{"id":310976,"date":"2024-02-15T16:21:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T22:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=310976"},"modified":"2024-02-16T11:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:31:31","slug":"travis-kelces-viva-las-vegas-serenade-hikes-song-royalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/travis-kelces-viva-las-vegas-serenade-hikes-song-royalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce’s ‘Viva Las Vegas’ Serenade Hikes Song Royalties"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Travis Kelce shouted a half-crazed rendition of Viva Las Vegas <\/em>last Sunday as a tribute to the town that gifted him his third Super Bowl ring, one might have expected the song\u2019s copyright holders to sue.<\/p>\n

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce cradles the Vince Lombardi trophy while seemingly mangling the melody of Viva Las Vegas <\/em>on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium, where the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in the first Las Vegas Super Bowl. (Image: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the contrary, Kelce\u2019s unique serenade — viewed by more than 123 million people, including his famous girlfriend, Taylor Swift, who giggled at his enthusiasm — triggered a record amount of royalties for the publisher of the song, as well as its administrator, Warner Chappell Music.<\/p>\n

Money Honey<\/h2>\n

That\u2019s mostly because every news outlet and talk show that wanted to air the amusing clip had to contribute to its revenue stream by paying a public performance royalty to its publishing company.<\/p>\n

We were very excited about him doing that,\u201d<\/strong> Will Bratton, president of Pomus Songs Inc., told Billboard<\/em> magazine, though he declined to ascribe a dollar sign to his excitement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Elvis Presley’s original 1964 single, Viva Las Vegas<\/em>, from the movie of the same year and name. (Image: discogs.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Doc Pomus co-wrote the song with fellow songwriter Mort Shuman for the 1964 Elvis Presley movie of the same name. And though Presley never once performed it live, it has woven itself into the fabric of Las Vegas culture, rarely being left out of any of the dozens of different Elvis tribute shows staged in Vegas since the genuine article\u2019s 1977 death.<\/p>\n

In addition to Elvis impersonators and pro football players, Viva Las Vegas <\/em>has been covered by Bruce Springsteen, ZZ Top, the Dead Kennedys, Shawn Colvin, and even Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n

Dylan, who won a Nobel Prize for his song lyrics in 2016, included a whole chapter about Viva Las Vegas <\/em>in his 2022 book, The Philosophy of Modern Song.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a song about faith,\u201d Dylan wrote. \u201cThe kind of faith where you step under a shower spigot in the middle of the desert and fully believe water will come out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not <\/em>Off-Key?<\/h2>\n

Some debate has emerged from social media, from which it usually does, about Kelce\u2019s rendition not being as off-key as it sounded to untrained ears.<\/p>\n

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In fact, according to musicologist and TikTokker @bravedavebean, the tight end actually sang a tight harmony to the famous melody that was, more or less, perfectly pitched. Click here<\/a> for Bean\u2019s unexpectedly convincing argument.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Perhaps, as one commenter on the TikTok video noted, \u201cTaylor never lets him take the melody when they sing in the car, so he\u2019s gotten really good at the harmonies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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