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Agnes Bernelle: Cabaret in Exile

Caroline Sullivan, Melody Maker, 1 June 1985

The first time AGNES BERNELLE met Elvis Costello she thought he was an accountant. She's also met Marlene Dietrich and Adolf Hitler, nearly. Now, at the age of 62, her extraordinary single 'Tootsies' threatens to make her a pop star.

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