A legal dispute over a popular rock band’s name usage has been resolved after months of negotiations between former bandmates.
Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings, co-founders of the Guess Who, filed a lawsuit against former bandmates Garry Peterson and Jim Kale over false advertisement back in October of 2023. The lawsuit claimed Peterson and Kale led fans to believe Bachman and Cummings, who had left the group years ago, were still part of their band that was recording and touring under the Guess Who name even though they were not.
Bachman, 80, and Cummings, 76, told Rolling Stone that shared trademarks have been worked out with the former bandmates although details of the settlement have not been announced.
“We are pleased to have reached a resolution that honors our shared history and allows us to move forward with a new sense of purpose and camaraderie,” Bachman told Rolling Stone.
The ‘60s and ‘70s Canadian rock staple, originally named Chad Allan and the Reflections, was formed in Winnipeg by Bachman, Kale, Peterson, Bob Ashley and Chad Allan. The name change came in 1965.
Cummings and Bachman said it was an arduous process, but they are relieved they resolved the situation.
“It was painful, but we’d have done it indefinitely just to stop that fake band from taking over our history,” Cummings told Rolling Stone. “They took over streaming sites; they were using old photos of me and Randy. It gets me going thinking about it, but that’s over. It’s a painful success. It cost a lot of money with lawyers and I gave up a lot of publishing money, but we finally won this terrible battle.”
The Guess Who is famous for hits like “No Sugar Tonight (New Mother Nature),” “American Woman,” “These Eyes” and more.
A pair of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters interrupted a book event featuring CNN’s Dana Bash at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington D.C. on Thursday evening, making a number of bizarre claims as they attempted to confront the cable news anchor.
TheWrap reports the second speaker alleged with no evidence that Bash reported on Israeli hostages in order to receive “millions from Zionists” and the pro-Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbying organization, better known as AIPAC.
Video of the protesters yelling at Bash was shared on social media, taking place at the event meant to promote her new American history book as she was joined in conversation by journalist Kara Swisher.
Activists have staggered disruptions at @DanaBashCNN event discussing her book. Dana Bash and CNN have been complicit in covering up the horrific war crimes that 🇮🇱 commits daily. Dana Bash SPECIFICALLY called the student protestors at encampments anti Semitic. NO MORE LIES 🍉🇵🇸 https://t.co/CJ7IOVSZx1pic.twitter.com/jznMpgRHzy
The edited footage begins with a young woman wearing a surgical mask standing up and shouting at Bash, beginning, “After World War II, every single journalist that was complicit in their war crimes was charged.”
➦In 1902...radio newsman Morgan Beatty was born in Little Rock Arkansas. He achieved fame as a correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company radio network for 25 years. He began his career as a newspaper reporter and worked for The Associated Press before and after his years with N.B.C.
For many years in the 1940′s & 50′s in particular, he was a senior news broadcaster for NBC Radio based in New York. “This is Morgan Beatty speaking for Alka Seltzer bringing you news of the world! and the news tonight is…”
When TV arrived he became news anchor for the short-lived Dumont Network. A great radio presence with natural gravitas in his voice, he died July 4 1975 at age 72.
➦In 1920...WWJ Detroit is believed to be the first to broadcast news reports regularly dating back to August 31, 1920, the Detroit News announced on its front page that, starting that evening, nightly (except Sunday) broadcasts would be transmitted by the "Detroit News Radiophone" service. WWJ was the first to present regularly scheduled religious broadcasts and sports reports, including early fight results from the heavyweight championship bout between Jack Dempsey and Billy Miske on September 6, 1920.
➦In 1942...The radio comedy the Mayor of the Town made its debut. It starred Lionel Barrymore and aired until July 3, 1949 on ABC, CBS, Mutual and NBC at various times.
➦In 1954...1010 WINS NYC begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show
➦In 1959...the hit radio sitcom “Fibber McGee and Molly” ended after almost 25 years. The situation comedy, a staple of the NBC Red Network for the show's entire run and one of the most popular and enduring radio series of its time. The show ran as a stand-alone series from 1935 to 1956, and then continued as a short-form series as part of the weekend Monitor from 1957 to 1959. The title characters were created and portrayed by Jim and Marian Jordan, a real-life husband and wife team that had been working in radio since the 1920s.
➦In 1965...Chuck Leonard started at WABC 770 AM. From 1968...
Chuck Leonard
His deep voice and smoothness resonated across 38 states for 14 years at ABC. During his over 40-year career in broadcasting, Leonard worked virtually every shift and played all styles of music at stations including WWRL, WABC, WXLO, WRKS, WBLS, WQEW, WNSW-AM and WJUX. He has been inducted in the Museum of Television & Radio and is known as the first African-American disc jockey to work on a mainstream radio station.
On WABC, Leonard began in the 11 p.m. to midnight slot, and continued working late nights and Sundays at the station until November 27, 1979. He did the 10:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. shift following “Cousin” Bruce Morrow and later George Michael. He also gladly handled weekend and fill-in work.
Leonard was the host of "Sneak Preview," a five-minute Monday-through-Saturday evening program on ABC's American Contemporary Radio Network, which featured newly released songs. He stayed at WABC until 1979, before moving to WXLO and WRKS.
Leonard died on August 12, 2004, in Manhattan, following lung cancer. He was 67.
➦In 1987...Pat St. John left WPLJ NYC, and returned to his rock roots on WNEW 102.7 FM, which had been WPLJ's rival during its AOR years. He became the station's program director in the early 1990s while continuing his mid-day show until moving to morning-drive from 1994 through 1996. and then moved to afternoons. St. John remained with the station until it switched to a hot talk format in 1998. From 1984...
Audacy announces the launch of Emma 94.1 (KSWD-FM), a new voice for Seattle women. Most recently known as 94.1 The Sound, Emma 94.1 will celebrate the best music from the 90s, 2000s and today and feature artists like Bruno Mars, Harry Styles, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Maroon 5, Pink, Taylor Swift and more.
The station subsequently announces Eric Powers as Brand Manager. In this role, Powers will oversee the station’s content strategy, talent, operations and branding.
“Serving Seattle's best variety from the 90s, 2000s and today, Emma 94.1 is more than just a radio station; it's a lifestyle, a soundtrack and a community,” said Dave Pugh, Regional President, Audacy Seattle. “We’re excited to connect with the heart of the Pacific Northwest and give them a home for a unique blend of music they won't hear anywhere else.”
Powers has over 30 years in Seattle radio and has served as brand manager and afternoon host of sister station HOT 103.7 (KHTP-FM) since 2017. Previous positions include Westwood One’s national Hot Adult Contemporary voice, program director for KBKS-FM and program director and afternoon host for KUBE-FM. Powers can currently be heard on weekdays on HOT 103.7 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. PT.
📻Listeners can tune in to Emma 94.1 (KSWD-FM) in Seattle on air and nationwide on the Audacyapp and website. Fans can also connect with the station via X, Facebook and Instagram.
Vice President Kamala Harris agreed to the final rules for the ABC News debate against former President Trump, allegedly following a few "assurances" from the network.
On Wednesday, ABC News released the official rules for Tuesday's debate between Harris and Trump, including the hotly contested rule that microphones be muted while a candidate is speaking.
The Harris campaign repeatedly pushed back on this rule, attempting to goad Trump into backing out of the original agreement to mute mics, even refusing to sign off on the rules last week in an attempt to renegotiate.
CNN reported Wednesday that Harris accepted the rules after receiving separate "assurances" that mics could be turned on during the debate and the moderators would explain unheard exchanges.
"ABC News has offered assurances to the Harris campaign that if there is significant cross talk between Harris and Trump, the network may choose to turn on the mics so that the public can understand what is happening, the moderator would discourage either candidate from interrupting constantly and the moderator would also work to explain to viewers what is being said, according to the source familiar," CNN reported.
The source allegedly added that pool reporters will also be in the room to report on what could be heard while mics are muted to TV audiences.
An ABC spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "Beyond the debate rules published today, which were mutually agreed upon by two campaigns on May 15, we have made no other agreements. We look forward to moderating the presidential debate next Tuesday."
For former President Donald J. Trump, Wednesday’s town hall in Harrisburg was more like batting practice.
PennLKive.com reports Fox News broadcaster Sean Hannity - with help from pre-selected audience members - teed up all of Trump’s favorite whipping boys from Democrats to undocumented immigrants to the “fake news media,” and then sat back as the former president tried to smash them out of the park.
Little news was made, though Trump, in response to an audience question, did provide some interesting insight into how his hoped-for second term would be different from the first: He now has, Trump said, a better idea of who he wants to work for him in the White House and federal agencies.
In the first term from January 2017 through January 2021, Trump said, he was saddled with staffers ad appointees who “in some cases were not what I really wanted, because I didn’t really know Washington.”
That’s different now, the former president said.
“A big key to running it is to get the right people. You get the right persons and the right group of people at the heads of these massive agencies, and you’re going to have tremendous success... and I know ‘em all now.”
🚨RIGHTFUL PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST WALKED OUT TO A THUNERDOUS APPLAUSE FOR A TOWN HALL!
The town hall with Sean Hannity is currently taking place in Pennsylvania!
To some degree, the event was a little like debate prep for Trump, who is scheduled to share the stage with Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris next Tuesday on the ABC broadcast network.
Hannity is known as one of Trump’s most-favored broadcasters. The former president frequently turns up on Hannity’s show for studio interviews or more impromptu call-ins, and this is the third “town hall-style” setting that the two have shared since last summer.
Trump noted the difference in the setting at several points when Hannity brought up the upcoming debate, contending that as he sees it ABC is the “most unfair” of the news media outlets.
Lee Woods, a longtime on-air personality at KONO 860 AM radio who also worked behind the scenes managing and programming at local stations, has died reports the San Antonio Express-News.
Social media posts paying tribute to Woods state he died Sunday night.
Many former colleagues and listeners shared memories of Woods and acknowledged his contributions to local radio.
“Lee was a true music pioneer with a lot of not only knowledge of music but also had met many music icons from yester-year,” local DJ Robert Rivas wrote on Facebook.
Others mourned the loss of a friend who enjoyed sharing his knowledge of music.
“San Antonio lost a great radio personality, music lover, and friend,” wrote one fan.
Others called Woods the “soul of San Antonio radio” and “a local star” during a time when KONO was a top-rated radio station.
Woods started his local radio career after graduating from the Elkins Institute of Broadcasting in San Antonio in 1974, according to his biography with the San Antonio Radio Hall of Fame, where he was inducted in 2016.
Woods studied broadcasting after serving in the U.S. Air Force from 1968 to 1973. His first radio gig was at KBER, before moving on to KITY radio.
In 1978, Woods joined KONO, where he spent most of his broadcasting career working as a DJ, program director and operations manager. He left KONO in 1991, but remained active in local radio until retiring in 1998.
Even after retiring, Woods could be heard online doing talk radio, according to his biography.
Second quarter pay TV cord-cutting resulted in a 1.6 million subscriber decline -- bringing the first six months of 2024 to a “mind-boggling” 4.08 million, according to Mediapost citing MoffettNathanson Research estimates.
Each of the first and second quarters registered a 6.9% decline versus the same periods the year before. In 2023, the first two quarters had 6.8% drops, where there was also a collective 4.07 million decline.
Total U.S. linear pay TV subscribers now stand at 68.8 million.
Taking out newer virtual pay TV services (YouTube TV, Hulu+Live TV, for example) the traditional pay TV systems (cable, satellite, telco) posted worse declines -- 12.6% in the second quarter and 12.3% in the first quarter. That total now stands at 49.8 million subscribers.
Virtual pay TV platforms posted a collective second quarter 49,000 gain -- a 12.4% rise versus the same period a year ago, now totaling 19 million. YouTube TV gained 50,000; Sling TV, 78,000; and DirecTV Now, 82,000. Posting losses: Hulu+Live TV, 100,000; and Fubo TV, down 21,000.
YouTube TV continues to be the leader among virtual pay TV, now at 8 million subscribers.
MoffettNathanson Research says converting those traditional pay TV subscribers -- who have abandoned services (cord-cutters) -- into virtual pay TV services -- continues at a modest pace in the period, a 29% conversion 12-month trailing rate.
The trailing 12-month rate of securing traditional pay TV subscribers has remained in the 25% to 30% range since the first quarter of 2020.
Lower subscriber numbers also mean declining overall affiliate fees for major TV network groups. Collectively, the top six TV network groups had affilate revenues sinking 6.3% in the second quarter to $8.5 billion.
Quest Global Research Group Inc., a leader in the market research industry, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Coleman Insights, a prominent media research firm. This partnership will enable both companies to broaden their offerings and deliver enhanced services to clients across the market research community.
Founded in 2003 in Ontario, Canada, Quest is one of the industry’s leading online market research companies, operating in over 70 markets and employing over 200 people globally. Quest’s portfolio includes the online research data collection company Quest Mindshare, the panel management company SampleGurus, online panels Opinion Champ and Panel Champ, and the industry’s leading data quality platform: dtect.
Since 1978, Coleman Insights has delivered research that has helped media companies in more than a dozen countries build strong brands and develop great content. The company, which is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, has been a leader in the radio, podcasting, and streaming industries.
Coleman Insights’ integration into the Quest family will create a more comprehensive suite of services, leveraging each organization’s strengths to better meet evolving client needs. Combining Coleman’s strategic insights and Quest’s data collection capabilities, services, and technologies will offer more innovative solutions for solving clients’ biggest business challenges.
“We are thrilled to welcome Coleman into the Quest family,” said Greg Matheson, co-CEO of Quest. “This acquisition is a significant milestone in our growth strategy, enabling us to expand our service offerings and provide even greater value to our clients. The synergies between our companies will drive innovation and allow us to better support our clients’ needs.”
Coleman Insights will continue to operate under its brand and its existing team while benefiting from the expanded resources and capabilities of Quest. “After partnering with them for more than a decade, we know that Quest shares our commitment to quality and client satisfaction,” said Warren Kurtzman, President of Coleman. “By joining forces, we can enhance our offerings and provide our clients with a broader range of services, all backed by the expertise and resources of a larger organization. This partnership marks an exciting new chapter for Coleman Insights, and we look forward to what we can achieve together.”
Audacy’s 105.7 The Fan (WJZ-FM) in Baltimore has announced special content for the 2024 NFL season.
The station announces the return of “Game Day Uncensored.” Hosted by a collection of 105.7 The Fan talent and local sports reporters, the show will feature three hours of pregame content prior to each game and three hours of postgame coverage featuring news, notes and sound bites from the game.
105.7 The Fan midday show host Bob Haynie and afternoon show host Ken Weinman will lead the first hour of pregame coverage, while afternoon show co-host Tim Barbalace, midday host Vinny Cerrato and Baltimore Sun columnist Mike Preston will host hours two and three. Then, Melissa Kim will be the go-to voice for postgame content for hours one and two, with host Mike Popovec wrapping up the final hour.
“We could not have picked a better team to tackle what’s ahead this season,” said Chuck Sapienza, Brand Manager, 105.7 The Fan. “Baltimore sports fans are in store for enthusiastic voices, carefully curated content and local expertise, making for a well-rounded game day experience. Baltimore has an exciting season in store, and we can’t wait to continue serving as the go-to destination for fans.”
Cumulus Media’s Westwood One, the largest audio network in the U.S., will provide exclusive play-by-play coverage of the National Football League’s entire primetime regular season as well as every postseason game, marking the 38th consecutive season that Westwood One is the exclusive network radio partner of the NFL. This will be the 52nd time that the network will broadcast the Super Bowl to a national audience.
Westwood One Sports will provide play-by-play coverage of the NFL’s 2024 national regular season primetime games including Monday Night Football, Thursday Night Football, and Sunday Night Football plus Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, Christmas Day, NFL International Games, and the entire postseason including the Wild Card and Divisional Playoffs, and the AFC and NFC Conference Championship Games.
Westwood One’s coverage will culminate on Sunday, February 9 with Super Bowl LIX, live from New Orleans.
iHeartMedia has announced that Devonne Etcheverry has been named Area President for the Pacific Area, effective immediately. She will report to Dan Lankford, Division President for iHeartMedia.
Devonne Etcheverry
“Devonne has done an excellent job as Senior VP of Sales for Fresno, Modesto, Stockton and Bakersfield for iHeartMedia the last four plus years,” said Lankford,. “I’m excited to partner with Devonne to help grow her previous markets, and bring that growth to the Spokane, WA, and Riverside and Monterey, CA, markets newly under her oversight as Area President.”
Etcheverry most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Sales for iHeartMedia Fresno, Modesto and Bakersfield. She began her career on the promotions team at Fresno’s B95 in 1997 and has held many different positions within the company since. She is a graduate of California State University of Fresno.
“I am so grateful and honored to be chosen as the next President of the Pacific Area,” said Etcheverry. “My journey with iHeartMedia has been nothing short of amazing and I am excited about the new opportunities that lie ahead. I am committed to this exceptional team of people across six markets and dedicated to building upon our existing successes.”
Farm Aid announced today that its music, food and farm festival will be broadcast live on SiriusXM and streamed on FarmAid.org.
SiriusXM and FarmAid.org will feature music from the festival, as well as stories of New York farmers. Farm Aid 2024 is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 21, at Broadview Stage at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.
"Farm Aid welcomes the passionate and generous audience that joins us from home each year," said Carolyn Mugar, executive director of Farm Aid. "We're grateful for the continued support of SiriusXM and for the ability to share the music from the Farm Aid stage and farmer stories with family farm supporters and music lovers everywhere."
Farm Aid board member Margo Price also announced that she will join the stellar Farm Aid 2024 line-up, which includes fellow board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), as well as Mavis Staples, Lukas Nelson with The Travelin' McCourys, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Charley Crockett, Joy Oladokun, Southern Avenue, Cassandra Lewis, Jesse Welles, Kontiwennenha:Wi and the Wisdom Indian Dancers.
Beginning at 12 p.m. ET, SiriusXM subscribers will be able to listen to the full Farm Aid 2024 festival on SiriusXM's Willie's Roadhouse (channel 61) and Dave Matthews Band Radio (channel 30) via SiriusXM radio and on the SXM app. The live coverage also will include backstage interviews with artists and family farmers, hosted by SiriusXM's Dallas Wayne and Ari Fink. All coverage will feature a behind-the-scenes look at Farm Aid 2024 and the organization's year-round work to strengthen family farm agriculture. This marks the 15th year that SiriusXM has carried the show on satellite radio.
Farm Aid will livestream the full festival from the stage beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET with the Farm Aid press event at FarmAid.org and on Farm Aid's YouTube channel. The press event, featuring Farm Aid artists and farmers from across New York, offers fans at home a special opportunity to experience a dynamic conversation between farmers and artists.
Two Russian nationals working for a news network controlled by Vladimir Putin's government funneled millions of dollars to an American media company that paid right-wing influencers for videos pushing narratives favorable to the Kremlin, U.S. prosecutors alleged on Wednesday.
CBS News reports an indictment unsealed in the Southern District of New York charged Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, both based in Moscow, with conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The indictment came as the Justice Department unveiled sprawling allegations accusing the Russian government of meddling in the 2024 U.S. elections.
The two defendants worked for RT, a media outlet formerly known as Russia Today that is funded and controlled by the Russian government, the indictment said.
Federal prosecutors said RT oversaw a series of "covert projects" that included funneling $10 million through a series of shell entities to a Tennessee-based company launched in 2023 that publishes videos on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and X, formerly known as Twitter.
Though the company is not named in the indictment, prosecutors said that it describes itself as a "network of heterodox commentators that focus on Western political and cultural issues" and features six commentators as its "talent." Tenet Media describes itself using the same phrase on its website, and other details in the indictment align with the firm. Its website lists six right-wing personalities, including Dave Rubin, who has more than 2.4 million YouTube subscribers; Tim Pool, a podcast host with more than 1.3 million YouTube followers; and Benny Johnson, whose YouTube channel has nearly 2.4 million subscribers.
In response to the indictment of the two Russians, Pool wrote on social media, "Should these allegations prove true, I as well as the other personalities and commentators were deceived and are victims. I cannot speak for anyone else at the company as to what they do or to what they are instructed." He said his podcast was licensed by Tenet Media and existed before the license agreement. Pool also said he had full editorial control of the show and its contents, which he said are "often apolitical."
➦In 1910...Kenneth Howard Delmar born in Boston (Died at age 73 - July 14, 1984, Stamford, Connecticut). He was an actor active in radio, films, and animation. An announcer on the pioneering radio news series The March of Time, he became a national radio sensation in 1945 as Senator Beauregard Claghorn on the running "Allen's Alley" sketch on The Fred Allen Show.
Kenny Delmar
The character Delmar created was a primary inspiration for the Warner Bros. cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn.
By the late 1930s, Delmar was an announcer on such major radio series as The March of Time and Your Hit Parade. He played multiple roles in The Mercury Theatre on the Air's October 1938 radio drama The War of the Worlds.
Delmar is notable for creating the character Senator Beauregard Claghorn on Fred Allen's radio program Allen's Alley, which he did while also serving as the show's regular announcer. Senator Claghorn made his radio debut October 7, 1945, and six months later was called "unquestionably the most quoted man in the nation" by Life magazine. The role inspired the Warner Bros. animated character Foghorn Leghorn, first seen in the Oscar-nominated cartoon Walky Talky Hawky (1946).
"During the late 1940s, Mr. Delmar captivated 20 million radio listeners every Sunday night with his burlesque of a bombastic, super-chauvinistic legislator who drank only from Dixie cups and refused to drive through the Lincoln Tunnel," wrote The New York Times. "His stock expression, 'That's a joke, son,' was for many years one of the nation's pet phrases, mimicked by children and businessmen alike.
Delmar was also announcer and voice performer on The Alan Young Show in 1944. In 1953 he returned to radio replacing Hans Conried's character on My Friend Irma, as the Professor's cousin, Maestro Wanderkin and as Conried's Schultz on Life with Luigi.
➦In 1938…'Life Can Be Beautiful' began airing. It was a daytime drama broadcast on NBC and CBS during its 16-year run. The program was billed as "an inspiring message of faith drawn from life" and remained one of the leading soap operas through the 1940s. Sponsored by Procter & Gamble and Spic and Span, it premiered September 5, 1938 on NBC and moved two months later to CBS, where it was heard from November 7, 1938 to June 21, 1946. Concurrently, it was also airing on NBC from 1939 to 1941. The final run was on NBC from 1946 to 1954.
➦In 1957...WPOW 1330 AM became one of the first NYC stations to air Rock & Roll regularly. Today the station airs a Spanish Christian music and teaching format and is owned by Radio Vision Cristiana Management.
➦In 1966...The Monkees released their first single--"Last Train to Clarksville".
➦In 1987...“American Bandstand,” hosted by Dick Clark on ABC, was cancelled after 30 years on network television, largely due to MTV's influence. The show limped along on the USA cable channel and in syndication for another three years, with a different host.
➦In 1989...Mike and the Mad Dog debuted on Emmis' WFAN 660 AM in NYC. The station was looking for hosts to replace Pete Franklin during PM drive time and program director Mark Mason, floated the idea of teaming Mike Francesa with Chris Russo. At first, the station management thought the idea was crazy because they were no-names at that time. However, because of Francesa and Russo's popularity on the weekends and on Imus in the Morning individually, the station management decided to pair the two together.
The show aired WFAN from September 1989 to August 2008 and featured Francesa and Russo talking about sports and taking phone calls from listeners. From 2002 the show was simulcast on television on the YES Network. On the radio, the show was simulcast beginning 2007 on WQYK in Tampa, Florida and from 2004 until 2007 on WROW in Albany, New York.
➦In 2002...John Daly "Jackie" Kelk died at age 79 from a lung infection (Born - August 6, 1923). He was a stage, radio, film, and television actor and stand-up comedian. Kelk was best known for portraying the role of Homer Brown on the radio series The Aldrich Family and as the original voice of Jimmy Olsen on The Adventures of Superman.
➦In 2012...Joe South, singer, songwriter and guitarist who did "Games People Play" and "Walk a Mile in My Shoes", died of heart failure in Buford, Georgia at age 72. South also wrote songs for Elivs Presley, Deep Purple, the Osmonds, Gene Vincent, Lynn Anderson ("Rose Garden") and Billy Joe Royal and worked with Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Tommy Roe and others.
