donnie iris "ah! leah!"

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   my commercial 45 issued as mca/carousel 51025 contains a non described version with a listed run time of 3:41 and indeed does run that length...the 45 is identical to the version below....

(S) (3:41) Rhino 71894  Radio Daze: Pop Hits Of The 80's Volume Five   

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edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: donnie iris "ah! leah!" Posted: 31 May 2008 at 4:33pm
	my commercial 45 issued as mca/carousel 51025 contains a non described version with a listed run time of 3:41 and indeed does run that length...the 45 is identical to the version below.... (S) (3:41) Rhino 71894 Radio Daze: Pop Hits Of The 80's Volume Five
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Hykker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 October 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 19	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hykker Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 June 2008 at 5:35pm
	Interesting, apparently MCA picked up distribution of this at some point in the song's chart run.

MCT1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 26 December 2007 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MCT1 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 June 2008 at 7:52pm
	I notice that the writing credits on both versions of the "Ah! Leah!" 45 use the original spelling of Iris' last name, "Ierace". On Ed's scans of Iris' other two hits, the writing credit is spelled "Iris". Also, all three of these songs were produced and co-written by Mark Avsec. Avsec was a member of the group Wild Cherry, of "Play That Funky Music" fame. IINM, Iris was also in that group for a time in the late '70s, although he didn't join until after "Play That Funky Music".

TomDiehl1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 January 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote TomDiehl1 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 June 2008 at 11:44pm
	The reason the writer credit goes to D. Ierace is because Donnie Iris was born Domenic Ierace. There's the reasoning for that....those songs must've been reigstered under his birth name and not his stage name.
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