The Jersey Girls website, hosted by longtime music-biz insiders, singers Denise Ferri and Bernadette Carroll, with an assist from our Internet radio host Ronnie Allen, have created a multi-page tribute to me and my career, and have established a 2010 petition to induct me into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (Category Non-Performers: "Songwriters, producers, disc jockeys, record executives, journalists and other industry professionals who have had a major influence on the development of rock and roll.") Could it be me they were saluting? If the Jersey Girls Sing my praises, it must be true, because Denise, Bernadette, and Marcia Habib and her Claymates Fan Club, have been my angels, lighting the way for so many years. Clay Cole Tribute Page
John A. Jackson's award-winning biography of Alan Freed has been reissued in paperback, renamed The Alan Freed Story. This is a must!
Jackson was awarded a Rolling Stone and the
Songwriter Search;
Royalty Money Held
There is royalty money being held for songwriters who cannot be located.
I have volunteered to assist Shapiro-Bernstein, one of our most respected music publishers, in spreading the word. Any leads will be helpful.
If you are aware of the whereabouts of these songwriters, just contact me, and I'll pass the word along to the proper department at Shapiro-Bernstein.
They have searched BMI, ASCAP, other publishers, Internet, etc, with no luck. It would be so great if we can locate these songwriters and see that they receive their due financial reward:
* Johnny Burnette (“Damn the Defiant” – 1962) – Johnny and Dorsey have died, and we sent a letter to Thurley Burnette last year, no answer
* Hal Norton (“Wanderin’ Eyes” – 1957)
* Murray Roth (“I’m a Lonesome Little Raindrop” – 1920)
* Ray Willis (“Beatnik’s Wish” – 1959) – his co-writer says he died, no idea about heirs
* Edward Grant (“I’m Wonderin’ Who” – 1927)
* Garold Overs (“I Belong to the Wind” – 1965) – His last address was in Michigan. This song was covered by Dayna Kurtz recently so it has new earnings.
* Sam Friedman (“Blues Ain’t News To Me” – 1952, “Ain’t Nothing Good” – 1953)
* Billy Hueston (“Throwin’ Stones at the Sun” – 1934)
* Lorraine Teaton and Will Jurgens (“Don’t Be Blue, Little Pal, Don’t Be Blue” – 1941)
* Irv Nahan (cut in on “I’m So Lost” – 1964) – sold his house in Philadelphia, think he’s passed; we are searching for heirs.
* Jean Herbert (“Clover Blossoms” – 1932)
And in case you’re not already aware of it, SoundExchange is good to register with if you’re a singer/performer. They collect royalties separate from other collectors (ASCAP/BMI/music publishers) – their website explains it all much better than I can. My thanks. Respectfully, Clay Cole
"Remember Lennon: Imagine 70" is a special concert event honoring the former Beatle. The musical production is a recreation of a concert that John might have given had he still been with us. It is the only professional presentation planned to celebrate the music, magic and memories of Lennon on October 9, 2010, the exact date John would have turned seventy. Imagine...70.
Produced by Charles Rosenay
Friday, October 8, Calvin Theatre, Westhampton, MA
Saturday, October 9, Shubert Theatre, New Haven, CT
from Port Canaveral to Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, Mexico:
Larry Chance & the Earls, Marcels,
The Teenagers, The Bobbettes, and
Jimmy Gallagher and The Passions.
February 20-27, 2011
“DooWopCruise.com” on Royal Caribbean’s ultra luxurious Freedom of the Seas. Enjoy the private doo wop concerts and events, plus four sun-drenched Caribbean ports of call.
Fats Domino and his producer/co-writer Dave Bartholomew crafted a remarkable string of hits in the 1950s and early ‘60s. Only Elvis outsold Domino in the 1950s.
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland will devote its 15th annual American Music Masters series to Fats Domino, Bartholomew and New Orleans’ role in the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. “Walking to New Orleans: The Music of Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew,” scheduled for Nov. 8-13 in and around Cleveland.
