Gap Band R&B Singer Charlie Wilson Sues EMI, Heineken
Date: 06/09/07 | Singersroom News
Filed under: R&B News, Charlie Wilson
R&B singer Charlie Wilson, the lead singer of rhythm and blues group The Gap Band, has sued EMI Music and Heineken for using a song he recorded with hip hop artist Pharrell Williams in a commercial without his permission.
Wilson filed the suit in Manhattan Federal Court, claiming that Capitol Records, the American label of EMI, and the American division of Dutch brewer Heineken used the song “Beautiful” in an advertising campaign for Heineken Premium Light Beer.
Portions of the recording of “Beautiful” featuring vocal performances by Wilson and rapper Pharrell Williams were licensed by Capitol Records for the commercial without permission, the suit said.
The advertisement was shown on national television as well as Heineken’s, the suit said.
Wilson also accuses EMI for not paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits gained for “Beautiful” and for another song “You've Got What I Want,” which Wilson recorded with rappers Snoop Dogg, Jelly Roll, Ludacris and Goldie Loc.
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CHARLIE NEEDS TO GET HIS MONEY, ALOT ARTIST OLD AND NEW ARE GETTING MESSED OVER BY MUSIC CORPS, BELIEVE THEY ARE GETTING PAID, AND IF THEY CAN CHEAT YOU OUT YOUR MONEY WITHOUT YOU KNOWING IT, THEY WILL
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music is a business ,that if taken lightly.you'll get broke off proper.being a singer or musician or producer anything used without your permission or illegally obtained or published shall be dealt with in court..[ another mans crumb is another mans meal]. get paid uncle charlie!!!!!
c'mon my n**** you are one of the few that have survived the times, and you want to do something like this...damn. i thought you was real n****, yo biggest fan-white boy chipp! from galveston Texas n****....grow up!
SUKA, how you know how much money Charlie got!!! Instead of WRITING about a man who's been through more than I'm sure you have, you need to check your WRITING of GREEDY. Who ever you are get a life playa. Charlie is one of the most cheated legends of our time. Have some respect, he could be down because of this. Say something positive next time dog