Posted on 08/02/2007 7:16:47 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
Cox Radio Possible Racist Remarks Spark Fury:
It wasn’t tough enough for Judy Collins and Sam Moore, two famous and popular singers, to testify in front of a Congressional committee on Tuesday about the need for a performance royalty on radio stations. (Singers on hit records aren’t paid when a record is played on the radio; only the writers are.)
Now Robert Neil, the head of Cox Radio, which owns 80 stations in 18 markets, has infuriated them with what some consider to be racist remarks regarding their right to earn a living. And R&B legend Moore, for one, is demanding that he be fired.
Neil said: "I saw the (congressional) testimony yesterday, and the reality is a lot of those people would be sitting in a shack somewhere in a small town if it wasn't for the fact that radio supported their music when it was coming up.”
Moore is furious. He feels the term “those people” is pejorative. At first he wanted an apology. Now he wants Neil's head. Cox Radio owns R&B stations and oldies stations that Moore says have made their money from black artists for 40 years.
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Yeah, I never heard of the “famous and popular singer” Sam Moore either.
Judy Collins I heard of - - she did a nice cover of Joni’s ‘Both Sides Now’ back in the ‘60s and was somebody’s girlfriend in Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young and got a song out of it (’Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’). She’s a good singer.
Dusty Springfield was in a class of her own. Outstanding.
I think he literally meant ‘those people’ who were testifying at Congress.
Shouldn’t ask, but the more I read here, is your friend Sandy Posey?
Of course, the thing about backup singers is they’re just like musicians - they are paid a fee for a session and that’s that. Of course, one of the things SoundExchange is doing is including musicians in the payments, so you might want to check into that for your friend as a backup.
I live 80 miles from Memphis, 50 miles from the Shoals, 45 miles from Tupelo, and 45 miles from Jackson, Tennessee. There are a few of the old pickers still left but the last few years age has taken them. The business next to my clinic is a auto shop and the owner was Bill Black’s brother in law. I used to see Carl Perkins around at many local benefits where there was music played...Carl was generous and a very humble man. He is missed greatly.
Yep, if you google Lesley Gore + gay, you’ll find plenty of evidence.
I used to know most of the pop singers in South Philly (in the early ‘60s). They didn’t get paid right either. I was just a kid but at first it shocked me to see how they really lived, and how hard they worked too. No gold suits there!
Dusty was quoted as having admitted that she went both ways.
I was young at the time, and only remember her from Batman.
Maybe you're thinking of Klaus Nomi(sp?) who covered her "You Don't Own Me"? ("...don't say that I can't play with other BOYS!")
You're right in the middle of heaven then living there. Lucky you!
Aww now I'm getting all sad thinking about the passing of some of the greats. Talented musicians today have a harder time making the break and even if they get one hit, they often don't have much left to continue.
I've lost track with what happened to Booker T and the MGs. I used to see Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn credited with performing as guest players with some groups.
On another note, for all the joy the 60s musicians brought us, it's a shame that some of them received so little compensation for their efforts.
Sandy Posey? I haven’t heard that name in a long time! Thank you.
Get a copy of the Sun studio album series with Carl Perkins. Has “Blue Suede Shoes, Matchbox,” and other great, early Rock songs.
The Sun series also included Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis (wish I had them).
Bill Black Combo. Cool!!!
I have a stack of the Sun label albums and 45’s...I have that CD set too.
Lucky you!
I went to Temple Un. from Sept. 62-June 66. Met Bill Cosby, saw Little Anthony & the Imperials, and the great Lee Andrew and the Hearts.
Also hired local black R&R bands from Phila. to play at our dormitory. So much local talent. It was no wonder that Phil Specter chose Philly for his base of operations.
Used to get bar-jukebox used 45’s and LP’s at a little store about 8 blocks above City Hall on Broad Street (and Race?). Paid 25 cents for Motown, and got a mint copy of “The Crickets: Something Old, Something Blue” for a dollar. Their first record after Buddy Holly died. Another very good album. Showed their ability to perform on their own.
Hopefully you were with the Frankie Avalon, Bobby ? (”Swinging School”), and Fabian group of So. Philly singers. Little Anthony too! Orlons?
We did some work with Sam several years ago. They owed us a pittance (200 or 300 bucks) and I couldn’t get them to pay us for anything.
After about 6 months I finally sent a letter announcing that failure to pay this bill in a certain number of days gave me the right to do anything I wanted to with whatever of their products I had in hand.
His wife went nuts, talked about copyrights etc etc etc, afraid I would release a tape of whatever I had, but she sent the check immediately.....
She then demanded I return whatever of their products (tapes) I had on hand.
I gladly informed her I had absolutely nothing.
“You don’t own me
I’m not chust one of your littel toyeez”
I’m suffering from “record envy” re your Sun collection.
Time for “bragging rights”. My first five 45’s were:
Jailhouse Rock, Elvis, and picture sleeve
Wake Up Little Susie, Everly Bros., plain sleeve
Great Balls of Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis, plain sleeve
Stood Up, Ricky Nelson, picture sleeve
Sweet Little Sixteen (and “Rockin & Reeling” on B side), Chuck Berry, plain sleeve
First LP - “Ricky”, Ricky Nelson.
Still have all of them in near mint condition.
Got to see Jerry Lee Lewis (twice), once with Fats Domino (he’s THE man), and once with Little Richard and Chuck Berry. Also saw the Everly Brothers. Missed Elvis and Ricky. Do own a trading card with a piece of the “King’s” polka-dotted shirt, and a photo-trading card signed by Yvonne Craig (with Elvis).
Also have in-person autographed photos of women who starred in Elvis movies - Yvonne Craig (as Batwoman); Stella Stevens (”Poseidon Adventure photo), and Celeste Yarnell (from “Star Trek” with Walter Koenig, dual autographs).
How he could keep his mind on remembering his lines with all those beautiful women around is the question of the ages, but as one poster wrote above, Elvis was a “gentleman”, and we can be proud of him for that.
They don’t make them like these guys anymore.
Pity that Klaus and Celine Dion can’t do a duet.
I'm speechless. Gobsmacked, even.
There were a couple of dumb arses when I was in the army, that told me that a white guy who lived in the baracks with them a couple of rooms down was racist because, he asked them at 2030 on a wednesday evening, “could you turn down y’alls music?” They tried to tell me his saying “y’alls” was racist. I could hardly contain my laughter. Some people will find racism everywhere they look.
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