Sam Fender calls on the music industry to find more voices from working class backgrounds, as Elton John hails him as “one of the greatest lyricists Britain has ever produced”
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Elton was on hand to present Fender with the Songwriter of the Year prize at the Ivor Novello Awards last night (May 21)
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