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    SWAMP DOGG

    Feb 20, 2020 3 minutes
    By John Lewis

    Sorry You Couldn’t Make It JOYFUL NOISE RECORDINGS

    8/10

    IN 1970, a songwriter from Virginia called Jerry Williams, along with his friend Gary US Bonds, wrote a heart-wrenching number called “Don’t Take Her (She’s All I Got)”. It was initially recorded in January 1971 by the Southern soul singer Freddie North, whose punchy, horn-assisted version (produced by Williams) made the Top 40 and the R&B Top 10. A few months later, the outlaw country singer Johnny

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