home.social

#ascap — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ascap, aggregated by home.social.

  1. "Eddie My Love" is a 1956 #dooWop song. According to #BMI and #ASCAP, the song was written by #MaxwellDavis (BMI), #AaronCollins, Jr. (ASCAP), and Sam Ling (BMI). Maxwell Davis played sax on the Teen Queens record. Aaron Collins was the brother of the Teen Queens. Sam Ling was an alias of #SaulBihari, co-founder of #Modern, #RPM, and other labels; Bihari.
    youtube.com/watch?v=I6xMcRJ7CFU

  2. "Pilot of the Airwaves" is a song by the English singer-songwriter #CharlieDore. It was released as a single in 1979 from her album Where to Now. The song reached number 13 on the #Billboard #Hot100, and earned her the #RecordWorld New Female Artist of the Year, and an #ASCAP award. The single also charted in Canada, Australia, and Europe.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VhQIMpZJ7VM

  3. "Counting Blue Cars (Tell Me Your Thoughts on God)" is a song by American #alternativeRock band #Dishwalla from their 1995 #AAndMRecords album #PetYourFriends. It is their #onlyHitSong, peaking at number 15 on the US #Billboard Hot 100 and topping the same magazine's #ModernRockTracks chart in 1996. It received two #ASCAP awards (1997 and 1998) as the most-played song of the year on radio in the United States.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Clxtg2pFTQM

  4. "Matilda" (sometimes spelled Mathilda) is a #calypso song. Some songwriting credits are given as Harry Thomas (rumoured to be a pseudonym combining #HarryBelafonte and his guitarist, #MillardThomas, but #ASCAP simply lists Harry Thomas alias Harry Belafonte, the writer of "Hold 'Em Joe"); some credits are given as #NormanSpan.
    youtube.com/watch?v=5j2eQUJczCc

  5. Musicians file case against PRS for Music, Filmmakers appeal Reddit subpoena and SC bar accused of playing unlicensed music.

    plagiarismtoday.com/2024/06/27

    #Copyright #PRSforMusic #ASCAP #Reddit