At 7:29 AM -0700 3/27/08, Chuck Israels wrote:
Not to make too strong a case or say that the law was completely
suspended, but it does seem to me that, in reference to American
popular music of (approximately) the first half of the 20th Century,
Sturgeon's percentages need adjustment.
Up or down?
I don't think any of us has a clue about what got rejected by the A&R
guys, or ended up as an unplayed B side or album filler, and by its
nature any general "law" has to be applied to the entire universe in
question, not just to the ones that made it to the "Hit Parade" or
"American Bandstand" or the "Top 40."
But I did once see a recording go into distribution with a song
named--and I am NOT making this up!--"Take Back Your Heart, I Ordered
Liver."
(I was a member of The Four Saints through the '60s. Our records
weren't released, they escaped!)
John
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Virginia Tech Department of Music
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A 24061-0240
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