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Syl Johnson, heavily sampled soul singer and guitarist, dies aged 85

planetsixstring February 7, 2022 comments off
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Johnson’s 1967 hit Different Strokes is one of the most sampled soundbites ever, and appears on tracks by Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan and Jay-Z

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