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22: 167:,the same week as Cole's record was released on Baton. Waters had heard Cole sing the song while they were on tour together and adopted it as his own. A court later ruled that the song was indeed written by Foster, who is still receiving royalties for "Mojo". 244: 249: 254: 86: 58: 105: 65: 72: 43: 39: 54: 209: 126: 32: 79: 8: 148: 137: 130: 152: 133: 238: 164: 122: 160: 143:
Baton's first record, and subsequent hit, was "A Thousand Stars" by the
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claimed to have written the song and put out a recording of it on
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group the Rivileers. The label's most enduring hit is arguably "
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