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Gary Barlow: Gary Takes it All

Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 15 July 1996

The least fancied member of smash-hit boy band Take That was the one with the bona fide music training. Now, Gary Barlow is writing songs for himself — and he's back at the top of the charts. As Caroline Sullivan finds out, the ugly duckling's even turned into a bit of swan.

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