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The memoir was noted as having just been published when the interview was recorded, and its title was referenced several times as a reflection of Butler's life and the civilrights era.
i stand accused what's the use of breaking up and only the strong survive which is the title of his memoir which had just been published when we spoke the philadelphia radio dj georgie woods nicknamed...
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The memoir was noted as having just been published when the interview was recorded, and its title was referenced several times as a reflection of Butler's life and the civilrights era.
i stand accused what's the use of breaking up and only the strong survive which is the title of his memoir which had just been published when we spoke the philadelphia radio dj georgie woods nicknamed butler the iceman because his style and stage presence were so cool butler was born in rural mississippi in 1939 three years later he moved with his family to chicago where he continued to live he became politically active in the city serving on the cook county board of commissioners from 1985 to 1969 hit only the strong survive he co-wrote the song with kenny gamble and leon huff
the black power movement was in vogue, and as a matter of fact, i realized that the song was a hit doing a concert at prairie view college in prairie view, texas. and the kids had kind of adopted the slogan, only to strong survive, as their theme song. and then there were a bunch of soldiers who came back from vietnam who told me that only to strong survive was helpful in seeing them through some very trying times, and they believed that it had helped them to come out of those foxholes.