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

[David Lennick]

I have the book..will check.

dl

On 12/17/2012 8:38 AM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> Unfortunately, my copy of Coslow's autobiography is in storage. Does anyone
> have access to a copy? Does he bring this up?
>
> Midnight Moon may not have been published. Sam was a great salesman of his
> own music, and perhaps he played the melody for Ken Lane. Lane was all over
> Hollywood as a vocal coach at the time; he was also on the radio as a vocal
> group leader. By all accounts, he was a nice guy and not a crook; this is
> certainly not a scenario where a song was simply stolen, or the artist had
> his name attached to get royalties.
>
> I think the court will probably side with Coslow's daughter.
>
> Jeff Sultanof
>
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:45 AM, Kristjan Saag<saag at telia.com>  wrote:
>
>> And the interesting thing is how Ken Lane got to be the composer...
>> Kristjan
>> --
>> 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>
>>>> Message-ID:<000001cddc35$9a81fd00$cf85f700$@com.au>
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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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