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On BBC 4 right now, you've missedhalf ofit, they're at no.6 Stand By Me. Good program not just a rundown of the top10 but bit of a story behind each. Worth a watch if you're remotely interested in history of popular music.

I think it's repeated late tomorrow on BBC 4...enjoy

So. What where the top ten richest songs?

Can you pm me when it gets to the bit about the sewing machine?

Thanks.

olgitgooner wrote:So. What where the top ten richest songs?

Here they are, some of them really suprised me some of the ones on that list.

No.1 is not the Stevie Wonder song but the one that's sung on peoples actual birthday

The sisters who came up with it back in the late 19th century had the sense to copyright it, so anytime you hear it in a film or on the radio, their trust to this date gets royalties.....shared with Warner Chappell who bought a %age of the rights.

Another odd one is that Brown Eyed Girl is the most played song onn America radio to date ever, yet Van Morrisson because of the way his agreement for the song was done when he wrote it, he gets so little in royalties that it's next to nowt

Anyway here's the list

10. ‘The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)’, Mel Torme/Nat King Cole.
9. ‘Pretty Woman’, Roy Orbison.
8. ‘Every Breath You Take’, The Police.
7. ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’, John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie.
6. ‘Stand By Me’, Ben E. King / Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller
5. ‘Unchained Melody’, Alex North and Hy Zaret/The Righteous Brothers.
4. ‘Yesterday’, The Beatles.
3. ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, The Righteous Brothers.
2. ‘White Christmas’, Irving Berlin.
1. ‘Happy Birthday To You’, Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill/Warner Chappell.

Can't believe the highest place song by the Police is ‘Every Breath You Take’! Wouldn't even put it in their top ten songs. Was it used for advertising maybe? That why it earned so much?

DB10GOONER wrote:Can't believe the highest place song by the Police is ‘Every Breath You Take’! Wouldn't even put it in their top ten songs. Was it used for advertising maybe? That why it earned so much?

Probably made a sh1t load of money when P Diddy murdered it.

rodders999 wrote:

DB10GOONER wrote:Can't believe the highest place song by the Police is ‘Every Breath You Take’! Wouldn't even put it in their top ten songs. Was it used for advertising maybe? That why it earned so much?

Probably made a sh1t load of money when P Diddy murdered it.

Bastard Rodders!!


I had blanked that from my mind...

Some mor classic shit on BBC4 right nowif you can be bothered unless you all actually GTFO of the house on a Friday night.

Al Green,Isaac haye...if you watch now, check out Bill Withers drummer....what the hell is he on

topgoon wrote:

olgitgooner wrote:So. What where the top ten richest songs?

Here they are, some of them really suprised me some of the ones on that list.

No.1 is not the Stevie Wonder song but the one that's sung on peoples actual birthday

The sisters who came up with it back in the late 19th century had the sense to copyright it, so anytime you hear it in a film or on the radio, their trust to this date gets royalties.....shared with Warner Chappell who bought a %age of the rights.

Another odd one is that Brown Eyed Girl is the most played song onn America radio to date ever, yet Van Morrisson because of the way his agreement for the song was done when he wrote it, he gets so little in royalties that it's next to nowt

Anyway here's the list

10. ‘The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)’, Mel Torme/Nat King Cole.
9. ‘Pretty Woman’, Roy Orbison.
8. ‘Every Breath You Take’, The Police.
7. ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’, John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie.
6. ‘Stand By Me’, Ben E. King / Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller
5. ‘Unchained Melody’, Alex North and Hy Zaret/The Righteous Brothers.
4. ‘Yesterday’, The Beatles.
3. ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, The Righteous Brothers.
2. ‘White Christmas’, Irving Berlin.
1. ‘Happy Birthday To You’, Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill/Warner Chappell.

just for the recored Elvis Presley covered 6 0f the top 7. Amazingly, never covered "stand by me" from the leiber and stoller stable, even though they had provided him with 16 songs, the most he recorded from one set of writers outside his own publishing company....