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Hit Makers behind Georgie Fame

Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 29 April 1967

GEORGIE FAME had a three-day growth of stubble on his chin… an old woolly sweater on his back… and a song at his fingertips. He hunched over the piano and sang 'Because I Love You' into the microphone dangling down in front of his face.

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