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Where there's a hit - there's a writ - even 40 years later !

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#12632

Manager Man

Where there's a hit - there's a writ - even 40 years later ! 18 Years, 6 Months ago
Who wrote "Whiter Shade of Pale" - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6142290.stm Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#12644

Martin

Re:Where there's a hit - there's a writ - even 40 years later ! 18 Years, 6 Months ago

Yes it`s going to be a difficult case this one.
Sixties musicians? Memory? Could be a problem...
I had another of my infamous flops out in `87, and genuinely forgot that I had not written the middle 8 part, until the co-writer appeared at a gig and pointed out that he had no credit for the tune on the record.
But a massive global hit like "Pale"? This could get rough for all concerned.

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#12646

JK2006

Re:Where there's a hit - there's a writ - even 40 years later ! 18 Years, 6 Months ago
C'marn - how many people could come up with "we skip a light fandango"? More than one? Lock 'em up! Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#12648

Martin

Re:Where there's a hit - there's a writ - even 40 years later ! 18 Years, 6 Months ago
Yes you have to take your hat off to a ten million selling song , in which the lyric means actually nothing. Perhaps the use of "skipped the lights Fandango", was used as a trigger to say to himself Fink Ah need do a notice getting `oyalties. I love being dyslexsic sometimes. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#12649

Manager Man

Re:Where there's a hit - there's a writ - even 40 years later ! 18 Years, 6 Months ago
How come he had "forgotten" that he'd co-written it - for 40 years???? Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#12650

zooloo

Re:Where there's a hit - there's a writ - even 40 years later ! 18 Years, 6 Months ago
Isn't the keyboard melody a bit of Bach or some old dead geezer like that? If the guy wins will he get counter-sued by the writter of When a Man Loves a Woman? PS. NURSE! Martin's getting out of his bed again! Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#12655

JK2006

Re:Where there's a hit - there's a writ - even 40 years later ! 18 Years, 6 Months ago
Oh dear; Matthew's lost (almost all of) his hair. And Gary's gone snow white. How come I still look 25? PS... NURSE!!! Jonathan's broken his mirror again. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#12656

Grandpa Harley

Re:Where there's a hit - there's a writ - even 40 years later ! 18 Years, 6 Months ago
Martin... you a disturbed, and disturbing, individual... I admire that... Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#12657

Grandpa Harley

Re:Where there's a hit - there's a writ - even 40 years later ! 18 Years, 6 Months ago
Drugs? Drink? Heady combination of the two? Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#12662

Martin

Re:Where there's a hit - there's a writ - even 40 years later ! 18 Years, 6 Months ago

Haha! Purely isolation Harley!
The dog says so very little these days.
I do admit to having a cup of coffee last week, and I was instantly(no pun intended) banned from it by my partner again!
Wasn`t there a BeeGees case like this a few years back, but with a guy who appeared from nowhere claiming he had written some of their songs?
I know about the recent Green Day case.
I wish I could inform you all about something that has just unfortunately become apparent to this office and relevent to the thread, but you will have to stay tuned.

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#12676

Martin

Hang on a minute........... 18 Years, 6 Months ago
.......I smell film rights......... Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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