Tavares: Tired Of That Flip Flop Music
David Nathan, Blues & Soul, May 1979
UNTIL THEY got caught up in the mad disco scramble – though admittedly they were one of the trendsetting groups in that category – the five Tavares brothers had built their reputation on good, strong and solid Soul material.
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