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907:The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
514:"The World Don't Owe You a Thing"
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216:The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
1359:Albums produced by Eddie Holland
1349:Albums produced by Lamont Dozier
1344:Albums produced by Brian Holland
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258:is the third studio album by
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1354:Invictus Records albums
1226:The Best of Freda Payne
1156:Out of Payne Comes Love
629:Canada Top Albums/CDs (
438:"Love on Borrowed Time"
406:"Rock Me in the Cradle"
381:Norma Toney, Ron Dunbar
961:www.officialcharts.com
905:Larkin, Colin (2006).
701:"Unhooked Generation"
596:Processed by: Syntrex
424:"Unhooked Generation"
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785:"Deeper and Deeper"
771:"Deeper and Deeper"
757:"Deeper and Deeper"
593:– recording engineer
482:William Weatherspoon
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102:Freda Payne
52:August 1970
42:Freda Payne
1328:Categories
1052:August 21,
1024:August 21,
881:089919026X
798:References
362:Ron Dunbar
104:chronology
1045:Billboard
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