The Future Of Rock 'N' Soul
Kevin Allen, Record Mirror, 14 February 1976
JUST ONE glance at the pop charts over the past decade is sufficient to indicate the domination of black music in general and soul music in particular. In any one week at least a third and sometimes as much as half the Top 20 has comprised soul or heavily soul influenced records.
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