May 4th, 2004
New York’s Attorney General has reached a settlement that will mean millions
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s two year investigation found that many record companies stopped sending royalty checks after losing contact with their artists, the New York Daily News reported Wednesday.
He found Elvis Presley’s estate to be due $9,659; country singer Vince Gill due $15,889; 1980s boy band New Edition owed $72,157, and the Fontaine Sisters were owed $106,787.
However, the biggest prize goes to the estate of 1950s Rhythm & Blues singer Tommy Edwards, which will receive $229,723.
The settlement, which only covers royalties since August 2001, requires companies to publicize the unclaimed cash and find artists who are owed money.
Missy Elliott Hits Extreme Exhaustion and Stress
Missy Elliott, who has a history of working to the point of utter fatigue, had to cancel her Carnegie Hall debut Thursday because of “extreme exhaustion and stress,” concert organizers told Newsday.
Elliott called off the concert on advice from her doctors Newsday reported, and her spokeswoman Anne Kristoff said the rapper has often been susceptible to the consequences of overworking. Fortunately, this time the superstar seductress knew enough to stop herself before she landed back in the hospital.
“She has a history of high blood pressure and she’s had to be hospitalized for exhaustion before,” Kristoff said. “She knows enough about her body now to know when she has to pull the plug.”
Gloria Estefan bundles Free CD/DVD with Pay Per View Purchase
Gloria Estefan Unwrapped in Concert
From Caesar
