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Shuggie Otis

Strawberry Letter 23
1971 · via Stetsasonic
Shuggie Otis – Strawberry Letter 23
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Shuggie Otis wrote it and cut it himself in 1971, well before The Brothers Johnson, Tevin Campbell, and Stetsasonic each took a turn. Start at the source and hear what everyone else was chasing.

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Written by Shuggie Otis.

First recorded by Shuggie Otis in 1971.

Also recorded by The Brothers Johnson (1977), Phish (2017), Akon (2010), Tevin Campbell (1991).

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