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The Rhythm & Blues Gospel According To Betty Wright

John Swenson, Rolling Stone, 25 August 1977

NEW YORK — Just a few years back, Betty Wright was a candidate for Aretha Franklin's Queen of Soul crown. But now the brassy singer from Miami is one of the new wave of R&B performers who exhort their audiences to sobriety and upward mobility through religion.

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