Owd Codger Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 Apologies if this has been raised before, but does anybody know if Robert Walker (The Blizzard/ Stick to me) RCA was the Motown Robert Walker ( Staunton & Walker) ? thanks
Solution Andy Rix Posted October 17, 2022 Solution Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) I'm not convinced they were the same person If you check BMI ...https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Catalog?num=00YdWa%2bv%2bpEFuy5tPyt6rw%3d%3d&cae=twuaHqwnbKLf9JqQZbcZOg%3d%3d&partType=WriterList&search={"Main_Search_Text"%3A"the blizzard"%2C"Sub_Search_Text"%3A""%2C"Main_Search"%3A"Title"%2C"Sub_Search"%3Anull%2C"Search_Type"%3A"all"%2C"View_Count"%3A100%2C"Page_Number"%3A0%2C"Part_Type"%3Anull%2C"Part_Id"%3Anull%2C"Part_Id_Sub"%3Anull%2C"Part_Name"%3Anull%2C"Part_Cae"%3Anull%2C"Original_Search"%3Anull%2C"DisclaimerViewed"%3Anull}&resetPageNumber=True&partIdSub=YO0HedHMatLb45JzS23DVw%3d%3d You'll see the Motown guy was Robert Simon Walker .. and the RCA guy was Robert G Walker .. it's not that unusual to see BMI merge, and therefore confuse, two different songwriters with very similar names Andy Edited October 17, 2022 by Andy Rix typo
Owd Codger Posted October 17, 2022 Author Posted October 17, 2022 Thanks Andy. The Staunton - Walker team ( with Jones and Dobyne) seem to disappear after Motown (65 ish)....unless somebody knows anything of their career after Motown. I know Robert Dobyne had later 45s
Andy Rix Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 I've messed up .. defective reading skills .. humble pie being eaten as I type Robert Simon Staunton Robert G Walker So it might be the same guy Last contact details I had for Staunton he was living in L.A. .. but never managed to 'catch' him I'll dig some more A
Owd Codger Posted October 17, 2022 Author Posted October 17, 2022 I read a post on youtube linked to a Robert Walker track...The Blizzard I think. The poster claimed to be the composer on the track, and talks of travelling from Detroit to New York, recording the track with musicians "live"....and not done the Motown way .....ie multi tracked . So the Detroit connection may refer to the same Robert Walker. I'll try to find it again.
Owd Codger Posted October 17, 2022 Author Posted October 17, 2022 The guy is called Flery Robertson and he states he was asked to play piano for the S-W team. He says Staunton went to LA...and he worked with Walker. So the RCA Walker does indeed appear to be Motown's S-W.
Kenb Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 18 minutes ago, Owd Codger said: The guy is called Flery Robertson and he states he was asked to play piano for the S-W team. He says Staunton went to LA...and he worked with Walker. So the RCA Walker does indeed appear to be Motown's S-W. There is a (https://www.discogs.com/artist/3810236-Fiery-Bursey) also written as Flery Bursey- AND- the other writer on stick with me is Walter Fields (https://www.discogs.com/artist/1016441-Walter-Fields). Both have Motown connections. 1
Owd Codger Posted October 17, 2022 Author Posted October 17, 2022 Yes..thanks On youtube he states that he wrote these tunes
Kenb Posted October 19, 2022 Posted October 19, 2022 How interesting...could be something or nothing but the discogs page https://www.discogs.com/artist/3810236-Fiery-Bursey from my previous post is coming up as Not Found. 1
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