On January 6, 1968, the Oxford, Ohio-based band The Lemon Pipers hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Green Tambourine.” The Lemon Pipers were formed in 1966 by a group of student musicians from Miami University - Vocalist Ivan Browne, guitarist Bill Bartlett, keyboardist Robert G. Nave, drummer Bill Albaugh, and bassist Steve Walmsley. They built a following playing college bars in Oxford and Cincinnati, eventually gaining statewide fame after placing second in the 1967 Ohio Battle of

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