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The Prisonaires: Five Beats Behind Bars

Martin Hawkins, Melody Maker, 11 January 1978

With doo-wop increasing in popularity, MARTIN HAWKINS reveals the 'inside' story of the Prisonaires, one of the South's finest vocal harmony groups.

Total word count of piece: 1851

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