Curtis Mayfield
John Abbey, Blues & Soul, September 1971
IT IS, indeed, very rare for an American artist to make a short visit to this country and immediately score a hit single in the national charts. But, Curtis Mayfield did more than that during his week long British visit a couple of months back.
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