Word: ascap
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Rice-Lloyd Webber score is inferior to their work in Jesus Christ Super star. While ingratiatingly melodic for the most part, Lloyd Webber's tunes seem to have been composed by the British equivalent of ASCAP anonymous. Rice's lyrics too often rely on straw-clutching rhymes. The dying Eva plaintively asks, "What is the good of the strongest heart/ In a body that's falling apart...
...action on resale of their works [March 11]. While enforcement of royalties for artists may be feasible on resale by galleries and auction houses, it would be extremely difficult on private resale. Perhaps what artists need is a Victor Herbert (or a Rauschenberg) to lead them into an ASCAP-type organization that may have some clout and a capability to police all resales...
...Unlike the two vocal groups, however, they are not played out by the 3:30 p.m. quitting time, and can moonlight for another $10,000 annually. Though they all probably get more air play than Streisand, Jagger or Bacharach put together, P. & T. staffers are paid no residuals or ASCAP royalties...