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AUDIO: Robert "Bumps" Blackwell (1983)

John Pidgeon, Rock's Backpages audio, 15 October 1983

Songwriter and producer 'Bumps' Blackwell looks back at his illustrious career in pop and R&B: on Sam Cooke and 'You Send Me', Specialty Records and the West Coast indie scene, and at great length about his major discovery Little Richard.

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