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The Man Who Really Wrote "Dazed and Confused"

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The Man Who Really Wrote "Dazed and Confused"

Post by Ben Zonia » Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:46 am

While the Rock and Pop songs he wrote never received the credit they deserved, Jake Holmes' recordings, albums, and songs written with Bob Gaudio for The Four Seasons and Frank Sinatra have become cult favorites. While "Dazed and Confused" was often said to be about drugs, Holmes himself said that it was about a woman's feelings when a relationship is ending. This is backed up by such relationships being the theme of the Frank Sinatra Album, "Watertown", which has been called Frank Sinatra's answer to "Pet Sounds". Jake Holmes soon became successful beyond almost anyone's wildest dreams by writing some of the most famous advertising and promotional jingles of all time, the most famous being "Aren't You Hungry For Burger King Now".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Holmes

The "Dazed and Confused" story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazed_and_Confused_(song)

The lawsuit against Jimmy Page was mainly about recognition of Holmes writing the original "Dazed and Confused", as Holmes' fortune from jingles is probably in the tens of millions or more.


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Re: The Man Who Really Wrote "Dazed and Confused"

Post by SolarMax » Sat Aug 21, 2021 11:01 am

Thanks, that was really interesting! I didn't know a thing about Holmes, both as a pop song writer or jingle composer.
There's for sure a long roster of "I had no idea (X) wrote that,", especially in the ad world. Barry Manilow (McDonalds, among many others) and Randy Newman come to mind off the top.



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Re: The Man Who Really Wrote "Dazed and Confused"

Post by Ben Zonia » Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:01 pm

Also "Quick" Joey Levine did a lot of jingles. Some may have been collaborated with others, such as Jake Holmes and Randy Newman on one Dr. Pepper jingle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Levine


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Re: The Man Who Really Wrote "Dazed and Confused"

Post by matt1 » Sat Aug 21, 2021 11:42 pm

Jake Holmes "So Close" (from "So Close, So Very Hard To Go") Went to # 49 (Hot 100) & # 22 (Adult Contemporary) on Billboard in November of 1970. That was his only charted song on Polydor Records. (audio only) By the way, the late Casey Kasem made a mistake back on December 12, 1970 on "American Top 40" when "So Close" was at # 39 & debuted in the Top 40 BUT it was Stephen Stills "Love The One You're With" that debuted at # 39 on December 12, 1970 so Casey made a mistake!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJgjmYp ... lmes-Topic



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Re: The Man Who Really Wrote "Dazed and Confused"

Post by matt1 » Sat Aug 21, 2021 11:42 pm

My mistake, the album title is "So Close, So Very Far To Go".



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