Sheer Elegance
John Abbey, Blues & Soul, December 1975
WITH THE interest in home-grown soul now reaching the point where it's acceptable to feature British based artists and groups in the soul charts, one name that everybody is tipping for feature stardom is Sheer Elegance, three young men from Croydon, South London, who have already enjoyed two successful pop crossover singles on Pye.
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