Hit Me With Your Rhythm Schtick: How Did Ian Dury Become One Of The Most Fascinating Rock Stars Of The 1970s?
Nick Coleman, Independent on Sunday, 3 January 2010
As a new film reminds us, he was a polio survivor from the suburbs and not much of a musician.
Total word count of piece: 1967
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