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"DJs Have To Play R&B," says U.S. Bonds!

Ian Dove, Record Mirror, 28 April 1962

GARY ANDERSON arrived last week. He is small, about 5 ft 6 ins., very very quiet, almost reserved. Under his professional name U.S. Bonds, which is now being changed to Gary (U.S.) Bonds — "so that I can work in the better night clubs. It looks classier than just U.S. Bonds" — he has been responsible for some of the wildest sounds on disc of last year.

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