Word: ascap
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Composer Erne Canning Carlton earned an estimated $20,000 from Rock-a-Bye Baby. During her last seven years she was saved from destitution by a $50-a-month gift from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (of which she was never a member). ASCAP also paid her hospital and funeral expenses; its president, Gene Buck, sent the largest floral piece to her funeral. Second largest was from the Hoboes of America. Its inscription: "To Our Beloved Friend...