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Archive Home > 2010 > January > 11 > Persistence marked singer’s pursuit of the big hit

Persistence marked singer’s pursuit of the big hit

By Terence McArdle / The Bulletin
January 11, 2010

WASHINGTON — While holding down a day job as an Army Department mail clerk, Harmon Bethea struggled for decades to achieve a breakthrough singing group. He went at it so long, and through so many changes in pop vocal trends, that he tried to become famous in jive, doo-wop, rhythm-and-blues and....

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