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Jan 28, 1994 · Stanley Adams, a lyricist who was president of Ascap for 24 years, died yesterday at North Shore Hospital in Manhasset, L.I. He lived in Great Neck, L.I., and was 86. The cause was cancer, said ...
Stanley Adams (August 14, 1907 [1] – January 27, 1994) [2] was an American lyricist and songwriter. He wrote the English lyrics for the song "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" (song written by the Mexican composer María Grever in 1934) and the English lyrics for " La Cucaracha ." Adams was the president of the American Society of Composers ...
Jan 28, 1994 · Stanley Adams, a lyricist whose words to songs placed them high among the nation's hits during World War II and whose presidency of ASCAP featured transitions from ballads to blues to bop, died ...
ASCAP executive Stanley Adams talks about his experiences in the music industry. Discussion includes his career as a songwriter, his membership with ASCAP as a writer; his election as ASCAP president, the role of the president and challenges facing ASCAP, international issues affecting the music industry, and comments on his ASCAP years.
Jan 19, 2016 · His adoption of an alter ego did not stop Stanley Adams, the president of ASCAP at the time, from suing Reid for befouling his composition "What A Difference A Day Makes" as "What A Difference A ...
Stanley Adams, president, presented checks of $500 to each of them “as a token of our esteem,” at the Drake Hotel. Members of ASCAP's board of directors played host to the veteran song writers.
Noted individuals include Stanley Adams (President of ASCAP), Gene Buck (President of ASCAP, 1932-1940), Victor Herbert (the founder of ASCAP), Eubie Blake, Sammy Cahn, Ray Charles, John Denver, Peter DeRose, Neil Diamond, Paul Dresser (Theodore Dreiser's brother), Gershon Ephron, Dorothy Fields, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Eliseo Grenet ...
