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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated February 4, 1965 partially reads, "Battista Locatelli is on television this evening because his singing made his relatives nervous. His singing wasn't very good, but his lungs were, and his relatives, when they weren't praying at night that he would have his larynx removed, went around saying, 'Shut up, Battista. Your voice is bad. You'll never be a singer. Go out in the fields and sing to your tractor.'"
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
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