“One More Time" became Daft Punk’s biggest hit & first million-selling single, sampling Eddie Johns& #39; 1979 song "More Spell on You.”

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When Daft Punk swept the 2014 #Grammys sampling his song, Eddie Johns was living on the streets.

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The Liberian-born singer, now 70, struggled with homelessness here for more than a decade.

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Determining what, exactly, Eddie Johns is owed two decades after Daft Punk sampled his song will be complicated.

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