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When you're reliant on other writers for songs, it's important you pounce when the opportunity is right to record a song that could be a hit. It's also crucial the folks at the record company see the worth of that song, lest somebody else come along and make it their own.
That's kind of the scenario surrounding the song "Queen of Hearts." Dave Edmunds made a hit out of it in the UK, but a record company fumble kept it from getting a listen in the U.S. When Juice Newton recorded it, the cards were on the table, so to speak, and the song became a breakout hit for her.
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