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Etta James 1938-2012

David Hepworth, The Word, March 2012

JOHNNY OTIS was relaxing in his San Francisco hotel room one afternoon in 1954 when his manager called from the lobby and said he was with a girl who wanted to audition for his band.

Total word count of piece: 445

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