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PlayerSalt t1_j45zhkr wrote

How down on the corner was not a #1 single for months i dont know

Also i believe ccr got fucked out of all their money

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Curlydeadhead t1_j464h6k wrote

It was reported yesterday that Fogerty got the rights to CCR’s music back after being sued for sounding like himself once CCR broke up. They did get fucked out of a lot of money though that is true.

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DuoMaxwell22333 t1_j4665py wrote

Fogerty V Fogerty is actually a really funny and interesting example of copyright law.

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cultural_hegemon t1_j46wfwh wrote

Yes Burton Kanter and Castle Bank and Trust, a Bahamas money laundering bank used by the CIA and the Mafia to launder money from heroin trafficking and pay for the Bay of Pigs Invasion, stole all of CCRs money

Kanter went on to be a money launderer and lawyer for the Pritzker family (Hyatt hotels, current Illinois governor JB Pritzker) before getting convicted of money laundering and tax evasion in the 90s

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Individual-Ask5230 t1_j46y02r wrote

This sounds interesting. Any more depth about this or the CIA shadow banks connected to other popular musical acts?

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cultural_hegemon t1_j46zjyo wrote

The podcast Subliminal Jihad did a good 6 part series on CCR and Castle Bank, the history there is very interesting. They also have a bunch of other interesting music episodes, including about The Eagles, the Grateful Dead and the Laurel Canton music scene

The main history of Castle Bank can be found in the book Masters of Paradise by Alan Block, though that's more about finance and money laundering than about music

If you're interested in more shady background of the music industry I'd recommend the book Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon by Dave McGowan. Weird Scenes also pairs nicely with CHAOS by Tom O'Neill, which is about Charles Manson, who was a tangential part of that same Laurel Canton music scene

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GarbledComms t1_j493f66 wrote

I know in the Grateful Dead's case one of their managers ripped off the band, and what made it especially awkward was that he was the father of one of the drummers, Mickey Hart. This lead to couple year-long 'hiatus' of Mickey from the band.

The song "He's Gone" was about the episode, including the classic line "Steal your face right off your head". This is why the Dead's logo with weird skull and lightning bolt is called a "stealie".

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HomeHeatingTips t1_j46f1vx wrote

Are you aware of any other songs released between 1968-1972? If I recall there were a few good ones. The competition for #1 must have been crazy

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MisterMarcus t1_j48li2h wrote

IIRC it was one of the catalysts for the breakup. Bassist Stu Cook had a business degree or similar qualifications, but John insisted on handling the financial side of the band himself.

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249ba36000029bbe9749 t1_j46aao4 wrote

I'd say there's some survivorship bias going on as well. CCR songs are so well known to us now thanks in part to being so heavily used in 60's-70's era movies and TV shows. Thus, they seem more popular than they were at the time.

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GrandmaPoses t1_j46fdcs wrote

I mean, they had nine top 10 singles in four years. That's pretty popular.

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geckochan665 t1_j471scq wrote

There's a bit in one of Stephen King's books about a Vietnam vet who says it kills him when he watches war movies and they're blasting CCR. He said you were much more likely to hear something like the Carpenters if you were actually over there. I asked my one uncle about it that served in it and he said "accurate".

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walterpeck1 t1_j47nzse wrote

>thanks in part to being so heavily used in 60's-70's era movies and TV shows

This is exactly it. Filmmakers love to put stuff in that they know, or enjoy, that they feel is evocative of the era but that doesn't mean it was popular.

Plus, using licensed music costs money so sometimes you have to go with something other than a top 40 hit for that time. All the moreso these days with the nightmare of music licensing regarding the Internet, streaming, etc.

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