Sony Creates a Monster by Releasing a New Dr. Elmo Halloween CD, and Causes the Artist to Sue Them Over Digital Royalties

Sony Creates a Monster by Releasing a New Dr. Elmo Halloween CD, and Causes the Artist to Sue Them Over Digital Royalties

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The following news release is being issued by Laughing Stock Records:

Dr. Elmo, the wacky, off-kilter wit responsible for the mega-platinum Christmas standard, Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer, has a trick and a treat for Sony Music this Halloween. The trick is Dr. Elmo's participation in a lawsuit filed by artists (including Cheap Trick and the Allman Brothers Band) against Sony Music for underpaying royalties for musical downloads and ring tones. The treat is Dr. Elmo's SonyBMG CD, "Dr. Elmo Sings the Boos," which creates a mirthful counterpoint to the musical nightmare known as Halloween.

Halloween is the third biggest party night of the year (following New Year's Eve and Dr. Elmo's Birthday), yet there is only one song on the entire holiday play list, "The Monster Mash." And now, Dr. Elmo with the release of his new SonyBMG CD, "Dr. Elmo Sings the Boos," has ten rousing Halloween songs to ease the burden on the "The Monster Mash."

The songs on "Dr. Elmo Sings the Boos" will appeal to adults and kids, as each captures the wacky, cheerful, hilarious sensibilities of "Grandma." And while anonymous press-release writers aren't supposed to play favorites, the song that jumped off the CD the first time I heard it (much the way "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" caught my full attention the first time I heard it on the radio) was "Redneck Dracula." Who else but Dr. Elmo would set Count Dracula down in a redneck bar in Kentucky and confront him with a veritable litany of American horrors, including Wrestlemania, NASCAR, big hair, gun racks and chicken-fried steak?

Sample lyric: I drank her blood 'til I was full, then lost it all on the mechanical bull.

With songs like "The Fly," "Texas Chainsaw Halloween," and "Pointy, the Pyramid Pumpkin," Dr. Elmo's new CD provides a perfect soundtrack for the scariest night of the year.

Contact:
Nancy Clary
Laughing Stock Records
2521 Laguna Vista Dr.
Novato, CA 94945
(415) 897-7797

Source: Laughing Stock Records

CONTACT: Nancy Clary of Laughing Stock Records, +1-415-897-7797

Web site: http://www.drelmo.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: Dr. Elmo is available for interview. Contact Nancy Clary or Pam Wendell at 415-897-7797 or docelmo@msn.com Check out the video and mp3 of Redneck Dracula at www.drelmo.com .

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