"successful as its predecessors, peaking only on the Mainstream Rock chart. In 1995, Hootie & the Blowfish and Bob Dylan reached an out-of-court settlement for the group's unauthorized use of Dylan's lyrics in their song ""Only Wanna Be with You"". Miami Dolphins' Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino appeared in the band's video for the song ""Only Wanna Be with You"", along with several other athletes. The band won the ""Best New Artist"" award at the 1996 Grammy Awards. Hootie & the Blowfish appeared on ""MTV Unplugged"" on the eve of the release of their second album, ""Fairweather Johnson"" (1996)."
"Only Wanna Be with You ""Only Wanna Be with You"" is a song by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in July 1995 as the third single from their breakthrough album, ""Cracked Rear View"". It peaked at number six on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, number one on the ""Billboard"" Pop Songs chart, number three on the ""Billboard"" Adult Contemporary chart, and number two on the ""Billboard"" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It is arguably the band's signature song. Darius Rucker still performs the song solo. One verse of the song describes ""[putting] on a little Dylan""."
"Mourning, Muggsy Bogues, Alex English, Walt Williams, and Charles Smith. Rucker said the video was his idea, adding, ""It was just a way to meet all our idols."" Only Wanna Be with You ""Only Wanna Be with You"" is a song by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in July 1995 as the third single from their breakthrough album, ""Cracked Rear View"". It peaked at number six on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, number one on the ""Billboard"" Pop Songs chart, number three on the ""Billboard"" Adult Contemporary chart, and number two on the ""Billboard"" Mainstream"
"Dylan on a song he'd performed. His group Hootie and the Blowfish's 1995 hit single ""Only Wanna Be With You"" quotes an entire verse from Dylan's 1975 song ""Idiot Wind"". When the record began selling big, the ""Dylan camp"" took issue, and Dylan was ultimately credited as a co-writer. As Rucker remembers, ""They wanted some money, and they got it. We weren't trying to rip anybody off."" For Rucker it was largely an issue of musical genre and the high school group changing his thinking on it: ""I knew the song, and to me it was such a perfect bluegrass"
"and Blues Singles. Greenville's Peabo Bryson's r&b song ""A Whole New World"" from ""Aladdin"" was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1993. Hootie & The Blowfish's roots rock song ""Only Wanna Be With You"" was #1 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart in 1995. Hootie's debut album ""Cracked Rear View"" was the best-selling album of 1995, the 7th best-selling album of the 90s, and is the 19th-best-selling album List of best-selling albums in the United States of all time. Their 2nd album ""Fairweather Johnson"" also went to #1 on the Billboard 200 in 1996. The Upstate band Needtobreathe had"
"co-writer Andrew Goldmark and Sony Publishing were ordered to turn over more than $5 million in profits from the sales of Bolton's version of the song to the Isley Brothers. It was the largest award in history for plagiarism in the music industry. Bolton, Goldmark and Sony appealed the verdict, and the court fight continued for nearly seven more years. The case came to a close on January 22, 2001, when the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear the appeal of a May 2000 decision by the Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals in San Francisco. Under the"
"uninterested in signing Hootie & The Blowfish because their sound was radically different from the grunge music that was popular at the time. Their mainstream debut album was ""Cracked Rear View"" (1994). It was an instant success, went platinum 16 times in the United States, became the best-selling album of 1995, and was one of the fastest-selling debut albums of all time. The album featured four hits, ""Hold My Hand"" (U.S. No. 10), ""Let Her Cry"" (U.S. No. 9), ""Only Wanna Be with You"" (U.S. No. 6), and ""Time"" (U.S. No. 14). The album's last single, ""Drowning"", was not as"
"Drowning (Hootie & the Blowfish song) ""Drowning"" is a song by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in November 1995 as the fifth and final single from their debut album ""Cracked Rear View"" (1994). The song centers on themes of prejudice and racism, and drew attention to the ""rebel"" flags displayed at the South Carolina State House at the time, twenty years before that symbol was removed by a vote of the state's legislature. The lyrics also reference singer Nanci Griffith, and her 1989 song ""It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go"". ""Drowning"" was not as"
"available on current releases of Markie's ""Haircut"" album. His next album was entitled ""All Samples Cleared!"" Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. Grand Upright Music, Ltd v. Warner Bros. Records Inc., 780 F. Supp. 182 (S.D.N.Y. 1991), was a copyright case heard by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The case pitted singer/songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan against rapper Biz Markie after Biz Markie sampled O'Sullivan's song, ""Alone Again (Naturally)"". The court ruled that sampling without permission can qualify as copyright infringement. The judgment changed the hip hop music industry, requiring that any"
"successful as ""Cracked Rear View""s first four singles, and failed to chart anywhere else but the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at number 21 in November 1995. Drowning (Hootie & the Blowfish song) ""Drowning"" is a song by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in November 1995 as the fifth and final single from their debut album ""Cracked Rear View"" (1994). The song centers on themes of prejudice and racism, and drew attention to the ""rebel"" flags displayed at the South Carolina State House at the time, twenty years before that symbol was removed"
"Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. Grand Upright Music, Ltd v. Warner Bros. Records Inc., 780 F. Supp. 182 (S.D.N.Y. 1991), was a copyright case heard by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The case pitted singer/songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan against rapper Biz Markie after Biz Markie sampled O'Sullivan's song, ""Alone Again (Naturally)"". The court ruled that sampling without permission can qualify as copyright infringement. The judgment changed the hip hop music industry, requiring that any future music sampling be preapproved by the original copyright owners to avoid a lawsuit. Biz Markie,"
"a rapper, had sampled a portion of the song ""Alone Again (Naturally)"" by singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan, to use in the track ""Alone Again"" from Markie's third album, ""I Need a Haircut"". Markie and his production and recording companies were listed as co-defendants with Warner Bros. in the subsequent lawsuit. Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy granted an injunction against the defendant, Warner Bros. Records, despite Warner Bros.' claim that Grand Upright did not own a valid copyright in the sampled song. Warner Bros. denied that Grand Upright owned the copyright to the song, though Grand Upright produced documentation that O'Sullivan had transferred"
"It contained the hit single ""Old Man and Me"" (U.S. No. 13), and sold four million copies in the United States. Hootie & the Blowfish has since released three more studio albums: ""Musical Chairs"", ""Hootie & the Blowfish"" and ""Looking for Lucky"". They also released a B-sides and rarities compilation titled ""Scattered, Smothered and Covered"" (2000). This album is named in tribute of Waffle House, a popular Southern chain of all-night diners. Specifically, the title refers to an order of hash browns scattered on the grill, smothered with diced onions and covered with melted cheese. In 1995, Hootie & the"
"the roots alive, because it means better fruits from now on. The blues are the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues."" In 1977, unhappy with the small royalties paid by Chess's publishing company, Arc Music, Dixon and Muddy Waters sued Arc and, with the proceeds from the settlement, founded their own publishing company, Hoochie Coochie Music. In 1987, Dixon reached an out-of-court settlement with the rock band Led Zeppelin after suing for plagiarism in the band's use of his music in ""Bring It On Home"" and lyrics from his composition ""You"
"Hootie & the Blowfish Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that was formed in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1986 by Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber and Jim Sonefeld. As of July 2010, the band had charted sixteen singles on various ""Billboard"" singles charts and recorded five studio albums. Their debut album, ""Cracked Rear View"" (1994), is the 19th-best-selling album of all time in the United States, and was certified platinum 21 times. They have sold over 21 million copies of their albums in the United States. The group was also popular in Canada, having three number-one"
"Haircut"" was released on August 27, 1991, on Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros. Records and was produced by Biz Markie and his cousin Cool V. Sales of the album were already low when Markie was served a lawsuit by Gilbert O'Sullivan, who claimed that the album's ""Alone Again"" featured an unauthorized sample from his hit ""Alone Again (Naturally)"". O'Sullivan's claim was upheld in a landmark ruling, ""Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc."", that altered the landscape of hip-hop, finding that all samples must be cleared with the original artist before being used. In accordance with the ruling, Warner Bros.,"
"and Oasis for plagiarism on three separate occasions. The first was the case of Neil Innes (formerly of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and the Rutles) suing to prove the Oasis song ""Whatever"" borrowed from his song ""How Sweet to Be an Idiot"". Innes was eventually awarded royalties and a co-writer credit. Noel Gallagher claimed in 2010 that the plagiarism was unintentional and he was unaware of the similarities until informed of Innes's legal case. In the second incident, Oasis were sued by Coca-Cola and forced to pay $500,000 in damages to the New Seekers after it was alleged that"
"Academy to recognize achievement in the mainly English-language music industry. The MTV Video Music Award is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. Hootie & the Blowfish Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that was formed in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1986 by Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber and Jim Sonefeld. As of July 2010, the band had charted sixteen singles on various ""Billboard"" singles charts and recorded five studio albums. Their debut album, ""Cracked Rear View"" (1994), is the 19th-best-selling album of all time in"
"21, 2018. It is the joint 19th-best-selling album of all time in the United States. ""Cracked Rear View"" reached number one on the ""Billboard"" 200 five times over the course of 1995. The album also reached number one in Canada and New Zealand. Three million copies were sold through the Columbia House mail-order system. Critical reviews of ""Cracked Rear View"" were mostly positive. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine crowned the album as ""the success story of 1994/1995."" He also stated ""Although Hootie & the Blowfish aren't innovative, they deliver the goods, turning out an album of solid, rootsy folk-rock songs that"
"singles in the country. Hootie & the Blowfish formed in 1986. The quartet met when they were freshmen at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Bryan heard Rucker singing in the showers of the dorm they shared and was impressed by his vocal ability. They began playing cover tunes as The Wolf Brothers; eventually they collaborated with Felber, a former high school bandmate of Bryan's, and Jim ""Soni"" Sonefeld as Hootie & the Blowfish. The name is a conjunction of the nicknames of two of their college friends. Brantley Smith was the original drummer for the band. He left"
"Act in 1998 to protect many songs recorded before 1978 from entering the public domain. ZZ Top settled out of court in 1997, but Hooker again gained no financial reward from his song—Besman had obtained Hooker's rights to the song years earlier. However, Gioia noted, ""Nonetheless, his [John Lee Hooker's 1948] spontaneous performance in a recording studio had led to a substantial change in U.S. intellectual property law"". Boogie Chillen' ""Boogie Chillen'"" or ""Boogie Chillun"" is a blues song first recorded by John Lee Hooker in 1948. It is a solo performance featuring Hooker's vocal, electric guitar, and rhythmic foot"
"mile off. Who was really gonna care about another Hootie album?"". All songs written by Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim ""Soni"" Sonefeld. Fairweather Johnson Fairweather Johnson is the second studio album by the band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on April 23, 1996. Three songs from the album were released as singles: ""Old Man & Me"", ""Tucker's Town"", and ""Sad Caper"". The album debuted at #1 on the ""Billboard"" 200 in May 1996. It has sold 2,361,000 copies in the US as of May 2012. The album was included in Pitchfork Media's 2010 list of ""ten career-killing"
"Jim Sonefeld James George Sonefeld (born October 20, 1964), is an American musician and one of the founding members of Hootie & the Blowfish. In September 2008 he released his solo debut album ""Snowman Melting"" on Aquarian Nation Records/The Orchard record label. In 2012, he released his first contemporary Christian album ""Found"", with the release of ""In"" in 2014 and ""Love"" in 2015. Sonefeld is a graduate of Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Illinois. He then attended the University of South Carolina, where he became a member of the South Carolina Gamecocks Soccer Team. Sonefeld has been one of"
"had a chilling effect on sampling in hip hop.In 1991, songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan sued rapper Biz Markie after he sampled O'Sullivan's ""Alone Again (Naturally)"" on his album ""I Need a Haircut"" (see ""Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.)"". The court ruled that sampling without permission constituted copyright infringement. Instead of asking for royalties, O'Sullivan forced Biz Markie's label Warner Bros to recall the album until the song was removed. Nelson George described it as the ""most damaging example of anti-hip hop vindictiveness"", which ""sent a chill through the industry that is still felt"". According to the ""Washington"
"damage to an artist's credibility: the Rolling Stones' ""Anybody Seen My Baby?"", Oasis' ""Shakermaker"", ""Whatever"" and ""Step Out"", and the Verve's ""Bitter Sweet Symphony"" are all examples of songs whose writing credits were hastily altered to acknowledge composers of a potentially plagiarised work, with the minimum of litigation. Shortly before the ruling was handed down in September 1976, Harrison wrote and recorded a song inspired by the court case – the upbeat ""This Song"" – which includes the line """"This tune has nothing 'Bright' about it"""". The 1960s soul hits ""I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"" and ""Rescue"
"Cracked Rear View Cracked Rear View is the debut studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on July 5, 1994 by Atlantic Records. Released to positive critical reviews, it became extremely popular and is currently one of the best-selling albums of all time. Don Gehman was chosen by A&R man Tim Sommer as a producer because of his previous work with John Mellencamp and R.E.M.. ""Cracked Rear View"" is Hootie & the Blowfish's most successful album. It was the highest-selling album of 1995, with 10.5 million shipments that year alone, eventually shipping 21 million copies to retailers by May"
"ruled that the song was not copyrighted by Summy Co., who had written in the song book, ""Special permission through courtesy of the Clayton F. Summy Co."" Since there was no evidence Summy Co. had copyright on the song, the song is still considered to be in the public domain. Prior to the lawsuit, Warner/Chappell had been earning $2 million a year licensing the song for commercial use, with a notable example the $5,000 paid by the filmmakers of the 1994 documentary, ""Hoop Dreams"", in order to safely distribute the film. On February 8, 2016, Warner/Chappell agreed to pay a"
"1974 master issued on ""Blood on the Tracks"". A raucous live version from May 23, 1976 is included as the closing track to ""Hard Rain"". The song was #16 on "" American Songwriter"" magazine's ""The 30 Greatest Dylan Songs"". Some of the lyrics of ""Idiot Wind"" are mentioned in the song ""Only Wanna Be with You"" by American band Hootie & the Blowfish. The use of Dylan's lyrics reportedly led to an out-of-court settlement, with Dylan receiving money from Hootie & the Blowfish. Swedish musician Amanda Bergman performs under the stage name ""Idiot Wind"". Canadian poet Rob Winger titled the"
"Chains, Republic of Loose, Screaming Trees, Stone Temple Pilots, while also flying back east to work in the hip hop world (Public Enem hy, LL Cool J, Naz, Redman). Doring's first directing job for Atlantic Records was for heavy metal group Testament. It led to directing music videos for artists including Sting, Savage Garden, Bon Jovi, Vanessa Mae, Hootie and the Blowfish, Gin Blossoms, The Dixie Chicks, Diana Krall and Del Amitri amongst others. In 1994 Doring won an MTV Video Music Award for the Hootie and the Blowfish single, ""Hold My Hand"", and directed the video for the band's"
"1962. In 1934 Noble assigned the copyright to British publisher Campbell, Connelly & Company. But before the copyright was renewed, Noble assigned the United States copyright to M. Witmark & Sons. Suit was brought by Campbell, Connelly against Noble, stating that the assignment covered all rights, including rights in the U.S. A British High Court judge ruled in favor of Campbell, Connelly. In Mitch Albom's best-selling book ""Tuesdays With Morrie"", Mitch's wife, Janine, sings this song to Morrie Schwartz. In 1946, Luis Russell recorded the song, which went to number three on the Most-Played Juke Box Race Records charts. A"
"recent hard times. Rucker's mother died in November 1992 of a heart attack. His grief inspired two Hootie & the Blowfish songs: ""I'm Goin' Home"" and ""Not Even the Trees."" On April 21, 1995, his girlfriend (Elizabeth Ann Phillips) gave birth to Rucker's first child, Carolyn Pearl Phillips. His second daughter, Daniella Rose, was born to his wife, Beth, on May 16, 2001. They had a son, Jack, in 2005. The Hootie song ""Where Were You"" is about Rucker's strained relationship with his father, and was released only in Europe, where Rucker thought that his father would be unlikely to"
"Mark Bryan Mark William Bryan (born May 6, 1967) is an American musician. He is a founding member, songwriter, and the lead guitarist for the band Hootie & the Blowfish. In 1986, Bryan and his friend Darius Rucker formed a duo called The Wolf Brothers while attending the University of South Carolina. Eventually, friends Dean Felber and Jim Sonefeld joined the band, which led to the founding of Hootie & the Blowfish in 1989. Bryan has also made three solo albums, including ""30 on the Rail"", ""End of the Front"", and ""Songs of the Fortnight"". Bryan was born in Silver"
"Fairweather Johnson Fairweather Johnson is the second studio album by the band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on April 23, 1996. Three songs from the album were released as singles: ""Old Man & Me"", ""Tucker's Town"", and ""Sad Caper"". The album debuted at #1 on the ""Billboard"" 200 in May 1996. It has sold 2,361,000 copies in the US as of May 2012. The album was included in Pitchfork Media's 2010 list of ""ten career-killing albums"" of the 1990s. Stylus Magazine shared sentiments, including it in their ""Non-Definitive Guide to the Follow-Up"", saying ""really, everyone saw this one coming a"