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Pennington’s career began picking up considerable steam after she connected with
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According to Levine, Pennington’s first releases with Island did not see as much success as those of Evelyn
Thompson and L.J. Johnson, who had also been signed to the label by Levine around the same time. Then, in 1976, Pennington released her single “Twenty Four Hours A Day,” which gained
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