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5 unusual facts about American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers


Eydie Gormé

David Nessim Lawrence (b. 1960) is an ASCAP Award-winning composer who composed the score for High School Musical.

Kyle Rote

He also published two volumes of poetry, was an ASCAP songwriter, accomplished pianist, and oil painter having a number of his works shown at museums throughout the United States.

Mad Mad World

In addition, Cochrane won two SOCAN Awards and an ASCAP Award.

Things Ain't What They Used to Be

In 1941 there was a strike against the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, of which Duke Ellington was a member.

WBZR-FM

Station owner Walter Bowen made national headlines in 2008 due to a dispute over music licensing with the performance rights organization known as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.


David Maslanka

Dr. Maslanka has received five residence fellowships at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, and 1982), as well as generous grants from the University of Connecticut Research Foundation, the American Music Center, the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music, the State University of New York Research Foundation, and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).

Guy Anthony De Marco

Guy is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, the Horror Writers Association, the Science Fiction Poetry Association, the International Order of Horror Professionals, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Northern Colorado Writers, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Howard J. Buss

In 1985 he established Brixton Publications (ASCAP) and Howard J. Buss Publications (BMI). The catalog continues to expand to accommodate his compositions as well as those of many other American composers.

Ricky C

Notable performances include the Latin Billboard Awards Showcase with ASCAP, the National Anthem for the New Orleans Saints and the Los Angeles Lakers, God Bless America for the Atlanta Braves, the Calle Ocho Carnival Festival, and the WPOW Beach House concert.

Tameka Cottle

Cottle's other accomplishments include an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers award in the R&B and Pop Music categories for "No Scrubs", as well as the ASCAP Rap Award for her work on the Sporty Thievz track "No Pigeons."

Ukrainian folk music

The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP.


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Aldo Ranks

In 2009, Ranks received an award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) for his collaboration on the composition of "Forgive", performed by The Factory and Eddy Lover.