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

[Kristjan Saag]

It's with ASCAP today.
Kristjan

On 2012-12-17 15:50, David Lennick wrote:
> Interesting that Nat Shapiro's Popular Music books list only Taylor and Lane as
> composers, and the song being published in 1948. The Variety book doesn't list
> it at all, so I presume it's non-ASCAP.
>
> dl
>
> On 12/17/2012 9:32 AM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>> The court has probably decided long ago. The article was from 1997.
>> Kristjan
>>
>>
>> On 2012-12-17 14:38, 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>
>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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