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Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Frank Micelotta, Getty
Anything important between 1949 and 1989
Consider this track your historical cliff notes. Alluding to over 100 newspaper headlines spanning 40 years, Billy Joel covers everything from Joe McCarthy to Richard Nixon; Studebaker to television; North Korea, South Korea, and Marilyn Monroe. Ryan started the fire! Oh, wait. I guess jokes about The O.C. are history now, too.
