Re: [Marxism] Michal Jackson, Elvis Presley and the perils of success

[La Sainte <lasainte@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, it should have been either the Newport Folk Festival or Newport Jazz 
Festival, probably the former.

Someday I should dig into the closet and look for it.

Cherie
 

-----Original Message-----
>From: La Sainte <lasainte@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jun 26, 2009 1:33 PM
>To: LaSainte@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Marxism] Michal Jackson, Elvis Presley and the perils of success
>
>I don't remember where I first read it. However, Big Mama Thornton was the 
>songwriter listed for her "Hound Dog" recording on a New Port Blues Festival 
>album. Which year, I don't recall. My record is in a box buried deep in my 
>closet.
>
>Cherie
>  
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ian Angus <ecosocialism@xxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Jun 26, 2009 1:21 PM
>>To: LaSainte@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: Re: [Marxism] Michal Jackson,        Elvis Presley and the perils of 
>>success
>>
>>Cherie wrote:
>>>Just one point. Big Mama Thornton claimed she was the one who wrote "Hound 
>>>Dog."
>>>According to her, Stoller and Lieber had stolen it. My guess is it could 
>>>very well have happened.
>>>It wouldn't have been the first time, particularly if the true songwriter 
>>>was African-American.
>>
>>Can you provide a reference for her making that claim?
>>
>>There was a dispute about who wrote the song but not with Thornton.
>>Johnny Otis, who was the bandleader and producer of her record, has
>>always claimed that he rewrote Lieber & Stoller's original lyrics. He
>>was given a writer's credit on the Thornton record, but L&S later sued
>>to get full credit, and so Otis got no royaties from the Elvis Presley
>>version.
>>
>>Big Mama Thornton frequently said  that although she was the first to
>>record it, she never got the royalties she was owed. That's certainly
>>true: the Peacock label was run by the notorious Houston gangster Don
>>Robey, who never paid anything to artists if he could avoid it.
>>
>>Ian Angus
>>
>
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