Ed Townsend
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 21 years ago |
Date of birth | April 16,1929 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Fayetteville |
Tennessee | |
United States | |
Date of died | August 13,2003 |
Died | San Bernardino |
California | |
United States | |
Genres | Pop |
Albums | Glad To Be Here |
Now | |
New in Town / Glad to Be Here | |
Children | David Townsend |
Job | Singer |
Education | Arkansas State University |
Songs | For Your Love |
Please Never Change | |
Don't Ever Leave Me | |
How Could You Do It | |
Cherrigale | |
Stay With Me | |
I Love Everything About You | |
Dream World | |
I Might Like It | |
Where Did Those Signs Go | |
When I Grow Too Old To Dream | |
Tell Her | |
And Then Came Love | |
If You Can't Take Me Higher | |
Hold On | |
Over and Over Again | |
This Too Shall Pass | |
In the Still of the Night | |
You Are My Everything | |
Lover, Come Back to Me | |
Till the End of Time | |
The More I See You | |
Getting By Without You | |
Goin' My Way | |
I Am | |
Prisoner of Love | |
New in Town | |
That's What I Get for Loving You | |
When My Dreamboat Comes Home | |
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | |
Rockin' Chair | |
Brazil | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1267099 |
Ed Townsend Life story
Edward Benjamin 'Ed' Townsend was an American singer, songwriter, producer and attorney. He performed and composed "For Your Love", a rhythm and blues doo wop classic, and co-wrote "Let's Get It On" with Marvin Gaye.
Ed Sheeran wins Thinking Out Loud copyright case
... Keisha Rice, who represented the heirs of Gaye s co-writer Ed Townsend said her clients were not claiming to own basic musical elements but rather " the way in which these common elements were uniquely combined...
Ed Sheeran sings and plays guitar at copyright trial in New York
... Heirs of Gaye s co-writer, Ed Townsend, are claiming that he stole elements of the chart-topping hit...
Ed Sheeran appears in NYC court for start of copyright trial
... Heirs of Gaye s co-writer, Ed Townsend, argue that Sheeran, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Publishing owe them money for allegedly stealing the song...
Ed Sheeran must face copyright trial over Thinking Out Loud, judge rules
... The claim over Thinking Out Loud was originally lodged in 2018, not by Gaye s family but by investment banker David Pullman and a company called Structured Asset Sales, which has acquired a portion of the estate of Let s Get It On co-writer Ed Townsend...
Ed Sheeran must face copyright trial over Thinking Out Loud, judge rules
Pop star Ed Sheeran has been ordered to stand trial in the US over claims he copied his hit song Thinking Out Loud from Marvin Gaye 's Let's Get It On.
A judge denied Sheeran's bid to dismiss the case, saying a jury should decide on the similarities between the songs.
The Move comes six months after of copying his hit song Shape Of You at a trial in London.
After that ruling, The Singer hit out at " baseless" copyright claims, which He Said were " way too common".
The Claim over Thinking Out Loud was originally lodged in 2018, not by Gaye's family but by investment banker David Pullman and a company called Structured Asset Sales, which has acquired a portion of The Estate of Let's Get It On co-writer Ed Townsend .
Seeking $100m (£90m) in damages, they allege that Sheeran and his co-writer Amy Wadge " copied and exploited, without authorisation or credit" the Gaye song, " including but not limited to The Melody , rhythms, harmonies, drums, bass line, backing chorus, tempo, syncopation and looping".
On Thursday, US District Judge Louis Stanton cited a disagreement between musical experts on both sides of the lawsuit as a reason for ordering The Trial .
The prospect of a Jury Trial will be an unwelcome one for Sheeran. Copyright lawyers have often argued that juries have difficulty understanding the complexities of copyright law, and why superficial similarities between two songs are not necessarily proof of plagiarism.
In his order, Judge Stanton also ruled that jurors must decide whether SAS can include concert revenue in damages, rejecting Sheeran's argument that ticket sales weren't tied to the alleged infringement.
Sheeran's 2014-2015 tour earned $150m (£135m), according to Music Industry trade publication Pollstar.
His lawyers did not comment on The Judge 's ruling. A lawyer for Structured Asset Sales, Hillel Parness, told Reuters The Company was " pleased" with the ruling.
This is not the only trial Sheeran is facing over Thinking Out Loud, which went to Number One in the UK in 2014 and won song of the year at the Grammy Awards in 2016.
SAS has filed a second case, which is currently on pause, while a separate suit by another portion of Townsend's estate is awaiting trial.
'Coincidence is bound to happen'At The Shape of You a trial in March, The Singer and his co-writers John McDaid and Steven McCutcheon faced accusations that a hook on their track Ripped Off Oh Why, a 2015 song by Sami Chokri and Ross O'Donoghue.
However, a High Court judge concluded they had " neither deliberately nor subconsciously" plagiarised the earlier song, and awarded The Star and his co-defendants £900,000 in costs.
Afterwards, Sheeran declared on Instagram: " I hope that this ruling means in The Future baseless claims like this can be avoided. This really does have to end. "
He added: " It's really damaging to the songwriting industry. There's only so many notes and very few chords used in Pop Music . Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released Every Day on Spotify. That's 22 million songs a year, and there's only 12 notes that are available. "
Source of news: bbc.com