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Shorty Long

Standing just a little over five feet high, Frederick Earl Prolonged (aka Shorty Prolonged) was among the funkiest singers to record at Motown Details. Long was created on, may 20, 1940, in Birmingham, AL. While we were young he learned all about music from people like Alvin “Stand out” Robinson …

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