“The sham engineers of the music industry, who steer the wheels of public opinion, are driving the good features of calypso into the ground.”

—  Harry Belafonte

As quoted in New Musical Express ( May 1957), also in NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1992) by John Tobler, p. 40
Context: The sham engineers of the music industry, who steer the wheels of public opinion, are driving the good features of calypso into the ground. I shudder to think what these greedy men will eventually do to this true art form.

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