Musicians Who Have Made A Fortune From Unlikely Songwriting Credits

[Yussef Dent]

Pure and Simple for Hearsay

Originally written for Girl Thing! Simon Cowell's attempt at a new Spice Girls, a hell of a lot of hype was built around them and they were even pre-recorded "reacting" to getting the number one status on the Radio 1 chart show for their first single, which came in at number 8. The second one didn't make the top 20 and Cowell cancelled the album in the UK.

[holyzombiejesus]

I wonder if Will Oldham got a life changing amount of money for the Johnny Cash cover of I See A Darkness. With people like Will who seem to sell the same few thousand copies of every album and rely on those sales and touring revenue as their only income, it's hard to know if they're loaded or just getting by.

[kalowski]

I wonder if Will Oldham got a life changing amount of money for the Johnny Cash cover of I See A Darkness. With people like Will who seem to sell the same few thousand copies of every album and rely on those sales and touring revenue as their only income, it's hard to know if they're loaded or just getting by.

I have often wondered that. Does Will Oldham earn enough just to concentrate on writing? Do they Handsome Family own their own houses? I find it hard enough on a very decent monthly wage

[Glebe]

Original Troggs drummer Ronnie Bond wrote several classic ad jingles, including the Bran Flakes, Cadbury's Flake and, er, Coco Pops tunes. Must have made a mint off them.

[jobotic]

Not as much as Holland, Dozier & Holland made from

My Kelloggs Honeysmacks
You know that I Love You

Oh, it's my only goal
To get you in my bowl

[Kankurette]

Originally written for Girl Thing! Simon Cowell's attempt at a new Spice Girls, a hell of a lot of hype was built around them and they were even pre-recorded "reacting" to getting the number one status on the Radio 1 chart show for their first single, which came in at number 8. The second one didn't make the top 20 and Cowell cancelled the album in the UK.

And their video for Last One Standing was a blatant ripoff of the Wannabe video.