Fact #170275
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Short story:
Monument Records in the USA receive a cable from Disques Barclay in Paris, France, Europe, requesting a rush shipment of Tony Joe White records and photographs, because his single Soul Francisco is taking off there.
Full article:
Tony Joe White : I often wonder about that. Why did it start in Paris? Especially in those days - they didn't understand English at all. But I would watch these people talk and dance around when I was playing over there. They were just dancing their hearts out. I knew they couldn't understand what I was singing, but they felt what I was singing. I used to see guys and women dressed up like some of the characters in my songs, even in rural France and places way out in the woods. There's a lot of swampy people over there.
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