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Labelle: Girl Group to Gospel

Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 1983

THE 18 CHORUS members of Your Arms Too Short to Box With God were assembled like a church choir in their red and white gowns at New York's Alvin Theatre. They opened the show with the gently rolling chants of 'Beatitudes'. Suddenly there was a piercing wail from the wings.

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