Word: ascap
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Died. John Keirn Brennan, 74, hit lyricist (Empty Saddles, Let the Rest of the World Go By, A Little Bit of Heaven), charter member of ASCAP; of a heart ailment; in Los Angeles...
...yearly income at $500,000).* He has written book and lyrics for 30-odd musicals, including Rose Marie, Sunny, Desert Song, Show Boat, New Moon, Carmen Jones, Oklahoma!, Carousel. He has written the lyrics for nearly 1,000 songs (which has earned him a coveted AA rating by ASCAP), including such imperishables as Indian Love Call, Who, Ol' Man River, Only Make Believe, Why Do I Love You, Lover Come Back to Me, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin', The Surrey with the Fringe on the Top, People Will...
...Grass was having great success in this country, later becoming a World War II hit in Great Britain and the Continent. And at the same time of his illness, he had the top hit song in England, She Wore a Little Jacket of Blue, for which he received the ASCAP award for the top song in that country...
...next eight years, following his formulas, Billy wrote more than 300 songs. Forty were hits. At least a dozen (including Without a Song, It's Only a Paper Moon, It Happened in Monterey) are all-time favorites and have brought Billy an "AA" rating with ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)-a distinction he shares with Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, the late George Gershwin and very few others. Billy's songs still bring him about $18,000 a year...
...time song writer (A Perfect Day, I Love You Truly) was treated to an Sand-birthday party by the ham-&-eggs eating Los Angeles Breakfast Club. White-haired, ailing Mrs. Bond brushed aside the protests of her nurse, made a speech, next day was back in bed. One of ASCAP's top-ranking members (A Perfect Day alone has sold over 8,000,000 copies), she has grown rich on her royalties, still turned out songs until six months ago, when she became a semi-invalid. Her latest is called Because. Said she: "My songs have brought me everything...