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There are a lot of composers who were fantastic, but I challenge them to write a record that you could play five times a day for two months on the radio, songs that people will want to dance to on a Saturday night.
Robert Wyatt
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Robert Wyatt
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: January 28
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Robert Ellidge Wyatt
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