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" My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences. "

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" The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them. "

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" Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles. "