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2 unusual facts about Want Ads


General Johnson

Invictus Records labelmates Honey Cone recorded the Johnson penned tracks "Want Ads", "Stick Up," and "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show."

Want Ads

"Want Ads" was released as the first single off Soulful Tapestry in the United States in the spring of 1971 (see 1971 in music).



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At the Center

Kenneth Rexroth reading the want ads recorded by Henry Jacobs for KPFA, 1957.