Songwriter Horace Ott began writing “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” after an argument with his wife, Gloria Caldwell. He then took it to the songwriting team of Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus. BMI and ASCAP songwriters were prohibited at the time from working together, so when the song was completed, Ott listed Caldwell as the […]
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