CMP
JULY 2016 Volume 47 Number 7 Issue 557
News
Nashville saved
Walt Trott in Nashville Duncan Warwick in London
Editor Duncan Warwick
Contributors David Allan, Janet Aspley, Donnie Ayers, Craig Baguley, Larry Delaney, Steve Derby, Don Cusic, Julie Flaskett, Kelly Gregory, Michael Hingston, Spencer Leigh, John Lomax III, Dave McAleer, Douglas McPherson, Steve Morewood, Stephen O’ Hanlon, Rob Patterson, Roland Purdy, Adrian Peel, Paul Riley, Wayne Smart, Chris Smith, Danielle Smith, Alison Stokes, Tom Travis, Walt Trott
Photographers Helen Parish, Patricia Presley, Ian Tilbury, Barry Dixon, Billie McAleer
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No sooner than ABC announced its night time soap Nashville was being cancelled after dismal ratings for its fourth season, negotiations were underway between its production firm, Lionsgate TV, with Country Music Television, to beam its fifth season on that cable network( 22 episodes). That hasty salvage comes at a huge cost to Tennessee taxpayers and local organisations, considering the state’ s pledge to ante up $ 8 million, Nashville’ s new mayor promising another $ 1.375 million, plus further funds from Ryman Hospitality and the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau. As news spread, Mayor Megan Barry Tweeted,“ We are happy that @ LionsgateTV is working hard to # BringBackNashville!”
Conway Twitty passed in June 1993 at age 59, but it appears we haven’ t heard the last from him musically. A chap named Mike Patton claims he purchased papers at a 1994 auction in Hendersonville, carrying his souvenir back home to Galesburg, Ill., and just recently perused them to find, much to his surprise, some sheets of music for eight songs the singer had written. When a pal, Ramsey Dean of Chicago, researched the Twitty lyrics on Mike’ s behalf, he found that four songs had been recorded, but another four had not. One, in particular, titled I Kinda, Sorta Think You’ re Wonderful had been copyrighted, but never registered with a performing rights agency like BMI, ASCAP or SESAC, while another I Want Everyone To Know cannot be located in the US Copyright database. As the pair continue to investigate the find, it should be noted Twitty was a prolific writer, responsible for penning 13 of his then-record 41 # 1 songs, among them It’ s Only Make Believe, Hello Darlin’,”“ You’ ve Never Been This Far Before and Linda On My Mind.
Unheard Twitty
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