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“Soul”
― Stuart Cosgrove, Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul

“I kill a man and most people understand and forgive me. However, I love a man and many say this makes me an evil”
― Stuart Cosgrove, Harlem 69: The Future of Soul

“Vandross was promoted to main backing singer and taken on the subsequent stadium tour. It was Young Americans’ lush, blue-eyed soul that brought him a step closer to stardom.”
― Stuart Cosgrove, Harlem 69: The Future of Soul

“By January 1967 Motown had built up an unrivalled sales force under the formidable direction of their white Sicilian-American sales boss, Barney Ales, whom Gordy had met when Ales was a rising star at Warner Brothers. Ales was more than a salesman. He had been a strategic lynchpin in Motown’s ability to break through racial barriers and sell its sound to a white teenage audience.”
― Stuart Cosgrove, Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul

“Heathrow Airport on his first trip to London. All he carried with him was his guitar, a change of clothes, plastic hair curlers, and a jar of acne cream.”
― Stuart Cosgrove, Harlem 69: The Future of Soul