Acuff-Rose Music was an American music publishing firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view
Acuff-Rose was formed by country music performer Roy Acuff and Fred Rose, a major Nashville music-industry figure who had a respected ability as a talent scout. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Roy Claxton Acuff ( September 15, 1903 &ndash November 23, 1992) was an American country Musician known Fred Rose ( August 24, 1897 - December 1, 1954) was an American Hall of Fame songwriter and music publishing executive Many country performers had been badly cheated in the past with regard to copyright and other rights to their creations. Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for Many were unsophisticated and naive and were taken advantage of by unscrupulous agents, attorneys, record promoters, record labels and others. A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for Actors Musicians models, and other people in various Entertainment An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute When they started their publishing company, a condition to the gentleman's agreement between Acuff and Rose was that "our company would be honest. The writers would always be taken care of. No one would act in a shady way". [1] Acuff-Rose was affiliated with BMI and had a subsidiary firm, Milene Music which handled music from ASCAP member composers. The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP) is a non-profit Performance rights organization that protects its
Acuff-Rose had its headquarters on 8th Avenue South in the Melrose district of Nashville and was something of a landmark to those knowledgeable of the music industry. It was here that Hank Williams, to prove his ability to Rose, wrote what would become hit song ("I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love with You") while Rose went out to a nearby restaurant for a cup of coffee. Hank Williams ( September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who has Rose formed a friendship with Williams, as he did many performers.
On Fred Rose's passing in 1954, his son Wesley Rose served as president of Acuff-Rose. Wesley Rose (born February 11, 1918 - April 26, 1990) was an American music industry executive and Record producer. Wesley Rose lead the publishing company for the next 30 years. Wesley Rose was not only instrumental in the success of Acuff-Rose, but was also instrumental in the growth of country music outside the U. S. , being the first country music publisher to establish offices overseas. Acuff-Rose Music flourished throughout this period. Lefty Frizzell, Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, Roy Orbison, Don Gibson, The Everly Brothers, Mickey Newbury, Dallas Frazier and Whitey Shafer were some of the significant songwriters signed exclusively to Acuff-Rose in the '50's, '60's and early '70's.
Acuff-Rose Music also operated a record label, Hickory Records. Hickory Records was a United States Record label run by Acuff-Rose Music from 1954[http //tess2
Recognizing the frailty of their health and that the company he and Fred Rose had founded in 1942 was in steady decline, Roy Acuff approached Wesley Rose late in 1984 and suggested that it was time to sell the catalog. They didn't have to look very far for a buyer. By May of 1985, Grand Ole Opry parent company Gaylord Entertainment Company purchased the catalog. Gaylord Entertainment Company ( operates a number of Hotel, Resort, and media companies that was built by Edward Gaylord. The company returned to prominence during this time under the guidance of Music Row veterans Jerry Bradley and Troy Tomlinson. However, finding itself in need of cash in order to complete construction of one of its trademark convention hotels in Texas, Gaylord sold the publishing company to Sony/ATV Music in 2002. Sony/ATV Music had previously gobbled up Acuff-Rose's main Music Row rival, Tree International. The combined catalogs continue dominate the country music publishing industry. In 2007, Sony/ATV Music Nashville became the first publisher in history to capture BMI Country Music Publisher of the Year, ASCAP Country Music Publisher of the Year, SESAC Country Music Publisher of the Year and Billboard Country Music Publisher of the Year. The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP) is a non-profit Performance rights organization that protects its SESAC, originally the Society of European Stage Authors & Composers, is the smallest of the three Performance rights organizations in the United States See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry
Acuff-Rose Music was involved in a landmark copyright infringement case in the 1990s. Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. (510 U. Campbell v Acuff-Rose Music, 510 US 569 ( 1994) was a United States Supreme Court Copyright law case that stands for the proposition S. 569), 1994 In dispute was the use by rap artist Luther Campbell (then using the alias "Luke Skyywalker") and his band 2 Live Crew of a substantial amount of the Roy Orbison hit song "Oh, Pretty Woman" in a parody. Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the Rhythmic spoken delivery of Rhymes wordplay and Luther R Campbell (born December 22, 1960) also known as Doo Doo Brown, Luke Skyywalker, Uncle Luke or Luke, is 2 Live Crew is a hip hop group from Miami Florida. They caused considerable controversy with the Sexual themes in their work particularly on their Roy Kelton Orbison ( April 23 1936 &ndash December 6 1988) nicknamed "The Big O" was an influential Grammy Award -winning A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject Claiming their version of the song fell under the fair use doctrine of the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U. Fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders such as use for S. C. 107, Campbell prevailed in The United States District Court in Nashville. However, this was reversed at the appeallate level by the United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. The case was argued before the United States Supreme Court on November 9, 1993. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Handing down it's ruling on March 7, 1994, the court held that the appeallate court placed too much emphasis on the commercial nature of the parody. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The opinion of the appellate court was reversed and the case was remanded for further proceedings. Subsequently, the parties agreed to settle the case to avoid further legal expense.
Jeff Tweedy of Wilco pays homage to the strength of the catalog with the song "Acuff-Rose" on Uncle Tupelo's final record "Anodyne". Jeffrey Scott Tweedy (born August 25 1967 in Belleville Illinois, United States is an American songwriter Musician, poet and leader of the band Wilco Uncle Tupelo was an Alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994 Anodyne is the fourth and final Studio album by Alternative country band Uncle Tupelo, released on October 5 1993 The lyrics include the line "Name me a song that everybody knows / And I'll bet you it belongs to Acuff-Rose. "
References
- ^ Acuff-Rose: Cornerstone of the Nashville Recording Industry. Michael Kosser, Author
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