Big Bank Hank, Master Gee & Wonder Mike aka the Sugar Hill Gang want their royalties (though some may be Chic's, one might imagine) … Can't wait to start reading (the paperback edition of) Nile Rodgers' autobiography (or memoir) "Le freak (an upside down story of family, disco and destiny", incidentally! And re: the gang's nightmare contracts, see also Roger Paradiso's documentary "I want my name back!" (2011).
http://www.factmag.com/2012/01/04/the-sugar-hill-gang-file-against-universal-for-over-40-years-of-unpaid-royalties/
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/watch_trailer_for_i_want_my_name_back_exploring_identity_theft_of_members_f
http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/nile_rodgers_le_freak_music_biography_of_the_year
http://www.gq.com/entertainment/books/201110/nile-rodgers-le-freak-book-excerpt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapper%27s_Delight#Background
http://www.docnyc.net/film/i-want-my-name-back/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sugarhill_Gang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers
http://prince.org/msg/8/370093

Almost forgot to publish this after I'd announced that I'd post some more on Leiber & Stoller & Spark records, but now with the sad news of Mr Leiber's parting ... here's a reminder of some of Leiber & Stoller's brilliant producing & songwriting skills, and of that exquisite autobiography by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller with David Ritz: "Hound dog - the Leiber & Stoller autobiography" (Simon & Schuster 2009-06, ISBN 9781416559382). At the publisher's site, you can browse the book ... may I suggest reading Randy Poe's appendix, where he argues (convincingly) that L&S practically invented rock 'n' roll? (And keep an eye out for more on their magic partnership - it's like Tex Avery making music - with the Coasters in a future post.)
http://www.leiberstoller.com/
http://spoonercentral.com/RS/Brill.html
http://uzine.posterous.com/tag/brillbuilding
http://www.spectropop.com/hleiberstoller.html
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Leiber+%26+Stoller
http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=xktk2zpqhy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller
http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/jerry_leiber.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/books/review/Windolf-t.html
http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview_with_mike_stoller.shtml
http://www.audioholicmedia.com/music-history-101/leiber-and-stoller/
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=747
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=421
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7333
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7485
http://www.ccmusic.com/item.cfm?itemid=MWS101014
http://www.ccmusic.com/item.cfm?itemid=CCM20012
http://www.covermesongs.com/2011/08/a-tribute-to-prolific-pop-songwriter-jerry-leiber.html

"A music video made using rare '60s footage from an Alice in Wonderland inspired film project collaboration by Michel Parry, Barney Bubbles and a bunch of their friends. Alice is played by Rosemary Chester. The footage was originally recorded with the intention of making a whole film inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The film was never completed and the original footage was only recently saved and transferred to dvd by Michel Parry who showed it to his daughter Cassie (Bear). Shortly after, Harry of Bear Driver edited the original footage to fit the song and the film (that has never previously been released in any form) was given new life. Both Michel Parry and Barney Bubbles appear in this footage. The locations are still recognisable as Soho square and Crystal Palace Park, where the monsters are!"
http://www.barneybubbles.com/blog/archives/4880
http://davidwills.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/barney-bubbles-alice-in-wonderland-film/
For more on Bubbles (1942-1983), see the "Reasons to be cheerful - the life and work of Barney Bubbles" book by Paul Gorman (with contributions by Peter Saville, Malcolm Garrett & Billy Bragg, Adelita 2008-12-04, ISBN 9780955201738) …
http://www.barneybubbles.com/blog
http://www.adelita.co.uk/reasons/index.php
http://adelita.co.uk/reasons/newedition.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Bubbles
http://www.ibiblio.org/mal/MO/philm/barney/
http://www.briangriffin.co.uk/other.php?pg_id=59
http://www.paulgormanis.com/?tag=barney-bubbles
http://davidwills.wordpress.com/tag/barney-bubbles/
http://www.chelseaspace.org/archive/bubbles-pr.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/mal/MO/philm/friends/barney.html
http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=7787
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/home/search?query=Barney+Bubbles
http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2007/01/20/barney-bubbles-artist-and-designer/
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5197856.ece

Bernard Rich drummin' up a storm ... And lest we forget: as a band leader, Mr. Buddy was not so different from other leaders ... though there's no bus tapes around by those bullies ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Rich#The_tapes
http://www.buddyrich.com/community/tributes.html
http://www.musketeers.org/thud/buddy/buddy.htm
http://www.cis.rit.edu/~ejipci/buddy_rich.htm
http://mog.com/FluxCapacitor/blog/130876
http://jazztimes.com/articles/20010-the-buddy-rich-tapes
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,828415,00.html
http://www.rebeats.com/books.html > T (by Mel Tormé!)