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"How Long Must I Wait for You" by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Told she was "too black and too fat" for a music career, Sharon Jones went to work as a corrections officer in one of the country's most notorious prisons. On the other side of 40, she found her spotlight with some funk and soul revivalists who built a band around her. She beat expectations and even beat cancer -- the first time.

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