Stanley Doble
Call Me a Cab
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- Location
- Cobourg
1 penny on a million selling record is $10,000. Giving Col Parker $3,333 leaves you with $6,666. I can see why a song writer would go for that deal, if he or she didn't think that particular song had what it took to go gold without Elvis.
I can also see why a "big name" song writer would turn up his nose at such an offer - he doesn't need it to get a big name artist to play his songs.
Even a second rate song writer would hold back his best stuff.
This explains why after a certain point, no more Leiber and Stoller songs and why Elvis recorded "Do the Clam" and a lot of other 3d rate material.
I can also see why a "big name" song writer would turn up his nose at such an offer - he doesn't need it to get a big name artist to play his songs.
Even a second rate song writer would hold back his best stuff.
This explains why after a certain point, no more Leiber and Stoller songs and why Elvis recorded "Do the Clam" and a lot of other 3d rate material.