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How Barbara Lynn Changed The Blues Forever

John Morthland, Wondering Sound, 12 November 2014

BARBARA LYNN, who topped rhythm and blues charts in 1962 with 'You'll Lose a Good Thing', which also crossed over to the pop Top 10, doesn't like to think of herself as a pioneer; it makes her feel like she's boasting gratuitously.

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