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Tina Campbell

You Make Me Feel Brand New hit-makers The Stylistics recall touring with notoriously 'tough' James Brown

They say you should never meet your heroes and it was even worse for The Stylistics after they accidentally rubbed James Brown up the wrong way.

The legendary Philadelphia soul group got the chance to open for the Godfather of Soul on a 35-date US tour and despite initially being given a 20-minute slot, found their time cut down to 15 as they went down a little too well.

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