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The Music Nobody Heard

The Music Nobody Heard

We're Song Sharks

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They called it "the music of the rejected." It was hundreds of thousands of poems, turned into vinyl records that nobody would play.

Between 1900 and 2000, mysterious companies turned Americans' deep feelings into songs, for a price.

Made Money Turning Bad Poetry into Weird Songs

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The result? An archive of 200,000 recorded dreams, hidden away. Each dream was paid for by someone who hoped to become famous.

The Sweet Deception

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