She was going to introduce me to him and he said, ‘Hey, you don’t have to introduce me to him. “Angela was performing on the Lou Rawls’ annual UNCF telethon. But we just went all the way with it.” “He Made Himself Look Stupid” I lost a lot of respect that I had for him as an artist. And then he got into this kind of contest thing with us: I’m going to show you. “I Lost A Lot Of Respect For Him”īut he could have settled the case for way less money, rightful money, and he didn’t want to do it. But that’s something that slipped by them because I guess they would have hidden that. We had to turn that part of the tape up to hear his dialog and all of that. So we subpoenaed those work tapes and they were played in court. And on the tape, we heard him say, ‘Where did I hear this song before? Is this Marvin Gaye?’ And this is on his work tape. “Angela and I were listening to his work tapes. Ron Isley & Then Wife Angela Winbush Had Proof Against Bolton? (L-R): Ernie Isley, Angela Winbush, Ronald Isley And I think he thought I wouldn’t go through with it.”
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So maybe he felt like he knew how to win these kinds of cases. He had gone to court with someone else and won a similar case with against someone else. But I said, ‘Man, it doesn’t have to be like this.’ But they didn’t want to reach anything. Isley: “We tried to reach some sort of agreement. It just bothered me that he wouldn’t go ahead and admit that.” Isley On Failed Attempt To Reach Agreement With Bolton But the musicologist and everyone else who got involved after hearing our song said this was the best case out of any case they’d ever had.
So we got in touch with his people and then he went into the ‘Oh, I didn’t know you all had a song like this.’ That type of thing. I was upset because the credits weren’t on there. Then I went out to pick up the record and looked for my credit. Ronald Isley: “When I first heard his version of the song on the radio, I was really pleased. Ronald Isley did an interview with Billboard and explained how badly Bolton tried to play them and insult their intelligence:
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The original trial jury determined there were five instances in which the Bolton/Goldmark song plagiarized the Isleys’ tune…and that the Isleys to be paid $4.2 million from Sony Music, $932,924 from Bolton, $220,785 from Goldmark, and the balance from Bolton and Goldmark’s music publishing company.’ Ron Isley Explains Why He Was Pissed & How Bolton Insulted Them Ronald Isley Supreme Court refused to hear Bolton’s appeal of the May ruling. ‘ court ruled that Bolton, co-writer Andrew Goldmark, and Sony Music Publishing had to give the Isley Brothers $5.2 million in profits from the sales of Bolton’s version.
How Much The Isley’s Won After Court Hearing In court, Bolton denied he’d ever heard The Isley’s song, but the jury believed that he was telling a big, fat lie after hearing Bolton’s swiss cheese testimony (his story was had so many holes in it). That’s when Ronald says he lost all respect for Michael Bolton. The Isleys initially tried to talk it out with Bolton, but according to Ronald Isley, Bolton decided to get really cocky and disrespect them. It started in 1991, after The Isley Brothers realized that Bolton, his co-writer, and his label, Sony Music, had reportedly done a jack move on their 1968 jam, “Love Is A Wonderful Thing.” Bolton also named his 1991 hit the same name, “Love Is A Wonderful Thing,” and featured it on his album, Time, Love, & Tenderness, ultimately selling 10 million copies. The year they finally received their victory over Bolton, was in 2000, after the Supreme Court said something like ‘Stop it Bolton and pay them what you stole from them.’ The Isley Brothers had a legal problem with singer, Michael Bolton, that was strung along for 9 years in the courts. (L) Ronald Isley (inset photo) Michael Bolton
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