In March 1973, an item appeared in the Random Notes section of Rolling Stone about John Hammond of Columbia Records. The veteran A&R man had suffered a heart attack while checking out a concert by a new act he'd just signed. "He attributed it to a heavy work schedule and weakness from a virus he picked up in Paris," the item read. "His doctor, however, disagreed. He says it was due
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