Julie London: Cry Me A Cult Figure
Fred Dellar, NME, 5 March 1983
ONCE THERE was a girl, a bass and a guitar. Together they made a record called 'Cry Me A River', which turned the singer into a one-hit wonder. And maybe that's the way things might have stayed but, somewhere along the way, the girl became a cult figure. A quirk of fate, perhaps.
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