Word: soul
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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JOHN MAYALL--Mayall just turned an ominous forty years old. Over the last ten years, he has played with an incredible number of first-rate musicians, recorded album after album of the best English blues--tinged with jazz and soul, and persisted in his undaunted willingness to experiment with musical form and texture. His past performances justify enough faith to go hear his new group. --P.M.S...
...playing was extremely good. Portney does have a staggering technique. If his hair-flicking, soul-stirring mannerisms were toned down--they look ridiculously out of place for such a young man--he would have far more to offer as a performer...
...election campaign. Cleveland Mayor Ralph J. Perk has been doing just that, and last week he won 56% of the vote in the nominating primary against Millionaire Democrat James M. Carney.* Perk took office two years ago, succeeding Carl Stokes and changing the tone of city hall from soul food to sauerkraut. To unseat him, Carney, an attorney and land developer, seemed an apt choice-a moderate white who represented both black and business interests and commanded the resources to run an estimated $100,000 campaign. Perk spent hardly any money on advertising; instead, he capitalized on-and deepened...
Divorced. Lou Rawls, 39, onetime gospel choirboy whose charcoal-blue ballads, particularly Love Is a Hurtin' Thing, were among the first soul songs to hit the top of the pop charts in the '60s; by Lana Jean Rawls, 31; after twelve years of marriage and two children; in Los Angeles...
...sole owner of American Photograph Corp. and Riggs was handed one of its executive positions). He settled down in the corporate saddle for several lazy years -- now that's hardly your tycoon's rugged individualism. There is as well the other matter of his marriage: the simple, gentle soul his wife remembers walked out of it with a $1,000,000 settlement. And if you still need convincing -- though perhaps this isn't playing fair -- just take a look at the guy. Notice the runty size, the duck waddle of a walk, the well-tinted hairdo sculpted to his face...