The tragic story of Irene Cara: Ripped off by her label, blacklisted, abandoned by Hollywood… and paid less than $200 for “What a Feeling”
Cara, who passed away in 2022, was an incredibly talented singer and actress.
In 1983, her song “What a Feeling” was number one on the Billboard chart for six weeks.
Yet by 1987, her album was scrapped by her label, amidst a lengthy legal battle for unpaid royalties.
She eventually won the lawsuit, being awarded $1.3 million in unpaid royalties, but was blacklisted by both the record and film industries:
@TexasDrunk @ajsadauskas
Check out what happened to Poe … 2001-ish, her best-selling album, *Haunted*, scrapped, and she was gagged, legally not allowed to make music, for something like a decade.
There are other examples. It may be different today, but I don’t think it’s better.
… found it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe_(singer)#Effect_of_AOL%E2%80%93Time_Warner_merger
@trinity @TexasDrunk @ajsadauskas The difference today is awareness & knowledge. Corporate labels will try to benefit themselves as much as possible, whatever they can get away with. But now contractual advice & tales of woe are a click away; back in the day you had to read up on your own in a library or get advice from someone you were lucky enough to meet.