| LC control no. | no2018087958 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Marley, Bob. No woman, no cry |
| Form of work | Reggae music Songs |
| Beginning date | 1974 |
| Found in | Inspiration, ℗2018: insert (No woman, no cry / Bob Marley ; arr. Sheku Kanneh-Mason) Wikipedia, July 2, 2018 (No woman, no cry; reggae song by Bob Marley and the Wailers; the song first became known in 1974 from the studio album Natty Dread. Though Bob Marley may have written the song, or at least the melody, songwriter credits were given to Vincent Ford.) New York times WWW site, July 2, 2018: obituary for Vincent Ford, January 3, 2009 ("Writing credit and royalties for 'No woman, no cry' and three other Marley classics ... went to Mr. Ford, inspiring much critical debate as well as a long court battle between Marley's former manager and publisher, Danny Sims, and his widow, Rita Marley. Mr. Sims claimed that Marley registered his own compositions pseudonymously to evade contractual obligations. In 1987 a jury ruled in favor of the Marley estate, which retained control over the disputed songs.... The Marley historian Roger Steffens said that in a little-known 1975 interview for the Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation, Marley 'basically admits that he really wrote the song' while tuning a guitar at Tata's [Ford's] yard.") BBC Radio 2 WWW site, July 2, 2018 ("Vincent Ford had been a close friend of Marley's in Kingston, and well into the 1990s he was claiming authorship of the song. One theory had Marley setting Ford's words to music, another reckons that by letting his disabled friend claim the songwriting credit, Marley sidestepped various legal and contractual difficulties. Or maybe it was an act of pure philanthropy - and Bob just wanted Vincent to have the royalties.") <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/indepth/nowomannocry.shtml> U.S. copyright file, July 2, 2018 (PA0000532832: No woman, no cry; words, music: Vincent Ford; prev. reg. 1974, EU530396) |
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