Dee Dee Warwick “Don’t Pay Them No Mind” (From the LP Foolish Fool, 1969)

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Sissie Houston “World Of Broken Hearts” (Congress 268-B, 1966)

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Judy Clay “My Arms Aren’t Strong Enough” (Scepter 1273, 1964)

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