Fact #7071
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Short story:
Marv Johnson releases a new single, You Got What It Takes, on United Artists Records in the USA. The record label credits Motown records' founder Berry Gordy as its composer, but blues-rock singer-songwriter Bobby Parker will subsequently claim it was actually his composition.
Full article:
Robert Parker : I wrote You've Got What It Takes. that was my song. Even had the Paul 'Hucklebuck' Williams band playing on it behind me... And then Berry Gordy just stole it out from under me, just put his name on it. And what could I do? I was just trying to make a living, playing guitar and singing, how was I going to go on and fight Berry Gordy, big as he was, and Motown Records? There wasn't really nothing I could do about it - it was just too big and I didn't have any way to fight them...
(Source : interview in Forgotten Hits newsletter, 2008)
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(Source : interview in Forgotten Hits newsletter, 2008)