[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 51, Issue 22 -" Everybody loves Somebody"

[Kristjan Saag]

And the interesting thing is how Ken Lane got to be the composer...
Kristjan
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On 2012-12-17 11:25, Nigel Burlinson wrote:
> John:
>
> Here's the answer:
>
> SAME OLD SONG: A New York music company is asking a Superior Court judge in
> Los Angeles to review a 47-year-old case and declare that the wife of
> composer Sam Coslow is no longer entitled to royalties from the 1960s Dean
> Martin hit "Everybody Loves Somebody."
>
> Coslow, who died in 1982, got his start on Tin Pan Alley, and some of his
> songs became well-known standards for such artists as Bing Crosby, Billie
> Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Spike Jones. He even won an
> Academy Award as the producer of a short film featuring Groucho Marx and
> Carmen Miranda.
>
> At issue is an agreement reached between Coslow and two lyricists in 1950 to
> split royalties from "Everybody Loves Somebody." A court fight determined
> that Coslow wrote the melody during the 1920s, only he called his song
> "Midnight Moon." Ken Land and Irving Taylor penned the now-familiar lyrics.
>
> Sands Music Corp., which according to the suit obtained "Everybody Loves
> Somebody" from Sinatra Songs Inc., claims that the copyright to "Midnight
> Moon" expired on Dec. 31, 1995. Therefore, the company no longer wants to
> pay royalties to Coslow's heirs.
>
> But the copyright held by the two lyricists still has years to go, and
> Coslow's daughter thinks it's unfair that two men who slapped some words
> onto her father's song should receive all the royalties.
>
> But fair or unfair, "that's the way we interpreted the agreement," said
> Sands' lawyer, David S. Olson. "We're just asking the court to tell us what
> to do."
>
> Coslow's daughter, Cara, says the copyright's clock should have started
> ticking for everyone in 1950--when they signed the agreement splitting the
> royalties.
>
> "They took a song and attached different lyrics to it," Coslow said. "I
> could add lyrics to 'Rhapsody in Blue' tomorrow and it would still be
> 'Rhapsody in Blue.' "
>
> Coslow, who is director of casting at Carsey-Werner in Studio City, insisted
> that everyone is still singing the same old song. "I can give you all our
> records,' she said. "I'll show you the sheet music. I'll even hum a few bars
> for you."
>
> As for "Everybody Loves Somebody," its latest incarnation was as a jingle
> for Western Union commercials. The lyrics went something like this:
> "Everybody needs some money sometime." Try singing that to "Rhapsody in
> Blue."
>
>
>
> (taken from "The Los Angeles Times"" August 3 1997)
>
>
>
> I found no recordings of "Midnight Moon" and it's not listed on his ASCAP
> file!
>
> Nigel Burlinson (burlinson at orange.fr)
>
>
>
>> Message: 14
>> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:04:58 +1100
>> From: "John Rogers" <johnhrogers at optusnet.com.au>
>> Subject: [78-L] Everybody Loves Somebody question
>> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
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>> Everybody Loves Somebody (Sometime) was published in 1947 and recorded by
>> Frank Sinatra.  It was successfully revived by Dean Martin in 1964 and was
>> used as the theme of Martin's television series.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sheet music from 1947 and 1964 shows words by Irving Taylor and music by
>> Ken
>> Lane.  However, a number of internet sites including the ASCAP database
>> credit Sam Coslow as co-lyricist.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would appreciate it if anyone can explain how Coslow was added to the
>> lyric credits.
>>
>>
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>>
>> John Rogers
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *****
>
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