Mean Streets actually uses a lot of early rock and roll ballads that far predate the early 70's. There's even a scene where Tony tells Michael to only play oldies on the juke. Pledging My Love (Johnny Ace), which plays when the Vietnam vet attacks the girl, predates the set era by almost 20 years.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
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