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Acappella: The Rise And Fall Of Acappella

Bill Millar, Record Mirror, 4 June 1972

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, 1954. Five young men stood around a tape recorder in a church cellar and gang. They couldn't afford a band but wouldn't have bothered with one if things had been different. They always practised without music; doing so simply ensured perfect harmony.

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