The “Top Of The Pops” aired on the BBC television network from 1964 through 2006. For a review on this British dance show’s history go here!
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IN OTHER NEWS: GARY U.S. BONDS SUES CHUBBY CHECKER . . . JANUARY 12, 1963
A MCRFB news brief: 1963
Bonds says Checker Stole His Song
PHILADELPHIA — Rock and roll singer Gary (U.S.) Bonds claims that twister Chubby Checker swiped his top-selling song, “Quarter To Three.” And he went into U.S. District Court in Philadelphia to get the song back.
Bonds, who used to sing out of Norfolk, Va., as plain U.S. Bonds, filed a $100,000 damage suit against Checker. Bonds, a one-time spiritual singer named Gary Anderson, and Rock Master, Inc., a firm in which Bonds is associated with, claimed that “Quarter To Three” sold 800,000 records in 1961 before Checker and a number of co-defendants pirated it, as Bonds and his firm claimed in court.
The suit, filed by attorney Harold Lissius, alleges that they “manufactured and sold a version of “Quarter To Three” called “Dancin’ Party,” sung by Checker.
Named as co-defendants with Checker were Kalmann Muci, Inc., a publisher; Cameo-Parkway Recording Comapany, Kalmann Cohen, and officer of Kalmann Music, and David Appell, a music writer, all from Philadelphia.
U.S. Bonds says that “Dancin’ Party” was a flagrant imitation made to “deceive and confuse the public . . . and unlawfully capitalizes on the popularity of “Quarter To Three.” END.
(Information and news source: Billboard; January 12, 1963).
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MOTOWN CREW OFF TO EUROPE FOR BIG PUSH . . . MARCH 2, 1963
From the MCRFB news archives: 1963
MOTOWN INTENDS TO BROADEN BASE OVERSEAS ACROSS EUROPEAN HORIZON
DETROIT — Tamla-Motown Records is going after the overseas market with serious intent. The hot singles label is sending three representatives to Europe to establish and expand agreements with distribution outlets on the Continent. President Berry Gordy, Vice-President Barney Ales and Mrs. Esther Edwards (Gordy’s sister) will leave for London March 1.
The trio will make headquarters for the first week in the Carlton Towers. They expect to be in Europe four to six weeks. According to Ales, they will be cementing relations and affiliations not only for the label but also for the affiliated Jobete publishing and an associated management firm.
Ales also stated that this first trip to the Continent is exploratory in nature. He said he and Gordy were interested primarily in talking with as many companies as possible about distribution and representation.
The only firm from the Tamla-Motown labels have a solid agreement with at the present time is the Oriole label in England. This, Ales said, is due to run out in June. Most other agreement for distribution of records on the company’s labels are with companies on a one-shot basis with a 30-day cancellation clause.
The Detroit-based record executives will be touring Belgium, Germany, Holland and other European countries and wish to distribution and representation with many firms in those countries.
Ales stressed the importance of talks about the Jobete publishing and management firms because of the growing importance of both artists and tunes associated with the operation here. Ales noted that the Contours were going to appear in England in March and that three Jobete tunes have done very well in Europe: “Please Mr. Postman,” “Do You Love Me” and “Mashed Potatoes,” Dee Sharp had the hit on the last-named but Jobete had the copyright. END.
(Information and news source: Billboard; March 2, 1963).
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