Turtles Race With Success, Uncle Sam Waits At Crossing
Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 28 August 1965
THERE IS AN unfortunate situation which reoccurs much too often in the recording business. A group or an individual makes a record and it's a real smash. Everyone plays it, buys it, and sings along with it. Then suddenly it disappears from the airwaves and the artist who recorded it likewise vanishes into oblivion.
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