Letter: Luther Dixon obituary

Alfredo Marcantonio writes: A signi-ficant omission from Garth Cartwright's fine tribute to Luther Dixon (obituary, 12 November) is his work on Twist and Shout by the Isley Brothers. Attending the Isleys' session at Bell Sound studios to record another track, Dixon was so unsure of the song that, according to the Wand label boss Florence Greenberg, he devoted just 15 minutes to it at the end of the booking. But there can be few more widely performed, iconic numbers in the R&B songbook.Like Dixon...

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