Canard
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Canadian singer, songwriter, collaborator, producer. A man with a great Sou/R&B voice.
Miles Davis was a fan.
An acquaintance of Hendrix.
Worked with/for Dusty Springfield, Donny Hathaway and Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, etc.
More influential than famous.
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Miles Davis was a fan.
An acquaintance of Hendrix.
Worked with/for Dusty Springfield, Donny Hathaway and Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, etc.
More influential than famous.
Eric Mercury, Canada’s ‘Electric Black Man,’ singer for ‘Be Like Mike’ campaign, dies
Mercury launched his career in the late 1950s just as Toronto’s music scene started to catch fire with a growing number of hot live venues.
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