Florida Composer Ignored by Every Pro Sports Team Except the Lakers
The Lakers may have looked terrible in yesterday’s opening round playoff loss to the New Orleans Hornets, but they’re number one with Florida composer Bobby Kent (pictured).
According to an article in the Miami Herald, the Lakers were the only pro sports team to respond to a 2010 letter sent by Kent to roughly 100 U.S. teams, in which he demanded payment for continued stadium use of his 1980-trademarked anthem “Stadium Doodads”. The Lakers coughed up the requested $3,000 for a composition that ends with the familiar sing-a-long chant of “Da-da-da-da-da-da… Charge!” There are several other SoCal connections at play:
Kent, who runs a music publishing business, says he came up with his composition when he was music director for the San Diego Chargers.
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