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Randy Newman: In Praise of the Ten Second Song

Charlie Gillett, Record Mirror, 19 December 1970

THE MOST influential record of 1970 was the Edwin Hawkins' Singers' 'Oh Happy Day', which came out in 1969. It takes a while for people to catch on.

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