**THIS MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED FROM AN OFFICIAL SOURCE VIA CF EMAIL**
SAL ABBATIELLO OWNER OF FEVER RECORDS / FEVER ENTERPRISES SAYS:
This article Latiff wrote seems to be a personal attack on me, for what reason, I don't know, angel quit and wanted nothing to do with the group or the name , she wanted to do her own thing and I respected that, I wanted her to stay but she thought it was time to move on. But i think Latiff has a personal agenda, he told me they were dating and that he was going to handle all her affairs from then on and that she was making her own records
i wished them good luck , he said they were happy, and i was happy for her
Latiff is so hipicrical, because first of all, his clubfreestyle name under author is latiff of metropolitan records, he has not worked there for some time, should we call up Jerry the owner, second he starts off his comments with you can book acts at latiff ent. was this to promote his booking company
is he the one giving angel this advice to use other peoples ideas and businesses names to give false image, he obviously quit and so did she, but they still want to associate themselves with the names, and he also has a TKA photo on his web site with angel who is not in the group anymore i wonder what George lamond or vito bruno thinks
i have been a supporter of club freestyle as much or more than anyone the past few years and have given them much advertising, support and friendship
you know the deal and most of what you said is true
she quit in 1991 and was released from all her cover girls obligations, she did not want to be in the group anymore, she wanted out so bad, she gave up all her royalty rights and to never use the name in any shape or form, even formerly of the cover girls
she was gonna make it as a solo star and i wished her well and released her from all her contracts for no money and i could of gotten over $100,000 for her contract from epic records
when angel left the group we had our biggest record ever "wishing on a star"
Latiff fail to mention that she came back to me years later, and against all my friends advice, i helped her and signed her to a 3 year management contract with me in 1995 and she renewed it 3 times after that, which just expired in OH! 2002 just when Latiff took over, what great timing
During that time, i signed her to a a solo deal on HOLA recordings,
we released a single TOTO MATA , but it never hit radio, we worked on the album for 1 1/2 years but it never came out.
She wasn't getting any shows as a solo artist because she did not have a hit out, in the mean time i was putting together THE COVER GIRLS again with Evelyn at the lead, but i sacrificed not putting out the new group, so angel could work as the cover girls until she DID HER OWN THING but unfortunately HOLA went out of business
She meet Latiff at a show i booked her last year and about a month later i never heard from her again, no good-bye, she had Latiff call and tell me she quit, i tried to convince him to let her stay but he said she was going to do her own thing and did not want to do cover girls songs again and that he was handling all her affairs now business and PERSONAL.
now that she realized she made a mistake and cannot get any work unless she associates her name with my name THE COVER GIRLS she wants to juice my name, in fact she still use's her old marriage name clivilles of c & c music factory fame, her last name is sabater, don't she use anything of her own, must she try to work off of everyone else's success.
that's right, my name, i own the name the cover girls, trademarked since 1986 with the us patent and trademark department if any one wants to know call Washington DC us copyright register # 2,021,056
i own the name, masters, photos, videos and image, i paid i took the risk
she wrote none of the hit songs, she produced none of the songs and she never paid for a song to be made
she auditioned for the group like all the others and she quit right in the middle of one of our biggest hit's WE CANT GO WRONG and tour with NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, JUST TO GET OUT THE GROUP but the show went on without her, even back then at there highest popularity, CAROLINE AND MARGO PERFORMED 2 SHOWS WITHOUT HER TO OVER 20,000 PEOPLE, no problem, when she heard that SHE WAS BACK 3 DAYS LATER
about not being the originals, i put out a greatest hit CD and told the whole story with all the first 6 girls, and now this is the new group, the name will go on forever, and i can put who ever i want in the group, if the public dont like it, the they will be the judge, but the new girls are beautiful talented and are making new records to keep the history alive, no misleading its in the bio its on the CD and i do have new photos of the new girls
and not to mention they killed it at Beat Stock, they even got a great write up in the Daily News
i gave her all the opportunity to stay and use the name, her new management said no and that she did not need that name or me to get her work, obviously that aint the case
or they would not be making such a big fuss
i heard from 3 different clubs just this week that THEY WERE CALLED BY LATIFF
trying to sabotage the shows, but it did not happen, they want the cover girls, and these are the girls who are the cover girls
and when they leave there will be some other girls, its my creation and i could do what i want with it
i have been one of the pioneers of freestyle and still am, who is latiff and where did he come from and what did he ever do PERSONALLY
just a player hater trying to discredit all the good work i did for the 17 years that i been supporting freestyle
"THERE'S NO ONE THAT GAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOCAL TALENT AND KIDS WITH NO EXPERIENCE THAN I DID"
And finally Evelyn does not lip sing, there are no lead vocals on the show tapes, the other girls sing live over the background vocals, just like every other cover girl and Angel did since 1986 and so does almost every other track artists,
for everyone's information most background vocals are done by hired studio singers
I even heard that angel is using those tapes, which fever records owns the master 's too, which i allow her to do so, maybe she should go in and record her own new ones
that's right they want the original sound too, but fever records owns them, not any former member of the cover girls
she is the only one using it because she cant get work without it, as a solo artist using her own name "angel sabater"
she quit and she wanted no part of it, then why is she so upset over the new girls, if you think they are fake or the other ones, WHAT'S IS IT TO HER OR LATIFF, go on with your life and make your own hits, i wish you luck, latiff her manager should concentrate on her future and not her past, come on big man make your first hit
no one can take away that she was an original member of the cover girls and she was great and i thought she would be a star, she had the talent and the personality, she was one of my favorites, but she wanted out and to never have anything to do with the group or the name, i guess it just didn't work out like she or latiff planned
but now some other people must have some hidden agenda's, like trying to make money off of some one else's idea, that's why there is the trademark law, for situations like this
to protect me and my idea
i still enjoy seeing the temptations, tramps, supremes, drifter's,Harold Melvin and the blue notes( his dead and they still use his name) everyone knows they are not the originals, they just love the music, there are sold out concerts all the time
HOW COME NO ONE COMPLAINS ABOUT TKA OR ALL THE OTHER GROUPS WHO SWITCH MEMEBERS LIKE EXPOSE,PAJAMA PARTY,SWEET SENSATION,SUGAR HILL GANG, OR SEDUCTION
THE MUSIC WILL LIVE FOREVER, THE SINGERS IN THE GROUPS MAY COME AND GO, THE PUBLIC DECIDES IF THEY WANT TO SEE THE SHOW OR NOT,
WE NEVER NOW OR EVER REPRESENT THAT THE GROUP ARE NOT THE MEMBERS THEY ARE
COVER GIRLS just did channel 11 morning show with all live singing, they signed autographs for 1 hour, on there own photos, they also did Beat Stock with over 30,000 and was one of only a few to get a great review in the daily news
the new group is great and put on a great show and no one has been disappointed except
Latiff , king of freestyle, get a life