Carl Davis: Doing His Own Thing
David Nathan, Blues & Soul, April 1977
WHEN YOU talk about Chicago in a musical way, there are some names that spring to mind instantly. Curtis Mayfield, Chess Records, The Chi-Lites, Chaka Khan, Maurice White, Ramsey Lewis, The Staples and Carl Davis.
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