Complex sentence: When Couseart was told of this story, he denied Ritz ever having anything to do with the song except for its title; musicians Odell Brown and Gordon Banks also flatly denied Ritz's accounts, with Brown stating I never met the guy.
Split into simpler sentences: When Couseart was told of this story, he denied Ritz ever having anything to do with the song except for its title. Musicians Odell Brown and Gordon Banks also flatly denied Ritz's accounts, with Brown stating I never met the guy.