Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 10 February 1973
IT'S ODD to hear a black singer from North Philadelphia, who topped the US soul and pop charts a few weeks ago, admit that it was the Beatles who turned him on to the possibilities of R&B as a valid medium of communication.
Total word count of piece: 959
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