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Last year Army Secretary Frank Pace decided to find an "all-Army" song. He set up a civilian-manned Army song board (from ASCAP, B.M.I, and six record companies), and by last week some 700 tunesmiths had sent in their entries...
...arteriosclerotic heart disease; in Teaneck, NJ. Pastor (since 1947) of St. Joseph of the Palisades Church, West New York, N. J., "Father Joe" wrote popular songs under the pen name Pierre Norman, under his own name wrote a mass in the Gregorian style. A member of ASCAP (American Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers) for more than 25 years, he gave royalties from his music to needy parishes...
Bands and broadcasters pumped out more popular music in 1951 than ever before. Sample happy talk from ASCAP's year-end review...
...ASCAP's 2,500 tunesmiths will divide a record $14 million in royalties for the year, an increase of $4,000,000 over...
...Most recent: Hungarian Bela Bartok, who died broke in Manhattan in 1945, was buried by ASCAP...