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1st April 2007, 12:07 PM
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Reps: 113,540,784,185,716,000 (power: 113,540,784,185,736) | | Any fan of Ritchie Valens should appreciate the gesture by Led Zeppelin on their Physical Graffitti album. One of their songs was based on the Valens song, "Ooh My Head." Jimmy Page knew that using just the regular legal channels to get permission to record the song would not benefit the Valens family, because he had not gotten a very good record deal while he was alive. So they gave Ritchie's mother songwriting credit so that royalties would be paid directly to her.
Of course, Mrs. Valens didn't understand exactly what Led Zeppelin had done and she tried to sue them. 
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1st April 2007, 09:09 PM
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Reps: 10,425,822,696,556,166 (power: 10,425,822,696,564) | | Originally Posted by radhead  Any fan of Ritchie Valens should appreciate the gesture by Led Zeppelin on their Physical Graffitti album. One of their songs was based on the Valens song, "Ooh My Head." Jimmy Page knew that using just the regular legal channels to get permission to record the song would not benefit the Valens family, because he had not gotten a very good record deal while he was alive. So they gave Ritchie's mother songwriting credit so that royalties would be paid directly to her.
Of course, Mrs. Valens didn't understand exactly what Led Zeppelin had done and she tried to sue them.
HAHAHAHAHA really, i never heard of that incident, well we learn something new everyday. though i faintly remember reading something about zeppelin and a valens' song, must have been that.
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14th July 2007, 06:15 AM
| | | Originally Posted by InsaneRecluse Ritchie Valens + Buddy Holly + Chuck Berry + Elvis Presley + The Big Bopper = The reason rock exists
You forgot the one and only Bill Haley, the true father of Rock 'n' Roll. He recorded songs with a Rock 'n' Roll rhythm before any of the artists you mentioned.
You also forgot Little Richard, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis, all of whose importance in building the foundation of Rock music cannot be underestimated. 
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14th July 2007, 06:19 AM
| | | Originally Posted by radhead I would place these guys as the reason rock and roll exists:
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
Buddy Holly
Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Richard
Plus Bill Haley, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and Fats Domino.
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