The lead singer of the Four Tops has died.

Here's Reach Out:

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And The Same Old Song:

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And here's Billy Bragg - for Levi, and also for Norman Whitfield:

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The songwriter Norman Whitfield died last week.
He wrote this:

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Went over to Iain's yesterday to get some practice in, and work out a few routines, ahead of the "medieval barbecue" next weekend.  Thankfully, my knee's feeling better now.  Unfortunately, we'd only been practising for a few minutes when the heavens opened.  After that storm, we went out again, got maybe half-an-hour in (including having a go with ( Read more... )