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Hornbein
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The original Girls Just Want To Have Fun. His Mom wants him to get married but all the girls are reveling in frivolity.
"Cyndi heard the demo years later and told Robert she would do the song if he would give her half the copyright. He emphatically told her no and the song sat till she recorded it with the Hooters(?) and had the legendary hit. Some years later Robert sold half the copyright to Sony for a million dollars and the Magic Mailbox, as he called it, started. Checks for 200K 175K 300K. Every few months or so. I think the money only really mattered to him so that he could eventually have the perfect Adirondack lifestyle in the gorgeous camp he created. Apart from anything else, he and Susan were the most gracious hosts I've ever known. It was a strange departure from how he was on gigs. "
? So why didn't Hazard get the money until he sold half the copyright? Frank Zappa says you have to sue record companies to get your money, I guess that was it. Sony had the muscle to do that. Frank Zappa also forbade his family to get into the music business but they did it anyway.
"Cyndi heard the demo years later and told Robert she would do the song if he would give her half the copyright. He emphatically told her no and the song sat till she recorded it with the Hooters(?) and had the legendary hit. Some years later Robert sold half the copyright to Sony for a million dollars and the Magic Mailbox, as he called it, started. Checks for 200K 175K 300K. Every few months or so. I think the money only really mattered to him so that he could eventually have the perfect Adirondack lifestyle in the gorgeous camp he created. Apart from anything else, he and Susan were the most gracious hosts I've ever known. It was a strange departure from how he was on gigs. "
? So why didn't Hazard get the money until he sold half the copyright? Frank Zappa says you have to sue record companies to get your money, I guess that was it. Sony had the muscle to do that. Frank Zappa also forbade his family to get into the music business but they did it anyway.