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Doris Troy

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Doris Troy: The Alias Entertainer

Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 10 April 1965

DORIS HIGGINSON, alias Doris Payne, alias Doris Troy, was tugging happily at a king-size cigarette and wondering if it was possible to get a cup ...

Doris Troy: Dave Godin Meets Mother Soul

Interview by Dave Godin, Blues & Soul, 27 February 1970

WHEN EDITOR John Abbey asked me if I would do a feature interview with Doris Troy to coincide with her forthcoming single release on Apple, ...

Doris Troy and the Marriage of Music

Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 7 March 1970

DORIS TROY is ready. After ten months of plotting and planning and working and having a ball in the depths of Apple's Savile Row Studios, ...

Doris Troy Sings Just One Look & Other Memorable Selections (Atlantic 8088); Doris Troy (Apple ST3371)

Review by Metal Mike Saunders, Rolling Stone, 7 January 1971

AH! QUITE simply, Doris Troy is a gas. A moderate one, to be sure, but she carries a lot of nostalgia. Her initial big hit ...

Doris Troy: This Little Lady Is Miss Troy

Profile and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, West Indian World, 17 December 1971

Doris Troy is one helluva woman. Almost, she's the ultimate soul sister, big, bouncing, warm-hearted, sincere and certainly talented. ...

Doris Troy, Roy Young Band: Rainbow Theatre, London

Live Review by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 7 January 1972

Mother Soul at the Rainbow ...

Doris Troy: Soul/Gospel on T.V.

Film/DVD/TV Review by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 22 September 1972

ONE COULD quite justifiably be forgiven for assuming that the week of the recent Bank Holiday was television's 'National Doris Troy Week' for the lady ...

Doris Troy: Stretchin' Out and Gettin' Ahead

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 9 April 1974

AS WE promised in the last 'TALA', we're gonna be checking out a few of the American artists who have decided to make their home ...

Doris Troy

Book Excerpt by Phil Hardy, Dave Laing, The Faber Companion to 20th-Century Popular Music, 2001

b. Doris Payne, 1937, New York, USA ...

Doris Troy, 1937-2004

Obituary by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 20 February 2004

ALTHOUGH SHE was born in the Bronx, and first came to prominence in the US with her 1963 hit 'Just One Look', Doris Troy, who ...

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