" where the music amplifies and mimics the sound of a keyboard. This is exemplified in the song "Cathedral." Eddie van Halen is considered as one of the most influential rock guitarist of the century, and Rolling Stone's magazine ranked him at number eight in the list of 100 Greatest Guitarists.

Catalog ID MU0188

Donny Osmond Believe It

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Text on Button BELIEVE IT! BAKER & TAYLOR AUDIO Capitol RECORDS DONNY OSMOND
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Purple text over white background. 

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This button likely dates from singer Donny Osmond's 1989 come back album Donny Osmond.  It had been over a decade since Osmond's voice had been heard on a new recording.  The album was the first of two recordings he made with Capital Records.  It was distributed by Baker and Taylor.  Donny Osmond reached number fifty-four on the Billboard 200 in 1989 and contained three hit singles.  "Hold On" reached number seventy-three on the Billboard 100 and number thirty-six on the Billboard's Dance Music Singles list.  "Sacred Emotion" was thirteen on the Billboard 100 and four on the Adult Contemporary list.  The highest charting single was "Soldier of Love," which reached number two on the Billboard 100.

Catalog ID MU0214

Diana Ross Caesars Palace

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Text on Button DIANA ROSS CAESARS PALACE
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Pink and white text on a red background.

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Diana Ernestine Earle Ross, born March 26, 1944, is an American singer, actress, record producer and an occasional songwriter. Born and raised in Detroit, she rose to fame as a founding member and lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motown's most successful act and is to this day America's most successful vocal group. Live at Caesars Palace is a 1974 live album released by Diana Ross during her performance at Las Vegas' Caesars Palace. It was Ross' first of two live albums that she recorded for the Motown label.

Catalog ID MU0205

The Beatles Yellow Submarine

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Text on Button We All Live In A Yellow Submarine THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY
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Top three quarters of the button is black with white text and the button quarter is white with the Beatles Anthology in black text.

Curl Text 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.
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The button is to promote the six part documentary series "The Beatles Anthology" which chronicles the career of the Beatles. The series was first broadcasted on UK television in 1995 and released on DVD in 2003. Yellow Submarine was featured in part five of the series.

"Yellow Submarine" was an animated film released in 1968 which features the band. The plot of the film is to accompany Captain Fred in his yellow submarine to free Pepperland from the Blue Meanies who hate music. The album of the same name was the tenth album released by the band in 1969. The most notable songs from the album are "All You Need is Love," the title track, and "All Together Now."

Catalog ID MU0191

The Beatles Turn You On

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Text on Button I'd Love To Turn You On THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY
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Top three quarters of the button is black with white text and the button quarter is white with the Beatles Anthology in black text.

Curl Text 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.
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"The Beatles Anthology" is a  six part documentary series which chronicles the career of the Beatles. The series was first broadcasted on UK television in 1995 and released on DVD in 2003.

"I love to turn you on" is a line in the song "A Day in the Life" from the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in 1967. The album is featured in part six of the documentary. The was controversial due to it's supposed drug reference and was banned from the BBC, however Paul McCartney and John Lennon denied the allegations.  

Catalog ID MU0198

The Beatles Help

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Text on Button THE BEATLES HELP!
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The Beatles stand in a row below black text and logos surrounded by black border on white background. 

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Help! is the soundtrack to the Beatles’ second film of the same title. The album consists of fourteen songs which include the singles “Yesterday,” “Ticket to Ride,” and the title track. Help! is considered a transitional album, from pop style of Beatlemania to a more mature, complex sound. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 Pop Album in 1965.

Catalog ID MU0187