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Click Below Thank You - 20/20 "Truth In Music"
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ABC News.com
Jon (BOWZER) Bauman Vocal Group
Hall of Fame
TRUTH IN MUSIC
Committee Chairman
MSNBC.com
"Truth In Music" Has Arrived!
The Truth In Music Bill
was
created to protect the
artists
from Identity theft
and to
protect the Consumer from
being mis-lead to believe
they are seeing
the legendary
artists that
made the
hits
songs
famous,
when in
fact
they are not.
The Truth in Music Law
is designed to stop
unscrupulous
concert
promoters from
deceiving
the public
with “impostor groups”
which
have no connection,
legal
or otherwise, to the
authentic groups.
Fundamentally, this is a
consumer protection bill,
as the public pays hard-earned
money to see a show and has
no idea what it’s even getting.
The bill makes it mandatory
for a live performance to
include at least one recording
member of the group who still
has the right to use the group
name or Trademark.
Otherwise, the act
must be billed
as a “tribute”
or a “salute”
so that the
public knows
what
it’s paying for.
An ancillary effect of this
bill
is to help the authentic
artists themselves, who have
been struggling
for many
years
to
try
to
stop impostors
to no
avail.
The
impostor
groups
take their jobs, their
money,
their legacy
and
their applause.
The bill is necessary because
existing law has completely
failed to work and impostor
groups have multiplied.
There
may be as many
as
50 groups
of “Coasters” and “Platters”
performed
nationwide,
often
at the
same time in
different
venues.
The bill
shifts the
burden to
those
groups to
prove that
they
actually
have rights to
the group
names.
The specific
guidelines the bill
provides
give clarity to venues
as
to whom to book, and to
the state attorney general’s
office as to what constitutes
a violation. This is much more
efficient and cost-effective
than any other way of dealing
with this very specialized area.
Because of the above,
we have passed the BILL
in 26 states
including
NY, CA, FL, NV, TN,
TX, MO,
PA, NJ, MI,
MA, CT, IL, IN,
WI, VA, VT,
ME, CO, MD, MS,
MN,
RI, SC, ND and Now
Delaware. Ohio is Next and makes 27
Some good news
Ohio Passes the Senate
Unanimousely.
Truth In Music Bill
This bill makes it a violation
of the consumer fraud act
for
any person to advertise
a live musical performance
or
production through
the use
of an affiliation,
connection
or association
between the
performing
group and
the
recording
group...
People who love music understand
that creativity, talent and hard work
are required to bring it to life.
The goal of musicFIRST is to
ensure that struggling performers,
local musicians and well-known
artists are compensated for their
music when it is played both
today and in the future.
Of all the ways we listen to music, corporate radio is the only one
that receives special treatment.
For more than 80 years,
big
radio has had a free pass
to play music – refusing to pay
even a fraction of a penny to the performers that brought it to life.
music FIRST is committed to
making sure everyone, from
up-and-coming artists to our
favorites from years-ago,
is guaranteed
Fair Pay for Air Play.
You can help by writing your
member of Congress and
telling
them that you support
musicFIRST’s
effort to
make
a performance
right
a
reality for all
artists and musicians. www.musicFIRSTcoalition.org
All Inducted Vocal Groups are Encouraged to Join the Coalition
FAIR PAY FOR
AIR PLAY!!
Radio’s promotional value is on
the decline. New music distribution platforms – such as satellite,
cable and internet radio –
provide additional ways for
consumers to enjoy music. With
the exception of AM and FM radio,
each platform
pays for the
recordings they use regardless
of any promotion that might occur
as a result, including broadcasters
who simulcast their programming
on the Internet. However, the
bottom line is that
this is about simple fairness:
the artists who bring the music
to life, who attract listeners to a
station,
and who make it possible
for
radio to make money by
selling advertising deserve to
be compensated when
a radio
station uses their music
to compensate itself.
Performances will be by
NEW INDUCTEE'S from the
Class of 2005-2007,
Inductee's that have not yet
participated at Inductions
and
Inductee's that have
supported in past Inductions
[Photo Gallery] We've compiled numerous
images of past and present.
Take a trip into the history
of The Columbia Theatre.
The Vocal Group
Hall of Fame New Musuem, Restaurant, Banquet Center, Malt Shop and Piano Bar
will be closed while under construction until
Fall of 2009.
Offices are now located inside The Columbia Theatre 82 West State St. Sharon, Pa.
The new musuem
will open at
located at 100 West
State St. Sharon, PA.
Speciel Events take place
at the Museum & Theatre
with conditional use &
speciel permits.
(See Special Events Page)
Vocal Group
Hall of Fame
Public
Attraction in
Sharon, Pennsylvania
will be closed
while
under renovation.
September 1 ,1975 Two classics, "I'm So Young"
by The Students (Note #26 R&B) and The Moonglows "Ten Commandments Of Love"
(Chess #22 Pop, #9 R&B)
were issued.
Top Single "Don't You Know" The Clovers
1951 #1 R&B
September 2 ,1955 Alan Freed held his historic
Labor Day Rock & Roll Show at
The Brooklyn Paramount featuring The Moonglows, The Cadillacs,
The Nutmegs, The Harptones
and Chuck Berry.
September 4 ,1948 Sonny Til & The Orioles first single, "It's Too Soon To Know" (Jubilee) was released. It reached #15 Pop, #1 R&B, Never before had a black group singing black (not Pop)
music hit the Pop Top 15.
September 5 ,1957 Collectors rarities "Nadine"
by The Cononets (Chess).
"Crying In The Chapel" by
The Four Dukes (Duke) ,
"Oh Why" by The Orchids
(King) and "I Had A Love"
by The Flairs (Flair)
were released.
Top Single "The Twist"
Chubby Checker &
The Dreamlovers
1960 #21
Birthday
Terry Ellis
(En Vogue)
1966
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September 6 ,1957 The Quintones performed
their hit, "Down The Aisle"
(Hunt #18 Pop, #5 R&B)
Top Single "I Can't Get Next To You" The Temptations
1969 #11