Blood, Sweat And Tears
uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, October 1969
THE TROUBLE is simply a matter of definition. Blood, Sweat and Tears dont regard themselves as a specifically commercial group... but their fusion of pop ideas and jazz interpretation has given them two massive-selling albums here — and hoisted them into the singles scene, too, in the States.
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