Cover submission
Net soos 'n wilger by Gerrie Pretorius
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On November 19, 2022
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Net soos 'n wilger
Cover of
Nie lank gelede (Hier in my droom)
Written by Isa van Wyk
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On December 31, 2022
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on the CD I Have the writer of the Afrikaans lyrics and even the entire song is listed as B Madison
Would you mind sharing a picture or a scan?
Here is the picture of the composer page of GERRIE PRETORIUS CD ADIO AMORE
Track 5 is NET SOOS 'N WILGER, the Afrikaans cover of EIN BISSCHEN FRIEDEN with the wrong composer B MADISON.
It is BEN MADISON that wrote a song called NET SOOS 'N WILGER but it is not this one which is a cover of the German 1982 Eurovision winner
I have written already in DETAIL - all AFRIKAANS covers of EIN BISSCHEN FRIEDEN- whether it is HIER IN MY DROOM, NIE LANK GELEDE or NET SOOS 'N WILGER has identical lyrics and ISA VAN WYK wrote the Afrikaans lyrics in 1983. There is an Afrikaans song NET SOOS 'N WILGER and that was written by BEN E MADISON and that is why the record company put his name there. But this is not and you can hear yourself, it is a cover of EINBISSCHEN FRIENDEN. I had loads of fights with the record company because obviously the wrong person gets royalties. I am a personal friend of RALPH SIEGEL and has been involved in almost 100 covers of his songs. But they said they did not have money to dero the sleeve but they had contacted SAMRO (the South African music rights organization) and there they changed the composers correctly so Ralph did get his royalties.