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Tom Robinson: Rock Voice Of '78?

James Johnson, Evening News, London, December 1977

MUSIC WITH a hard-core political bias could soon become a regular feature of the Top ten if a singer called Tom Robinson continues his sudden and mercurial rise to the top. Last night nearly 3000 jostling fans filled the Lyceum ballroom for a concert by the singer, whom many observers feel could become the voice of rock music in 1978.

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