sgcim Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) Leonard Lopate had the author of this book on Rose Marie McCoy on his radio show on WBAI yesterday, and I had never heard of it before (or McCoy). The author met McCoy through a mutual acquaintance, and was probably the only writer to have access to McCoy, because McCoy was almost impossible to schedule interviews with, for various reasons. The dedicated author was retired when she wrote the book, so she had a lot of free time to interview the elusive songwriter, who was the first black woman to break into the entirely white,male province of the Brill Building songwriters, paving the way for Carole King and others. The music biz was less corporate back then, and McCoy (who was a talented singer) was able to walk into any office, belt out a song, and get a contract in a matter of minutes. As a result, her songs were recorded by everyone from Nat Cole to Elvis. Lopate himself told a story about how he and a friend were able to do the very same thing while they were in high school, and got a contract on the spot with The Sultans, after singing an agent a few of their songs. https://www.amazon.com/Thought-We-Were-Writing-Blues-ebook/dp/B00SVYJMLU Edited January 11, 2019 by sgcim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Thanks for the heads up on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 9 minutes ago, sgcim said: Leonard Lopate had the author of this book on Rose Marie McCoy on his radio show on WBAI yesterday, and I had never heard of it before (or McCoy). You never heard of the Singleton-McCoy songwriter duo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sgcim Posted January 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, danasgoodstuff said: I've heard a lot of the songs, but I never knew she was the first black woman of that period. in the Brill Building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Moms liked her! But is that THE "Detroit Red"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 1 hour ago, JSngry said: Moms liked her! But is that THE "Detroit Red"? Doesn't look like him - perhaps a very young version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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