Edwin Starr: The Thespian Anglophile And The Motown Machine
Roger St. Pierre, NME, 28 December 1974
EDWIN STARR has a rather special place in the British soul scene, since none of America's top soul acts can match his record of some 30 tours over here, nor his continued popularity as a stage performer.
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