Ann Peebles: Hangin' On To Success
David Nathan, Blues & Soul, May 1974
ALL OF a sudden, it seems like the whole world is talking about the talents of a magnificently soulful young woman and she puts it herself, "I feel like I'm beginning to make it." Her name is Ann Peebles and after what she describes as "seven, long, hard years", she's achieving a goodly measure of the recognition that she's been working towards.
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