Talk:Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress

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This song's featured in the 2000 Mexican film "Amores Perros".

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where is the link providing evidence of John Fogerty filing a lawsuit against The Hollies or receiving half the proceeds from the song which initially had been written in the country / rockabilly style of Jerry Reed not Creedence at all

- drummer Bobby Elliott suggested they make it sound more like Creedence during the recording of the song then seen purely as an album track never envisaged as a potential single at all (hence no Hollies vocal harmonies on it)

Allan Clarke was copying the early Sun records era Elvis Presley vocal style with 'slap echo' (suggested by bass player Bernie Calvert) far more than John Fogerty on 'Long Cool Woman' which has a far 'leaner' early Elvis style than Creedence

the LP lyric sheet enclosed within the album 'Distant Light' (Parlophone PAS 10005) released in October 1971 states who played what on each track - Terry Sylvester is NOT included in the listing of musicians on 'Long Cool Woman'

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Potential source: https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/story-behind-the-song/2018/09/14/hollies-long-cool-woman-black-dress-story-behind-song/1258604002/ - Location (talk) 20:15, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Misinformation about a lawsuit
The rock and roll urban legend that CCR leader John Fogerty sued the Hollies because of this song's similarity to the CCR sound sprouted up in 1972 almost as soon as this single was released and has persisted ever since. There is no public statement from Fogerty that this is true. In their fan club newsletter, members of the Hollies have denied Fogerty ever sued or even threatened to...yet a fan club newsletter is not considered a reliable source for wikipedia so it can't be used to counter this claim. I realize a source for this misinformation is cited for its inclusion here. Therein is the problem with wikipedia editing; as long as a source is provided, it makes it acceptable proof of verification even if the source is simply misinformed. I see that several years ago an editor removed this portion of the article, but another editor restored it successfully because a source--though incorrect--can at least be provided. I have added a "according to some source"-type qualifier so that if this information MUST remain in the article, at least it introduces the idea that it is not universally accepted as fact. ShelbyMarion (talk) 17:37, 30 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I removed the bit about the lawsuit because there's not a shred of information to back it up. The Hollies deny it ever happened, John Fogerty - not one to ignore a slight - never mentions the song or the group or anything about a lawsuit in his autobiography, and the "source" provided for this article is just a link to a random YouTuber repeating the claim without providing any source for his information. Dharmabumstead (talk) 20:54, 19 March 2024 (UTC)