It Has Been Said; Don't I know you From Somewhere? (Jingle Dogs)

Yes, ladies and gentlemen.... I fear that perhaps you do, though it is that none of you could really recognize it right away.

You have all heard the "Singing Dogs Jingle Bells," and some of you have heard the "Jingle Bells Boogie by the Jingle Dogs" song that is a newer version.....

....well......

I'm the guy that wrote the lyrics to them and many others that common domestic animals have performed.

I know... you're thinking "How cool, this guy is multi-lingual."

It really isn't that impressive when you get right down to it.... when I wrote them, the words just flowed... it wasn't that hard. I never even took one class.

Once I started with the first line of "Woof ruff ruff, Ruff roof riff....." it all just kind of happened.

When I wrote the lyrics to the more modern version, "Jingle Bells Boogie by the Jingle Dogs," I put a bit more thought into it..... I wrote lyrics that fluctuated a bit more as you can tell.

I am sorry to say that contrary to the mood and timbre' that my lyrical work for those songs has produced, I might have to go to court over it. I just might have to sue for my part of the residual earnings over the years as no one has issued the appropriate payments. Again, I think it will be a sad thing to have to go to court about such, especially given what the songs have come to represent in that "Holiday feel," but it is just as bad that the others involved have chosen a position of selfishness and greed.

I'm sure you will agree that the lyrics of those songs (and most of the other animal performance songs) are really what make them so wonderful. It is sad that my lyrical work has been treated in such a manner. "Reaped," as it were for years...always saying that they "were getting around to it," and "the checks in the mail."

When I think about, it goes right along the lines of past works of artistic success through history. There always seems to be that element of underhanded business associated with the most successful of entertainment endeavors.

Hey. Madonna pays her lyricists (usually). Why shouldn't they?

Coincidentally, as a humorous and ironic note...and one that is also far too common in the history of entertainment.... when I had first written the lyrics to the "Singing Dogs Jingle Bells," I didn't even present it to the group that performed it and produced it eventually. I actually had pitched it to Barbara Streisands management FIRST, but they "failed to see the potential of them" and refused to even present the songs to her. Then I pitched it to Madonna's management with similar results.....

I think they just didn't want to upset their lyricists with someone else penning a string of hits for them.

If you ask me, they missed out.... but then again it looks like things worked out for them anyway.

I think after I settle this issue in court.... that I may pitch some new lyrics at Aguilera's management... they may see things a bit different once they look at the proven success behind my lyrical talent.

I can really see Aguilera taking lyrics like that a long way... her voice alone will lend alot to them, I'm sure. Besides, she could use a good Holiday song.