Talk:Steely & Clevie

Court Case
Does anybody know if steely found innocent, guilty or is the case still ongoing? Raverdrew 17:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

it was found to be an accident, although i think steely may have lost his driver's licence as a result —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.27.155.211 (talk) 06:11, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Placeholder for Dawn Penn Interview
This is just a placeholder for links to the Dawn Penn interview at United Reggae

http://unitedreggae.com/articles/n1053/080812/interview-dawn-penn-part-1

http://unitedreggae.com/articles/n1054/080912/interview-dawn-penn-part-2

It details the 1994 release of the Steely and Clevie version of "No No No". Though not extensive on the details it does mention the sum she was paid for the 1994 recording which was a $1000 dollars. She doesn't say whether that was flat fee or that she receives royalties after it became a hit in Europe and elsewhere. The implication from the tone of the interview is that it was a flat fee.

Dawn Penn mentions that because it was never a hit (in the sense of "worldwide") when it was first released in 1967 and that after the 1994 version by Steely and Clevie became a hit - twelve people stepped forward to claim authorship including one who was 6 years old when it was first released. She had performed the song for over three decades with not a single problem until it became a hit.

Very interesting (IMO) and because it is a Steely and Clevie produced track some of the details should be included here as well as a link to the Dawn Penn article.

When I did the Ernest Ranglin article I read through a lot of interviews in which I got the impression that Island had a reputation for paying royalties to artists and was one of the few labels to do so. It would be a shame if Heartbeat and Studio One made more than the $1000 paid to Dawn Penn and didn't cut the cake a bit more fairer. An interesting aspect that may be worked into the respective articles though ofcourse with a NPOV.

Sluffs (talk) 15:36, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Ced Gee KRS
There is no connection between Steely & Clevie creating a record label in 1987 and the album Criminal Minded by BDP (KRS) some production by Ced Gee. The prominence of dub / hip-hop is an overstatement as well. Akiem7 (talk) 10:34, 10 July 2022 (UTC)