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Moonlighting Mo-dettes

Rosalind Russell, Record Mirror, 19 July 1980

IT MUST be some consolation to Mick Jagger, that when he's old and grey and his hips have seized up, he'll never be short of a bob or two. That's if there are always bands like the Mo-dettes to record his songs. Their version of 'Paint It Black' has made it into the middle of the charts, with every chance of going higher.

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