Music
May 12, 2020
I put an ad on an online hiring service to find an experienced, reliable limousine driver when my wife, Pepper and I first opened, our company called...
Read moreMay 9, 2020
The first list of links will show those songs, on which, I played keyboards and went to the top of the Pop Charts. I will mention the year with each one.
Read moreMay 8, 2020
Sometime in the late 1970's, my late partner, Gene Allan and I received an unusual phone call at our Don Kirshner's Rock Concert...
Read moreMay 7, 2020
Bob Crewe was invited to see an off Broadway Show. The creators and backers of this special unique show needed to find an investment company or person to invest...
Read moreMay 6, 2020
One of the most successful songwriters, businessmen and publishers was a man named, "Aaron Schroeder" who has a connection to so man successful songs...
Read moreMay 5, 2020
My family was sitting in the living room and watching a TV documentary showing sites around Hoboken, New Jersey, a small town just across the Hudson River...
Read moreMay 4, 2020
This is a story of my "close-call" experience, "almost" meeting Frank Sinatra! Just after leaving Connie Francis office and, about the time I met Tash Howard...
Read moreMay 3, 2020
As I was working in the Brill Building for Reprise Records, a label which was just formed by Frank Sinatra with Stanley Kaye, staff person. I had been going and coming into...
Read moreMay 2, 2020
I joined the Bob Crewe office in 1965. I came to Bob via my relationship with Herb Bernstein. Bernstein introduced me to Crewe as a songwriter and piano player.
Read moreMay 2, 2020
After finding that the time had come to create new horizons, I joined up with Tash Howard. He was a real "character" but, also a very wise businessman.
Read moreMay 1, 2020
As I went to Connie's office, I had to wait in the sitting area, a lobby which was the area where visitors would wait for someone inside to have them called into area.
Read moreApril 30, 2020
Commuting to New York City from New Jersey was a totally new part of my life. It was simply a thrill for me to leave my house at 10:00 am and get to Connie Francis office at about 11:00 am...
Read moreApril 29, 2020
I was only 20 years old when, as a young songwriter, I had co-written a top ten song. As a result of that achievement I was invited to attend the 11th Annual Broadcast.
Read moreApril 29, 2020
The first three songs I ever wrote were on Connie's Hits Albums throughout the world. "Too Many Rules", "It's Gonna Take Me Some Time" & "V A C A T I O N".
Read moreApril 28, 2020
I don't remember ever seeing a recording with one name on the label as a composer and another name (of the same person) as the artist. Well, in 1961, it happened.
Read moreApril 27, 2020
Don Stirling (Petolino) was a very religious man. I remember trying to write a section of the lyric, with all my "Heart & Soul". Don was very much against the word, "Soul".
Read moreApril 26, 2020
After being asked to join Connie's company, I arrived back home to tell my parents what had transpired with Don Stirling that afternoon. I told them that I met Connie Francis...
Read moreApril 25, 2020
I was, first, a performer, then, by a quirk of fate, I became a songwriter. It happened when I quit my job at the New York Stock Exchange in the fall of 1960.
Read moreApril 25, 2020
We were in the midst of a recording session by a well known artist. During a break, I asked the engineer if he knew how to recreate Phil Spector's, "Wall of Sound"?
Read moreApril 24, 2020
Larry Brown (AKA "L. Russell Brown") and I were called into Bob Crewe's Office one afternoon in the mid 1960's. Being the major songwriters on staff at Saturday Music...
Read moreApril 23, 2020
This is one of a long list of complimentary articles about my experiences with a true genius, Bob Crewe. He changed the music business, himself, with his array of artists...
Read moreApril 21, 2020
My sister, Edy was always a student who studied almost, endlessly throughout her early life. Whether there was a social affair or a friend’s get together, no matter the event...
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