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Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil: Talk about their favorite Paul Simon songs
Captured at BMI Pop Awards 2005
BMI Songwriters Dominate First Six Months of 2011 Awards Season
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Half of 2011 is already history, complete with a suite of awards ceremonies celebrating music’s best. From the Grammys to the Tonys, the cultural supremacy of BMI’s deep repertoire has been on full display. January The year launched with a high bar, as Atticus Ross’s music for The Social Network earned Best Original Score at the 68th Annual Golden Globes and 83rd
From News, posted 7.18.11
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil to Receive SongHall’s Johnny Mercer Award
BMI songwriting giants Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil will receive the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award, presented by the Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHoF) during the organization’s 42nd annual ceremony on Thursday, June 16 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Through their lives as professional songwriters and the standard-defining caliber of their work, Weil and Mann epitomize BMI’s commitment to depth and…
From News, posted 3.15.11
Don Kirshner Dies
Legendary BMI music publisher and songwriter Don Kirshner has died. He was 76. The future rainmaker began his career as a songwriter, writing with high school friend Robert Cassotto, who would became known to pop fans as Bobby Darin thanks to breakout hit “Splish Splash.” In 1958, Kirshner co-founded music publishing house Aldon with Al Nevins. Housed near the Brill Building during that creative…
From News, posted 1.19.11
BMI’s New Holiday Standards Announce That Time of Year
Holiday songs are no longer elevator music for the month of December—nor, as seems to increasingly be the case, for late October and November. The BMI repertoire is stacked with new classics that command attention, channeling lovesick blues, winking irreverence and funk-laced grooves into original odes to the season. In no particular order, here are 15 favorites from the BMI catalog: “Please Come Home for Christmas” Originally recorded by…
From News, posted 12.08.10
Songwriters Hall of Fame Gallery Opens in Los Angeles’ Grammy Museum
The New York City-based Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) is taking its history to the West Coast. On Tuesday, October 19, the organization unveiled the new Songwriters Hall of Fame Gallery at L.A.’s Grammy Museum. An interactive exhibit that digs in to the SHOF’s extensive virtual home, the Gallery elevates and explores the men and women who composed the backbone of American music. Esteemed journeymen including SOHF members
From News, posted 10.27.10
Taylor Swift to Receive Hal David Starlight Award
Taylor Swift will receive the prestigious Hal David Starlight Award during the 2010 Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards dinner, slated for Thursday, June 17 at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel. In making the announcement, Hal David, Chairman/CEO of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, emphasized the magnitude of Swift’s breakthrough: "Taylor Swift is one of the brightest musical talents to emerge in recent years, and represents the…
From News, posted 5.17.10
BMI Legends Sweep List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
BMI pioneers swept the list of 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: ABBA, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, The Hollies and The Stooges will all officially enter rock’s hallowed hall during a ceremony on March 15, 2010 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City and will air live on Fuse. BMI songwriters
From News, posted 1.29.10
Righteous Brother Sings Most-Performed Song
Legendary Righteous Brothers crooner Bill Medley performed alongside the Pacific Symphony Orchestra November 8 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Shown are (l-r): BMI’s Linda Livingston, Bill Medley, Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann. BMI songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil who co-wrote “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” with Phil Spector,…
From News, posted 11.14.08
ELO Frontman Jeff Lynne Receives Million-Air Certificates
Songwriter and Electric Light Orchestra frontman Jeff Lynne was awarded Million-Air certificates for “Turn To Stone, “ which has earned over one million airplays, and “Don’t Bring Me Down,” for having over two million airplays. BMI’s Linda Livingston and Phil Graham presented Lynne the certificates at a recent visit to his studio in Los Angeles. BMI recognizes the songwriters, composers and music publishers of its million and…
From News, posted 11.04.08
Songwriters Play Benefit To Support Fulfillment Fund
In effort to help educationally underserved and economically disadvantage students attain their goals of higher education, BMI songwriters Charles Fox (“Killing Me Softly”), Melissa Manchester (“Midnight Blue”) and duo Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil (“You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”), will perform at the Fulfillment Fund’s “The Songs of Our Lives” benefit concert. The benefit, to be held at The Geffen Playhouse…
From News, posted 6.24.08
Recent Barry Mann events
| Jun 16 2011 | Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: New York |
| Mar 15 2010 | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: New York |
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