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The Left Banke were a late 1960's band from New York with a unique sound. Critics labeled them "baroque-pop" due to the classical influences in their music. Besides three songs that hit the Billboard charts, "Walk Away Renee," "Pretty Ballerina," and "Desiree," the group left behind a legacy of music that influenced notable musicans ranging from Leonard Bernstein to Alice Cooper.

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»3 THUGS BEAT UP LEFT BANKE'S SINGER

From GO April 1968 Three young toughs jumped and beat up The Left Banke's lead vocalist, Steve Martin, in New York last week. Martin who sustained head and eye injuries was brought to St. Clair's Hospital in a semi-conscious condition. The incident occurred on 54th Street and Sixth Avenue in New York when Steve was leaving afternoon classes at Quintano's School where he is finishing courses for his high school degree. Steve Tallarico, a member or The Chain Reaction, was with Martin at the time and got hit but not beaten. According to Tallarico, the three thugs approached Martin and asked him if he were in a group. When Martin said he was, they asked him if he thought he was a big man. When Martin declined to answer, they attacked him. Martin spent several days in the hospital recovering from the assault. Because of his condition the Left Banke were forced to cancel some $6000 in bookings over the weekend. Also a scheduled photo session had to be postponed because Martin's left eye was black. Students around the school were able to identify the three assailants and the police were notified. The lawyer for the Left Banke will press criminal charges against the three as well as file a civil suit because of the loss of revenue for the group. The Left Banke had just finished recording one side of their next single and Steve's condition prevented them from recording the flip side as scheduled.