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Percy Sledge: Blues Singer's Gamble Paid Off

Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 20 May 1966

TIME WAS when the biggest stars of show business had names like "Rock Stone" or "Lex Treason" — strong, rugged names that helped to give the world of entertainment its glamour and glitter.

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