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Mark Ulriksen The One: The Life and Music of James Brown RJ Smith Gotham Books In the early 1970s, James Brown typically performed 335 days a year; each month, he gave away 5,000 autographs and ...

What awards has Tom Watson won? Tom Watson has won the Special Achievement in Design at The Hewes Awards for his work on The Coast of Utopia.

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