Streaking and Ray Stevens run into a hit
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Today's Morning Edition music is from about 40 years ago this week. Running naked through public places, or streaking, has been around for a long time, but in 1973 many media outlets were reporting about a "streaking epidemic" on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. That coverage inspired a streaking fad around the country which Ray Stevens immortalized in this novelty song. Each verse begins with a fake news report from the site of a streaking incident.
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