I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did - as black performers in a white world. (Bobby Short)

I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did - as black performers in a white world.

Bobby Short

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