Their first big pop tune, "I Got You Babe, " was a number one hit in 1965.

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And it's a reminder that you can keep it real, even when you're covering a cheese ball pop tune.

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The band will set up in an art space, inviting nonmusicians to choose a familiar pop tune and help work a variety of digital instruments as the group takes apart and rebuilds the track.

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But perhaps its biggest experiment of all was taking a cute pop tune from the '60s called "Spanish Harlem" and asking a white British singer to perform it, with only a 1932 vintage guitar as backup.

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And, with the Pop Idol theme tune blaring out every other second, it was clear that no risks would be taken.

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For pop pickers not ready for the excitement of an original tune, Wet Wet Wet's Goodnight Girl and Elton John classic Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me make up the rest of this offering.

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The singing was for a large part, painfully out of tune and we were fed the usual unhealthy diet of "how to make a Pop Star in 13 weeks".

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