Ned Fairchild

Nelda "Ned" Fairchild (August 26, 1929 in Burley, Idaho - May 3, 2015) was an American songwriter.

[2] Paul McCartney and John Lennon have in different contexts said that McCartney was invited to join Lennon's band, The Quarrymen, because he knew both the chords and words to "Twenty Flight Rock", a much-admired staple of the bands forming in England at that time.

Originator of this thread, journalist Dean Miller, examined royalty statements at Fairchild's home in 2007 to confirm Fairchild was paid an undivided royalty on "Twenty Flight Rock", which supports her statements that Cochran's co-writing credit is not for authorship, but for covering the song.

They divorced, leaving Nelda a single mother of a four-year-old son, Jack D. Farnsworth.

She worked nearly continuously, often on the road selling her songs and singing in bars and lounges with a small band.

Publicity photo from her own collection of Nelda Fairchild, likely at the time performing as "Sunny Bingo"
This BMI royalty statement is one example of several showing royalties paid, without division, to Fairchild for "Twenty Flight Rock"