By the time the dust settled, the official credits read "Words by Dusty Fletcher and John Mason, music by Dusty Fletcher and Don Howell". Howell appears to have been an entirely fictional front through which someone managed to pocket some of the royalties at McVea's expense.
By the time the dust settled, the official credits stated "Words by Dusty Fletcher and John Mason, music by Dusty Fletcher and Don Howell." This suggests that Howell functioned as an imaginary front through which someone managed to pocket some of the royalties at McVea's expense.