Robert George “Joe” Meek was a song-writer, producer and sound engineer. He was also an independent label, publisher and studio…
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The Lion King’s Ransom: The story of “Mbube”, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and the 70 years struggle to get the writer, Solomon Linda credited.
I’m sure you’ve heard at least one of the versions or adaptations of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”. It has been…
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Mime & Punishment? The rise and fall of Milli Vanilli
On the 21st of July 1989, during a “live” performance for MTV the playback device failed and began to skip.…
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Bittersweet Victory: Why The Rolling Stones owned 100% of a song they didn’t write and how the writer got it back.
At the 2019 Ivor Novello Awards, Richard Ashcroft announced that after 22 years the dispute over his song, “Bittersweet Symphony”…
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