Say ‘Goodbye’ to payola!
“DICK CLARK PAYOLA SHOCKER”
“The controversial film Wage$ of $pin portrays Clark as a corrupt and hated greed-monger who used his power to make and break music careers-”
“The award-winning documentary chronicles the early years of the Philadelphia music scene where American Bandstand was originally produced.”
“It features interviews with old-time singers and songwriters who blame the clean-cut Clark for shaking down recording artists for lucrative publishing rights before he would air their music on his hit show.”
“Artie Singer of Danny and the Juniors, who co-wrote the ‘50s hit “At the Hop,” revealed in the movie that he was told “the record does not go on the air until you give him [Dick Clark] 50 percent of the publishing.”
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