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...years ago, a couple of boys from The Bronx named Walden Cassotto and Donald Kirshner got into the music game writing radio-commercial jingles. They never made a living at it, but Cassotto contrived to change his name and his luck by going into singing: he is now that ever-lovin' smash, Bobby Darin. Kirshner still has the same moniker, but in what passes for the pop-music business these days, he is far more formidable than Darin. At 32, he is president of the music division of Columbia Pictures-Screen Gems TV, the hottest publisher...
Since 1959, Kirshner has published 500 songs, of which 400 have made the hit charts. Last week he had no fewer than 25 on the Billboard lists, including the No. 1 song (You're My) Soul and Inspiration. All told, Kirshner songs have sold 150 million recordings...
...Wine, who was then a 15-year-old sophomore at Juilliard. Toni proceeded to run her advances up to $20,000. Suddenly, this month, she has broken into the Billboard "Hot 100" with a likely winner, A Groovy Kind of Love. The lyrics, of course, were written by another Kirshner protégé, Schoolteacher Carol Bayer...
With a little bit of luck, Groovy Kind will pay back Donnie's investment, and perhaps make a few bucks for the authors. With a lot of luck, they might join the seven Kirshner teams earning big money. The luckiest team right now is Barry Mann, 26, and his wife Cynthia Weil, 24, who wrote Soul and Inspiration as well as Kicks (No. 10 on the Hot 100) and Magic Town (No. 32); the Manns have just signed a five-year $1,000,000 contract with Kirshner...
Diana Gisolfi, fine arts; Jane L. Goldsmith, Slavic languages & literatures; Emily L. Hartshorne, history; Michele Kaufman, astronomy; Eliza D. Kellogg, English; Judith G. Kirshner, English; Mrs. Marjorie K. McIntosh, history; Susanne L. Mack, history & literature; Mrs. Susan K. Matisoff, Far Eastern languages...