Music Industry Moves: ASCAP Elects New Board of Directors
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https://variety.com/2025/music/news/ascap-elects-new-board-of-directors-2-1236353095/

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by #HughMartin and #RalphBlane and introduced by #JudyGarland in the 1944 #MGM musical #MeetMeInStLouis. #FrankSinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. In 2007, #ASCAP ranked it the third most performed #Christmas song during the preceding five years that had been written by ASCAP members.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxxTHzERTsk

ASCAP Posts Record-Breaking $1.835 Billion in Revenue for 2024
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https://variety.com/2025/music/news/ascap-record-breaking-revenue-2024-1236321708/

"Counting Blue Cars (Tell Me Your Thoughts on God)" is a song by American #alternativeRock band #Dishwalla from their 1995 #AAndMRecords album #PetYourFriends. It is their #onlyHitSong, peaking at number 15 on the US #Billboard Hot 100 and topping the same magazine's #ModernRockTracks chart in 1996. It received two #ASCAP awards (1997 and 1998) as the most-played song of the year on radio in the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvC4XxnrvaA

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by #HughMartin and #RalphBlane and introduced by #JudyGarland in the 1944 #MGM musical #MeetMeInStLouis. #FrankSinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. In 2007, #ASCAP ranked it the third most performed #Christmas song during the preceding five years that had been written by ASCAP members.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CreWsnhQwzY

"Run Rudolph Run" is a #ChristmasSong written by #ChuckBerry but credited to #JohnnyMarks and M. Brodie due to Marks's trademark on the character of #RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer. It was published by St. Nicholas Music (#ASCAP) and was first recorded by Berry in 1958, released as a single on #ChessRecords. It has since been covered by numerous other artists, sometimes with the title "Run Run Rudolph".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dafn020Q52k

"A Holly Jolly Christmas", also known as "#HaveAHollyJollyChristmas", is a #ChristmasSong written by #JohnnyMarks and most famously performed by #BurlIves. The song has since become one of the top 25 most-performed "holiday" songs written by #ASCAP members, for the first five years of the 21st century.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgdAcUFUl_M

"Run Rudolph Run" is a #ChristmasSong written by #ChuckBerry but credited to #JohnnyMarks and M. Brodie due to Marks's trademark on the character of #RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer. It was published by St. Nicholas Music (#ASCAP) and was first recorded by Berry in 1958, released as a single on #ChessRecords. It has since been covered by numerous other artists, sometimes with the title "Run Run Rudolph". The song is a 12-bar blues, musically similar to Berry's popular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amk7AiEI43I

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by #HughMartin and #RalphBlane and introduced by #JudyGarland in the 1944 #MGM musical #MeetMeInStLouis. #FrankSinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. In 2007, #ASCAP ranked it the third most performed #Christmas song during the preceding five years that had been written by ASCAP members.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3l83C-we-k