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=== 1970s === After Sly and the Family Stone, Graham formed his own band, [[Graham Central Station]].<ref name="LarkinSM"/> The name is a pun on [[Grand Central Terminal|Grand Central Station]], the train station located in [[Manhattan]], New York City. Graham Central Station had several hits in the 1970s, as well as the album track "Hair"{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}. In the mid-1970s, Larry Graham worked with [[Betty Davis]], the second ex-wife of jazz musician [[Miles Davis]]. Betty Davis' band included members of the [[Tower of Power]] horns and the [[Pointer Sisters]], and she recorded three albums to critical acclaim but limited commercial success. In 1975, Graham became one of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]].<ref>''[[Awake!]]'' magazine, [https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/101989125 February 22, 1989, p. 15.]</ref> Eventually, he was credited with introducing [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] to the faith. In the early 1980s, Graham recorded five solo albums and had several solo hits on the R&B chart.<ref name="LarkinSM"/> His biggest hit was "[[One in a Million You]]", a crossover hit that reached No. 9 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in 1980.<ref name="LarkinSM"/>
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