Charles Jones (32)

US singer, songwriter from New York. Often associated to publisher Angel Music (2). Like many other songwriters, Charles Jones often fell foul to unscrupulous people within the music industry: in March 1955 he registered the copyright of four songs, "Certainly Baby", "Dearest One", "Guess I’m Through With Love" and "Oh Gee, Ooh Wee", yet when "Certainly Baby" was issued as the plug side to the duo’s third single, the label credit claimed that the song had been penned by Frank Slay Jr. and Bob Crewe. Crewe and Slay certainly produced the track, and the pair also received writers’ credits on other Herald releases, but in this instance it seems they were given the credit in lieu of payment for their production services. It was a neat trick that would not have cost the Herald team a cent, but meant that Charles Jones would never see any royalty payments for his composition.