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‘I sexed it up’: 1970s disco queen Asha Puthli on Warhol, Dali and influencing Donna Summer
In February 1971, Asha Puthli was sitting with Andy Warhol and friends at Max’s Kansas City, a New York club nightclub and restaurant, when the DJ played her new single. It was a cover of Marvin Gaye’s Motown classic Ain’t That Peculiar with Peter Ivers …