Sharon Osbourne Presents Rock 'n' Roll's Dodgiest Deals

2017

1h 0m

9.0(2 votes)

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Sharon Osbourne presents the story of pop deals through the decades. She looks at some memorably bad and good deals offered to a range of musicians from Little Richard to NWA.

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