Originally Posted by
kenneth
Very sad that Holland sold off his legacy of songs. As others have pointed out, many have done that, usually to their regret later. The Beach Boys [[I think their father got it from them!), even the Beatles. Some have realized the value of their portfolio. I believe Bacharach and David never let their songs go. I never knew that James Brown sold off his catalog, as someone mentioned above. The weird thing about the JB catalog is it probably wasn't worth as much until sampling came about. I mean how many covers have you heard of "I Can't Stand Myself [[When You Touch Me)" or "Say it Loud [[I'm Black and I'm Proud)?" I mean, who could cover a James Brown song...except James brown when he decided to record it again...?
A sad legacy of many of the quickly rising Black performers from the 60s and even 70s, song writers and others is that they seem to have notoriously had bad advice from their attorneys. Think Florence Ballard for example. Does anyone else see this pattern? I'm not trying to be provocative; it seems to be an emerging pattern that this group of young people who probably never realized what success was and how to deal with it often hired the wrong people to advise them.
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