Doug Parkinson Detroit Spinners

[Sjclement]

Love the Spinners original I'll Be Around, and was preparing to splash out on the Doug Parkinson version, when I noticed that whilst the Spinners version is credited to Tom Bell and Phil Hurtt as writers the Aussie version is credited to Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy, Doug's version was top 40 in Australia so is there some contractural reason? or just a huge mistake?

[Sunnysoul]

Southern Star Records, the label on which Doug Parkinson's version was released, somehow confused the composers of the Spinner's tune with a tune of the exact same title written by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancey and recorded by the group Midwest Franchise on MCA Records.

[Sjclement]

Have some royalty's gone to the wrong people, Midwest Franchise is a fab tune  BTW

[Mark R]

7 hours ago, sunnysoul said:

Southern Star Records, the label on which Doug Parkinson's version was released, somehow confused the composers of the Spinner's tune with a tune of the exact same title written by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancey and recorded by the group Midwest Franchise on MCA Records.

Great bit of trivia that! :-)

 

Cheers,

Mark R

[kevinsoulman]

surely a completely different arrangement and a slight altering of the words song that's why ?

kev

 

Edited January 18, 2016 by kevinsoulman

[kim]

nice version by gc cameron as well

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