Cameo: Product Of America
Paolo Hewitt, NME, 20 December 1986
His codpiece was banned from TOTP, his new single 'Candy' has been banned by Radio One, but LARRY BLACKMON has still led Cameo to the heights of chart success. PAOLO HEWITT flies to Las Vegas to chew the funk with the mon.
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