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Click Below Thank You - 20/20 "Truth In Music" segment
ABC News.com
Jon (BOWZER)
Bauman Vocal Group Hall of Fame
TRUTH IN MUSIC
Committee Chairman
MSNBC.com
"Truth
In Music" Has Arrived!
The Truth In Music Bill was
created to protect the artists
from Identity theft and to
protect the Consumer from
being mis-lead to believe
they are seeing the legendary
artists that made the hits
songs famous, when in
fact they are not.
The Truth in Music Law
is designed to stop unscrupulous
concert promoters from deceiving
the public with “impostor groups”
which have no connection,
legal or otherwise, to the
authentic groups.
Fundamentally, this is a
consumer protection bill,
as the public pays hard-earned
money to see a show and has
no idea what it’s even getting.
The bill makes it mandatory
for a live performance to
include at least one recording
member of the group who still
has the right to use the group
name or Trademark.
Otherwise, the act
must be billed as a “tribute”
or a “salute” so that the
public knows what
it’s paying for.
An ancillary effect of this
bill is to help the authentic
artists themselves, who have
been struggling for many years
to try to stop impostors to no
avail. The impostor groups
take their jobs, their money,
their legacy and their applause.
The bill is necessary because
existing law has completely
failed to work and impostor
groups have multiplied. There
may be as many as 50 groups
of “Coasters” and “Platters”
performed nationwide,
often at the same time in
different venues. The bill
shifts the burden to those
groups to prove that they
actually have rights to
the group names.
The specific guidelines the bill
provides give clarity to venues
as to whom to book, and to
the state attorney general’s
office as to what constitutes
a violation. This is much more
efficient and cost-effective
than any other way of dealing
with this very specialized area.
Because of the above,
we have passed the BILL
in 26 states including
NY, CA, FL, NV, TN, TX, MO,
PA, NJ, MI, MA, CT, IL, IN,
WI, VA, VT, ME, CO, MD, MS,
MN, RI, SC, ND and Now
Delaware. Ohio is Next and makes 27
Some good news
Ohio Passes the Senate
Unanimousely.
Truth In Music Bill
This bill makes it a violation
of the consumer fraud act
for any person to advertise
a live musical performance
or production through the use
of an affiliation, connection
or association between the
performing group and
the recording group...
Vocal Group
Hall of Fame
10th Anniversary Inductions
(724) 983-2025 Box Office & MORE
INFO
ALL 4 CONCERTS
BEGIN AT 7:00 PM
INDUCTEE PERFORMANCE & SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Celebrating the Class
of
2005, 2006 & 2007
FOUR Historic Concerts Hosted by Class of
1998 - 2004
Inductees
Vocal
Group Hall of Fame Video
Promo
Public Television Special in Syndication
[Photo Gallery] We've compiled numerous
images of past and present.
Take a trip into the history
of The Columbia Theatre.
The Vocal Group
Hall of Fame New Musuem, Restaurant, Banquet Center,
Malt Shop and Piano Bar
will be closed while under construction until
Fall of 2009.
Offices are now located inside
The Columbia Theatre 82 West
State St. Sharon, Pa. The new musuem will open at located at 100 West State St. Sharon, PA.
Vocal
Group Hall of Fame
Public Museum Attraction
in Sharon, Pennsylvania will beclosed while
under renovation
until Fall of 2009.
People who love music
understand
that creativity, talent and hard work
are required to bring
it to life.
The goal of musicFIRST is
to
ensure that struggling performers,
local musicians
and well-known
artists are compensated for their
music when it is played both
today and in the future.
Of all the ways we listen to music, corporate radio is the only one
that receives special treatment.
For more than 80 years, big
radio has had a free pass
to play music – refusing to pay
even a fraction of a
penny to
the performers
that
brought it to life.
music FIRST is committed to
making sure everyone, from
up-and-coming artists to our
favorites from years-ago,
is guaranteed
Fair Pay
for Air Play.
You can help by writing your
member of Congress and
telling them that you support
musicFIRST’s effort to
make a performance
right a reality for all
artists and musicians. www.musicFIRSTcoalition.org
All Inducted Vocal Groups are Encouraged to Join
the Coalition
FAIR PAY FOR
AIR PLAY!!
Radio’s promotional value is
on
the decline. New music distribution platforms –
such as satellite,
cable and internet radio –
provide additional ways for
consumers to enjoy music.
With
the exception of
AM and FM radio,
each
platform pays for the
recordings they use
regardless
of any promotion that might occur
as a result, including broadcasters
who simulcast their programming
on the
Internet. However,
the
bottom line is that
this is about simple fairness:
the artists who bring the
music
to life, who attract listeners to a
station, and
who make it possible
for radio to make money by
selling advertising deserve to
be compensated when a
radio
station uses their music
to compensate itself.
In Loving Memory
We've Lost Nick
We have lost one of the finest singers and entertainers the
world has ever known.
Nick Reynolds of The Kingston
Trio
passed away
Wednesday,
Oct. 1st
at 10:05 p.m.
October 5, 1958
George Goldner
(End Records President)
signed
The Flamingos.
Birthday
Arlene Smith (Chantels) 1941
Patti La Belle
(Bluebelles) 1944
__________
October 6, 1958 Elegants follo-up to their
#1"Little Star,"
"Please Believe Me"
(Apt) was issued.
They recorded 12
more 45's but never
charted again. Top Single "Glory Of Love" The Five Keys
1951 #1 R&B
__________
October 7, 1967 The Mama's & Papa's
British tour and TV
appearances were
canceled when Mama'
Cass Elliot was jailed
for a night, accused
of stealing items
from a hotel.
Top Single "Everybody Plays The Fool"
The Main Ingredients
1972 #4
Birthday Tony Sylvester
(Main Ingredient)
1972 #4
__________
October 8, 1967 The Emotions
"Don't Ask My Neighbors"
(Columbia #44 Pop, R&B)
charted as the followup
to their mega-hit
"Best Of My Love"
(#1 Pop & R&B).
It was their
17th
of
30 R&B
hits
between
1969 and 1984.
Top Single "Last Train To Clarksville" The Monkees
1966 #64
October 9, 1954 Shirley Gunter and
The Queens, a Los Angeles
femal quartet, hit the
R&B singles survey with
"Oop Shoop" (#8).
By the time
"Oop Shoop"
was released, Shirley
(sister of Coasters
member Cornel Gunter)
was legally blind.
Top Single "Bristol Stomp"
The Dovells
1961 #5
__________
October 10, 1958 The Dells opened a
weeks engagement
headlinging at New York's
Appollo Theatre.
