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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