Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and BMI songwriter John Oates was the special guest at the 2023 Restaurant Association of Maryland ‘s (RAM) Annual Awards Gala held at Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover, MD. Oates was interviewed by BMI’s Dan Spears as part of an intimate VIP event that… Read more...
BMI brought representatives of Hearst Television and iHeart Media together with John Oates, one half of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Hall & Oates, prior to the pop duo’s recent concert (6/26) in Orlando. John Soapes, President of Hearst-owned WESH-TV and WKCF-TV in Orlando, and Linda Byrd, iHeart… Read more...
John Oates enters the coffee shop beneath his Nashville high-rise condo with a stack of posters tucked in the crook of an arm. One of these posters already hangs behind the cash register, advertising an upcoming solo show. What’s the 64-year-old legend doing toting around his own gig posters, distributing… Read more...
Broadcast Music, Inc. iconic songwriter John Oates will be the featured artist for the BMI Legends Session taking place at this year’s Country Radio Seminar at the Nashville Convention Center on February 21, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. Oates follows past Legends Session performers Graham Nash, Isaac Hayes, Willie Nelson, Randy… Read more...
Important stories for working songwriters: Billboard.biz weighs the creative and commercial potential of artist-curated playlists as apps. As the options for cloud-based storage increase, Slate looks at the top choices American Songwriter surveys a top-tier group of artists and executives for advice on how… Read more...
In 1958, Billboard magazine created the “Hot 100,” a listing showing the top songs being purchased and aired in the U.S. week after week. Decade after decade, BMI songwriters have dominated the chart with some of the greatest hits ever written, from “Lonely Boy,” “Stop in the Name of Love,”… Read more...
John Oates has just released a terrific solo album, Mississippi Mile, but he’s totally down to talk about Hall & Oates, too, which is such a relief. Because, you guys, there’s so much that needs to be addressed: The Philadelphia soul duo’s remarkable return to the pop-culture cool club, the… Read more...
The New York Songwriters Circle (NYSC) is currently accepting submissions for the organization’s 2009 Songwriting Contest. While each entry’s lyrics must be in English, NYSC encourages composers from all over the world, who create original tunes in every genre—and every musical gray area in between—to enter. 2008 2nd-place winner Gillian… Read more...
Donovan will be named a BMI Icon at the annual BMI London Awards, slated for Tuesday, October 6 at London’s Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane. The invitation-only gala will recognize the UK and European songwriters and publishers of the past year’s most-played BMI songs on American radio and television. The Icon… Read more...
Eight-Way Tie for Prestigious Songwriter of the Year Crown, ‘Bubbly’ Earns Song of the Year, & Universal Music Secures Publisher of the Year Honors BMI held its 57th Annual Pop Awards tonight, honoring Gamble & Huff as BMI Icons. Songwriter of the Year honors resulted in a record-setting eight-way tie… Read more...
