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breno
R.I.P. Jack Lee
June 07, 2023 01:34PM
He didn't have a huge discography, but it was enough to make him power pop royalty, having written & recorded the original version of "Hanging on the Telephone" with the Nerves, and also providing "Will Anything Happen" for Parallel Lines and "Come Back and Stay" for Paul Young.

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MrFab
Re: R.I.P. Jack Lee
June 07, 2023 01:49PM
Wonder why he never moved forward the way his Nerve-mates Paul Collins and Pete Case did...

Maybe he could live conformably off those Blondie royalties?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/07/2023 01:54PM by MrFab.
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zwirnm
Re: R.I.P. Jack Lee
June 07, 2023 03:34PM
Wow, that's a name from power pop long-ago royalty. I just remember the pissy song by Plimsouls, "Playing with Jack," where Peter Case sings about never going back to playing with Jack Lee. (It was on a Yellow Pills compilation.)
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ira
Re: R.I.P. Jack Lee
June 07, 2023 04:35PM
It's also on this incredible Plimsouls LP:
Kool Trash
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Bip
Re: R.I.P. Jack Lee
June 07, 2023 04:24PM
I’d think the real ‘royalty’ money came from proceeds from the Paul Young track (although it’s always ‘Hangin on the telephone’ that gets mentioned)…..
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Michael Toland
Re: R.I.P. Jack Lee
June 07, 2023 04:41PM
"Come Back and Stay " got one place higher on the British chart, but "Hangin'" has had a long life, being covered by other folks since Blondie made it a British hit, including, of all people, Def Leppard.

Though, frankly, I doubt either of those songs being top 5 hits in England would be enough to sustain a lifetime of income, especially once streaming hit.
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MrFab
Re: R.I.P. Jack Lee
June 07, 2023 05:30PM
I'd never heard of either the song "Come Back and Stay" or Paul Young, so I checked it out.

THAT was a mistake. Sounded nothing like The Nerves. Or anything else I'd want to listen to. I made it about half-way thru before bailing. If it was an American hit, it didn't hit me.
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Michael Toland
Re: R.I.P. Jack Lee
June 07, 2023 05:35PM
"Come Back and Stay" was a pretty minor hit over here. Young's big hit over here was a cover of Hall & Oates' "Everytime You Go Away." I bet you'd recognize it if you heard it. I think he was a mainstay on the British charts after that, though.
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Michael Toland
Re: R.I.P. Jack Lee
June 07, 2023 07:14PM
For more on Paul Young, visit his TP entry.
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zwirnm
Re: R.I.P. Jack Lee
June 07, 2023 08:10PM
Wow, Jack Lee's version of "Come Back and Stay" is rough and scrappy, like a Replacements song almost. But Variety says that Paul Young covered three Jack Lee songs on his first album!

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zwirnm
Re: R.I.P. Jack Lee
June 07, 2023 07:10PM
Ouch! I like the version of "Come Back and Stay." And I have Paul Young's greatest hits on CD, although I admit there are some lamentable inclusions, such as Joni Mitchell cover with Clannad which is as ominous as that collaboration would imply. And he sadly mistreats "Don't Dream It's Over."
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