Monday, November 23, 2009

Where Did That Song Come From?

http://musicmasteroldies.com/2009/11/23/where-did-that-song-come-from/
Posted by joeknapp at 1:55 AM

9 comments:

  1. MondoNovember 23, 2009 at 9:10 AM

    What a piece of work - genius. It's also worth checking out Watch Your Step by Bobby Parker, which Lennon openly admitted he re-riffed for I Feel Fine..

    Great to hear the original of Train Kept A Rolling - it's always been a fave

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  2. joeknappNovember 23, 2009 at 12:57 PM

    Thanks for letting me know about that. Turns out that Bobby Parker had some bad luck with another song. He was the first to record You Got What It Takes on Vee-Jay 279 in 1957. Of course, that song was later a big hit for Marv Johnson in 1960, and then again for the Dave Clark Five in 1967. Both of those later versions listed the composers as Berry Gordy Jr., Gwendolyn Gordy, and Tyran Carlo. Bobby's name wasn't even mentioned at all! Parker has argued that as co-writer of that song, he should have received credit and royalties, but that never happened.

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  3. joeknappNovember 24, 2009 at 11:49 AM

    I'd like to thank those of you who sent emails with additional information. I've made a couple of corrections in my original post, and I've learned a few things as well (like, facts should be triple-checked and you should not stay up half the night trying to finish your blog post!) Hearing this great feedback from those of you who read and enjoy what I've written makes this all worthwhile and encourages me to write even more cool stuff. Please keep those cards and letters coming in!

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  4. Joe non PapaNovember 28, 2009 at 5:13 PM

    This was a great post. I've known that many of these famous tunes had antecedents but I've never heard many of them. Re the Stagger Lee though, I have a Mississippi John Hurt version (in a comp), called "Stack O'Lee", which is almost 20 years earlier than the Memphis Slim version. Keep up the good work.

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  5. Buns O'PlentyDecember 3, 2009 at 4:49 AM

    nice job! There's some great info here....i put you on my blogroll too btw

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  6. AnonymousApril 3, 2010 at 4:32 PM

    Nice posting. There are many more originals over on halfhearteddude's blog at www.halfhearteddude.com

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  7. peterrockerApril 18, 2010 at 9:26 AM

    Some great stuff in your post. The reason Leon Payne recorded "Lost Highway" before Hank was that Leon wrote it.

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