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Blondie Chaplin: Blondie Chaplin

Bud Scoppa, Phonograph Record, April 1977

IF YOU CAN RESIST Blondie Chaplin's spine-tingling lead vocal on the Beach Boys' anthem, 'Sail on, Sailor', there must be something wrong with you. Blondie's got the magic, and there's something wondrously inevitable about a mulatto kid from Durban, South Africa, making the long voyage to America and cultivating his special gift for rocking & rolling in the exalted company of our most revered and durable rock group.

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