It's one for the money
the song snatchers who carved up a century of pop & sparked a musical revolution
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Word Count
115,250 words, Guess
Page Count
461 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveitsoneformoneyso0000heyl
- ISBN-139781472119667
- ISBN-101472111907
- ISBN-101472119665
- ISBN-139781472111906
and 8 more
- ISBN-139781472112002
- ISBN-101472112008
- Library of Congress Control Number2014481727
- OCLC Control Number915171154
- Better World Books9781472119667
- Better World Books9781472112002
- Better World Books9781472111906
- Open LibraryOL33006376M
Classifications
- DDC782.4/2163/09
- LCCML3470 .H52 2015
- LCCML3470
Alternate Titles
- Song snatchers who carved up a century of pop & sparked a musical revolution
Description
"Song publishing is the one constant in the carousel of recorded music now spanning the past century, and has been the way that song-credits and publishing revenue have caused ructions and recriminations, and inspired writers by making them poor and lawyers rich. Whether it be Procul Harum going to court to decide who really wrote 'Whiter Shade of Pale' or the Moody Blues wanting their fair share of 'Nights of White Satin', when the song-credits get divvied up, a parting of the ways citing 'musical differences' is almost inevitable. So here are some choice examples of poplore held up to the light, some familiar to music fans others not, designed to prove that Dylan knew of what he wrote when he suggested, 'Money doesn't talk, it swears'. Between them, they provide the unvarnished story of popular song from the days jukeboxes and radio replaced wax cylinders and piano rolls to the era of digital downloads, legal and illegal ..."--Publisher's description.
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