From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #16636 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Friday, September 5 2025 Volume 14 : Number 16636 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Special Offer: Complete Our Survey and Receive a Ninja CREAMi Ice Cream Maker! ["Costco Offers Team" Subject: Special Offer: Complete Our Survey and Receive a Ninja CREAMi Ice Cream Maker! Special Offer: Complete Our Survey and Receive a Ninja CREAMi Ice Cream Maker! http://sharpknife.click/p-uSutJ-MlvrrqG6Vg8p1hNXxOu3hQj7wDpB8ndPAIyibEd0Pg http://sharpknife.click/jW8-O-OxuAgU4N3CcgDV_-mfO2R2BfGXDBqqbpKCZTaomLkCkQ alties to authors and publishers. Artists are not paid royalties, so there is an incentive to record numerous versions of a song, particularly in different genres. For example, King Records frequently cut both rhythm and blues and country and western versions of novelty songs like "Good Morning, Judge" and "Don't Roll those Bloodshot Eyes at Me". This tradition was expanded when rhythm and blues songs began appearing on pop music charts. In the early days of rock and roll, many tunes originally recorded by R&B and country musicians were still being re-recorded in a more popular vein by other artists with a more toned-down style or professional polish. This was inevitable because radio stations were reluctant to play formats outside their target audience's taste. By far the most popular style of music in the mid-1950s / mid-1960s was still the professional light orchestra, therefore popular recording artists sought that format. For many purists these popular versions lacked the raw earthiness of the original introducing artists. Most did not have the kudos that rebellious teenagers craved, the street credibility b of rock and roll music; most were performed, and some were written, by black artists not heard in popular mass entertainment markets. Most parents considered the bowdlerized popular cover versions more palatable for the mass audience of parents and their children. Artists targeting the white-majority family audie ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #16636 ***********************************************