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 |  Sujet: Bob Kelly in December, 1957 Ven 18 Jan 2008, 01:06 | |
|  Bob Kelly in December, 1957Bob wrote "Git It" and "Somebody Help Me" for Gene
Bob told the RHOF, "Ed McLemore and Ed Watts had offered me a contract back in 1957 - but I didn't sign it because it was too long in time and they were taking too much money with no guarantees.
My contract was supposed to be for 1 year with 7 one year options at their option and not mine. They were to take 10% booking fee, and 15% management fee of everything - no matter whether they got me the job or not and I had no guarantees of anything. So, I turned it down. I remember that they gave me a contract to read and study but I thought it was for Me to sign (wrong)!
Come to find out, (only after I read it, NOW, did I find out that it was the original copy of the Gene Vincent contract that they got him to sign). This was in a box of stuff that my Mother had saved and I hadn't really seen most of the memorabilia until I got to digging in the old box. I signed over the publishing rights to 'Git It,' but I didn't sign the Management and Booking Deal."
[Ed. Note:] The word rock-a-billy appears on page 1 of the contact. This again shows that the word "rockabilly" was used, even in legal documents, back in the late '50s. ...  |
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