Bobby Brown: Goodbye Cruel World
David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 10 June 1989
THE ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING WUNDERKIND IS CURRENTLY THE FASTEST RISING STAR IN AMERICA WITH HIS DEBUT ALBUM DON'T BE CRUEL. AT ONLY 20 HE IS SET TO ENTER A HALL OF FAME THAT INCLUDES PRINCE, STEVIE WONDER AND MICHAEL JACKSON. DAVID STUBBS CAUGHT UP WITH THE HOMEBOY MADE GOOD AT A VIDEO SHOOT FOR THE NEW GHOSTBUSTERS THEME.
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