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James Brown: Telling The Natural Truth

Charlie Gillett, Record Mirror, 6 September 1969

'SAY IT LOUD – I'm Black and I'm Proud' sold 20,000 copies in Britain, although the BBC played it only once. Is James Brown surprised?

Total word count of piece: 766

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