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Fact #170665

When:

22081968

Short story:

Roy Orbison releases a new single, Penny Arcade, in the UK on London Records.

Full article:

Sammy King (songwriter) : The inspiration for the song came to me during a camping holiday with some friends in North Wales in 1969. I was enjoying the final moments of an unbelievable sunset. Within a matter of moments I had the first two lines of a song.
(Source : interview in The Yorkshire Evening Post)