Love the Spinners original I'll Be Around, and was preparing to splash out on the Doug Parkinson version, when I noticed that whilst the Spinners version is credited to Tom Bell and Phil Hurtt as writers the Aussie version is credited to Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy, Doug's version was top 40 in Australia so is there some contractural reason? or just a huge mistake?

Southern Star Records, the label on which Doug Parkinson's version was released, somehow confused the composers of the Spinner's tune with a tune of the exact same title written by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancey and recorded by the group Midwest Franchise on MCA Records.

Have some royalty's gone to the wrong people, Midwest Franchise is a fab tune  BTW

7 hours ago, sunnysoul said:

Southern Star Records, the label on which Doug Parkinson's version was released, somehow confused the composers of the Spinner's tune with a tune of the exact same title written by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancey and recorded by the group Midwest Franchise on MCA Records.

Great bit of trivia that! :-)

 

Cheers,

Mark R

surely a completely different arrangement and a slight altering of the words song that's why ?

kev

 

Edited January 18, 20169 yr by kevinsoulman

nice version by gc cameron as well

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