(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
First recording and first release by The Dells (February 1967 / May 1968)
- Written by
- Gary Jackson [US], Carl Smith [US2]
- Originally written by
- Raynard Miner, Billy Davis
- Copyright date
- April 19, 1967
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-070.240.303-9 BMI, GEMA, ISWC, JASRAC
- Adapted from
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(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher written by Raynard Miner, Billy Davis
- Tags
- disputed credits
- Comments
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Originally only credited to Gary Jackson [US] and Carl Smith [US2], as can be seen on the Jackie Wilson single.
However, as the song grew popular, Raynard Miner and Billy Davis confronted the producer of the song, Carl Davis, claiming to have written the original composition, with the previously recorded version by The Dells as proof.
A compromise was sought but wasn't found, so the matter ended up in court where notably Gary Jackson [US] and Carl Smith [US2] claimed they found the music sheet "in a wastepaper basket at Chess." Eventually, the court ruled in favor of Miner/Davis, and the song credits got split unevenly between Davis & Miner (80%) and Jackson & Smith (20%).
Later on, the credit to Billy Davis disappeared from the copyright registration. - Published by
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MIJAC MUSIC
BMI, GEMA
UNICHAPPELL MUSIC INC GEMA
CHEVIS PUBLISHING CORP BMI, GEMA
JAYLYNNE CORP GEMA
COPYRIGHT CONTROL SHARES GEMA
WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP BMI
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