Searching for Sugarman, RIP

Searching for Sugarman, RIP

RIP

norman lebrecht

August 10, 2023

An obscure Detroit singer-songwriter who found fame in 1990s South Africa, Sugar Man Sixto Rodriguez, has died at 81.

Found to be selling more records than Elvis and the Beatles, he was tracked down by a movie ‘Searching for Sugarman’ which found him working in a menial job, looking after his neighbourhood.

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