Treated to wall of protest and flawed by a door -.

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(From Canberra Times)

T HERE is a whole generation of record-buyers out there who weren't even born when the Berlin Wall came down. Those of us who do remember it should remember, too, one of the great pop anthems of the Cold War, Miss Toni Fisher's West of the Wall. West of the Wall became the 101st Australian No1 when it outgunned Gene Pitney's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance on July 7, 1962. It lasted one week on top before being stepped on by Cliff Richard and The Shadows with Do You Want to Dance? West of the Wall did not chart in Britain, but made No37 in the US. For such a short-term and relatively obscure hit, it's quite amazing how many people are still fascinated by West of the Wall. Was it the first 1960s ''protest'' song?...

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