mikeweil Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Is there any other database to research composers of tunes besides the ASCAP and BMI databases and allmusic.com? Thanks a lot ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Not sure if it will help - http://www.harryfox.com/index.jsp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted March 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) Sorry, no. I am looking for the composers of two tunes on a 1952 session of Vido Musso for Galaxy/Fantasy. I now have both issues, neither credits composers. The third track is "Come back to Sorrento" which was Ernesto de Curtis's adaption of a traditional Italian tune and had been a Musso feature with the Stan Kenton band. No idea who wrote "Cuttin' The Nut" and "Grunnions A-Runnin'" .... Edited March 30, 2009 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 There is also www.loc.gov fro copyright deposits. Neither tune shows up online. This either means: 1) The tune was not registered 2) There is no 'activity' (registration or renewal) since 1978, so the info can only be found in the physical card catalogs on site at LC. Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 I would be extremely careful about using AMG for composer credits, as it depends on what was listed on the CD or LP. As we all know, that information is often wrong or incomplete. I think I mentioned this in another thread, but one Steeplechase CD last year listed Thelonious Monk as composer for John Coltrane's "Locomotion," while the liner note writer made the same mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 I googled one song and found this link: http://everynote.com/songs.show/127605.note Ernesto Di Curtis is credited with writing both words and music, is this it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 (edited) Yes, that's one of the three tracks - it was Musso's feature in the Kenton band and for that reason was rather easy to identify. But the other two tunes are rather simple JATP-type heads and could have been written bay anyone in the band. Musso didn't record these tunes on his other sessions. Edited March 31, 2009 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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