{"id":7672,"date":"2025-05-22T02:27:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T02:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/universal-music-group-sued-by-man-claiming-hes-owed-for-work-with-johnny-cash\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T02:27:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T02:27:39","slug":"universal-music-group-sued-by-man-claiming-hes-owed-for-work-with-johnny-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/universal-music-group-sued-by-man-claiming-hes-owed-for-work-with-johnny-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Music Group Sued by Man Claiming He’s Owed for Work With Johnny Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Universal Music Group is being sued by a man who claims he worked with huge acts like Johnny Cash<\/strong><\/a>, Twisted Sister and Shania Twain<\/strong><\/a> and is owed over $72 million for unpaid services.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, a man named Gary Douglas Peabody<\/strong> claims Johnny Cash called him up in 1970 and asked him to come to New York to get signed as a singer or backup singer and writer. He says Cash was working for UMG.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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He claims Johnny called him up again in 1974 and told him UMG owed him $25 million … asking him to come to NY to collect the funds.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n


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Peabody claims in 1993, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snyder<\/strong> called him on the phone and told him he’s owed $10 million for lyrics he’s written for the band, which was signed to UMG.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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He also claims he did backup lyrics work over the phone for UMG … and says he’s been told the songs he worked on generated $100 million.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Peabody claims in 1996 Shania Twain, who is signed to UMG, called him and discussed a backup job.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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He says UMG reps called him in 2015 and asked him for lyrical services, which he says he provided over the phone … and he claims in 2017 he declined a job offer with UMG because he hadn’t been paid for prior services.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Peabody claims he reached out to UMG about being paid in April 2025 and hasn’t heard back, so he filed a lawsuit. He says he’s owed $72,325,000.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Worth noting … he doesn’t mention any contracts or having anything in writing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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We reached out to UMG … so far, no word back.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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