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Old 12-04-2019, 08:58 PM   #2036
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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon View Post
There were some terrible Jump Blues and jazz bands that giged around in the wake of Joe Jackson and a few others opening up the genre to the hipsters in London in late '79 (Sade couldn't sing a note in tune to save her soul, she was karaoke bad live then) but Working Week were just jaw droopingly good to my 19 year old ears

You can tell on her albums that she's not the greatest singer. I don't think she has a lot of range.
Supposedly she is the most successful British solo female artist ever, mostly because of her popularity with African-Americans. Though it looks like Adele has passed her in "units sold".
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