European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 29, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 3 Al Airport workers examine a thai International air ways Jet that ended up stuck in the mud after the thai Jet lands in the mud plane s brakes failed while it was Landing sunday at Manila International Airport in the Philippines. The plane skidded off the runway into the Muddy Field. No one was injured in the incident. Fun continues aboard grounded ship Philadelphia a passengers Sang Christmas carols and played an improvised version of the newlywed game after their luxury liner ran a round in the Delaware Bay. I think it s fun one big party said Brian Forman a computer Consul Tant from Philadelphia. The party is never going to  no injuries were reported among the 1,360 people aboard the 642-foot Regent Star which was heading from Montero Bay Jamaica to Philadelphia after a seven Day cruise the coast guard reported. A Small electrical fire in a switchboard apparently caused a Power failure Early sunday morning and the ship drifted into a Sandbar 22 Miles North of Cape May near Fortescue ., said Petty officer John Brazell a coast guard spokes Man. Initial attempts to free the 24,000-ton ship with tugboats failed and the coast guard said another attempt would have to wait until High tide monday afternoon. The tugs were going to try at High tide after Midnight sunday but it. James Weakley said the coast guard believed it would be better to try it in Daylight for safety reasons. Passengers who found their vacation extended by a Day were in Good spirits. The lights went out in the disco. Everybody was singing hot hot hot " Kathleen Hopkins a reporter at the daily journal of Elizabeth ., who was on Board said by phone. Later they Sang Christmas carols and played an improvised version of the newlywed  people started chanting drinks tugboats try to pull the cruise liner Regent Star off a Sandbar sunday in the Delaware River near Fortescue drinks drinks " and free mimosas were flowing Hopkins said. Nobody s really scared everybody is having a Good  it just gave us a great Opportunity to party Hardy a Little longer Barbara Sowdon from Wilmington del., said by phone. We Don t need a band we make our own  the shipping company. Regency ship Ping must pay for the operation but the coast guard will supervise. Weakley said. The coast guard directed Marine traffic away from the area. Bogus bands Are sour Nofe to original or groups �. Toni. _ of to. Evv w it in 1 to i it an Al i Lull ?1 Nashville Tenn. A Brazen impostors posing As the coasters the platters and other Rock v Roll greats sing their Way to Quick Cash and evade lawsuits by staying on the Road say members of the original acts. I be worked hard to keep the name alive and before the Public. But these bogus groups have taken Money out of my pocket said Beverly Lee who owns the rights to the name the Shirelle. Phony Golden Oldie groups tour the country Canada and sometimes Europe doing one night stands that capitalize on the nostalgic Appeal of the originals trom a Quarter of a Century ago. They Are real lowlife Lee said. A group of fakers even used photographs of the real group while appearing As the Shirelle which hit it big with Soldier boy and i met him on sunday she said. Carl Gardner of the coasters and Charlie Brown Fame said he owns the trademark for the group but it does t Stop fakers from appearing under the name. It s hard to catch them he said. They go from town to town and state to state. Those Guys Are taking Money from me my wife and my children. There s a lot of work because nostalgia is  the Public loses too by paying up to $25 for tickets to bogus shows he said. Every group that once had a hit record has an impostor said Helen Williams who joined the plat ters with her husband Tony Williams. He was a Mem Ber of the group in the Days of such hits As the great pretender and Only  they Hurt our living she said. They go out for half or a Quarter of the Money we get. If promoters can hire them for $1,600 or $2,500, you won t pay $7,000 or $8,000 for the real  some imitators defend their work. Lenny Longo of Orange ., sings Lead for the Box tops but none of the five members was in the group in the late 1960s when the letter was a hit. The act works for the Joyce Agency of Philadelphia which owns the trademark for the name the Box tops. The original group disbanded 20 years ago Longo said. We do it to keep the music alive and because ii keeps Rock v Roll alive in some of its original state he said. We make no Bones about it and if someone comes up after the show and asks they Are told the truth. 1 Don t think they care As Long As the feeling is still there Longo said. The entertainment agent for a Large Canadian night club said he has used imitation groups sparingly. In a real Pinch As a last resort 1 have said Bill Effros of Lulu s roadhouse a 3,000-seat nightspot in Kitchener Ontario. For a lot of nightclubs it does t matter to them. If they can get somebody cheap they will do  but he said some of the frauds Are so Young that he s surprised they Are so Bra in. A lot of time they put four Guys on stage who weren t even born when the group s records were  a Calros said