Teena Marie
David Nathan, SoulMusic.com, 2006
IT TAKES a certain 'something' to maintain a career with any sort of longevity in the music industry – more now than ever. Long gone are the days – in the '60s, '70s and '80s – when record companies would invest in a newly-signed artist.
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