Carlin America

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Carlin America is an American music publisher with a catalog of over 100,000 titles. The company, created under its current name in 1995 by its founder Freddy Bienstock, is headquartered on East 38th Street in Manhattan. Bienstock died on September 29, 2009, after which Carlin Music was run by his children Robert and Caroline (after whom the publisher was named).

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As of January 2018, Carlin operates as a division of American music publisher Round Hill Music.

History

In 1966 Freddy Bienstock acquired Belinda Music Publishing, which he renamed Carlin Music Corporation after his daughter, Caroline. He soon expanded the Carlin Music catalog by associations with such hit makers as Leiber & Stoller in addition to representing Atlantic Records and Motown Records. Carlin was then named Publisher of the Year by Music Week for ten consecutive years.

In partnership with Leiber & Stoller, Bienstock later formed Hudson Bay Music as the publisher's American business. Located in New York City on the top floor of the legendary Broadway landmark Brill Building, Hudson Bay rapidly acquired such major assets as the TM Music and Faithful Virtue Music catalogs, whose artists included Bobby Darin, Tim Hardin and John Sebastian, and the label and publishing divisions of Starday and King Records. His holdings were further enlarged by the acquisitions of the music publishing interests of The New York Times , the preeminent Broadway show catalog of its era, with scores such as Fiddler on the Roof, 'Cabaret', 'Company', 'Follies', 'Godspell', and hits by songwriters Peter Allen, Marvin Hamlisch, and Carole Bayer Sager. [1]

After his partnership with Leiber and Stoller ended in 1980, Bienstock, along with the estates of Rodgers and Hammerstein, acquired Edward B. Marks Music Corporation, whose songwriters included George M. Cohan, Billie Holiday, Ernesto Lecuona, and Jim Steinman, in addition to composers such as William Bolcom, Norman Dello Joio and Roger Sessions.

In 1984, Bienstock and PolyGram acquired Chappell & Co. and became Chappell's Worldwide President, with Carlin becoming an administered company. After PolyGram sold Chappell to Warner Music Group, thus forming Warner Chappell Music, Bienstock restructured Carlin as an independent international publishing organization with Carlin Music as the London-based main office for the company's UK and European operations.

In September 2017, Round Hill Music agreed to acquire Carlin for $245 million. [2] The deal was completed in late 2017, and was officially announced on January 10, 2018. [3]

Catalog

Carlin's song publishing includes over 100,000 songs, including

as well as the musical scores of Cabaret , Fiddler on the Roof , Company and Follies .

Imprints

Carlin America owns the rights to all or part of the following publishing imprints:

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References

  1. ↑ "Times Plans to Sell Music Unit to Freddy Bienstock Concern". The New York Times . January 29, 1977. p. 29. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Christman, Ed (September 22, 2017). "Round Hill to Buy Carlin America, Home to Elvis Presley & AC/DC Catalogs, in $245 Million Deal". Billboard . Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Christman, Ed (January 11, 2018). "Round Hill Finalizes $245M Acquisition of Carlin America, Home to Elvis Presley & AC/DC Catalogs". Billboard . Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Imprints of Carlin America, Inc". Archived from the original on 2005-04-20. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  5. ↑ "Label: Solid Gold Records Limited". Rate Your Music. 1981-12-04. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
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