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Pat Boone at 90: Six Things You Didn’t Know About One of the Rock Era’s Most Successful Artists


Pat Boone: Six things you didn't know about the hitmaking singer.

It’s a great tune, but I must use all my super-powers to prevent it from becoming a hit!” The big reveal in “Superman’s Mystery Song” is that the last son of Krypton wrote the lyrics, and subconsciously started each line with letters that spell out, “Clark Kent is Superman.” Oops! Note: Among the real-life personalities who have guest-starred in DC Comics’ Superman books are President John F. Kennedy, Muhammad Ali, Candid Camera creator Allen Funt, Perry Como, Jerry Lewis, Orson Welles, Don Rickles and This Is Your Life host Ralph Edwards). But in 1978 the Commission went after the popular singer, claiming false advertising of Acne Statin, a lotion produced by a company called Cooga Mooga, Inc. Boone endorsed the product in commercials, saying it helped his four daughters with their skin problems.

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