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DENVER, CO (IFS)  It takes time and a little bit of luck to get a songwriting contract, let alone a recording contract.  Carmen was a young girl, who in 1974 ran away from home and to Hollywood to be a star of anything.  Her dreams were very simple and direct.

After several years of bit parts and not really fitting into the Hollywood mold, Maldonado had a chance meeting with Lee Rogers who was playing pool in the lobby of the Holiday Inn near Sunset Boulevard.  Rogers was signed to Motown Records at the time, and with a friendly chit chat, Maldonado was taken to the early days of the Platinum Sound Productions office to meet then president Kenny Smith and Steve Scott, then president of Platinum Sound Records.

Maldonado had a talent for lyric writing and proved to be very good, as Smith released the first of Maldonado’s songs written by Rogers and Maldonado, entitled “Los Para Ninos” and “Whup Me Beat Me Hurry Please” recorded and left in the can when Maldonado suddenly left the city and returned home to El Paso.

It’s been 1976-2008 since Maldonado has lefted a pen to write anything, as this writer has researched.  But lo and behold, Keristene Music Publishing has found several demo tracks of her songs.  MasterTrack Records has released the collaborated “Whup Me” as an internet only release of this songs recorded in 1976 by Broken Toyz.  Get a sample from www.ubetoo.com. 

ROSAMOND, CA (IFS) Can you just imagine, a song written by Kenny Smith back in 1967 called “Mary Beth” for his then girlriend and band photographer Mary Beth Broderson, now happily married with children and living in Florida. 

Some 30 years later, the song was uncovered among Smith’s stored archives tapes.  The release was on ubetoo.com playlist and is receiving some great downloads as an internet “freebie”.

Smith’s comments on this long lost “diddy”, “God have mercy on young boys in love”.