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Sol Parker , aka Barry Parker (né Solomon Peskin ; 10 June 1919 – 11 January 2010) was an
American songwriter, pianist, and entertainment industry entrepreneur.
[a] In 1941, Parker collaborated with
Hank Sanicola and
Frank Sinatra in composing the "
This Love of Mine ," which was Sinatra's first solo vocal hit record. His other compositions include "Dansero" (©1953), "Tell Her You Love Her" (©1958), "The Sand & The Sea" (©1955), and many themes for foreign motion pictures.
Career
Sinatra biographer
Arnold Shaw published in 1968 that Parker had been a shirt salesman.
[1] But the U.S. Census for 1940 indicates that he was a clerk for a music publisher.
In 1965, Parker became Professional Manager for a group of music publishers – Barton Music Corp., Sands Music Corp., Maraville Music Corp., and Ding Dong Music Corp. – all originally owned by
Sinatra , Ben Barton (1900–1989) (one-time manager of Sinatra), and
Hank Sanicola (né Henry William Sanicola; 1914–1974) (Sinatra's manager, until 1962). During his tenure there, the Maraville catalog included two works that that won
Academy Awards for
Best Original Song , in 1957, "
All The Way ," and in in 1959, "
High Hopes ."
[2] Parker was a member of
Broadcast Music, Inc.
Other forms of name
P. Sol Parker
P. S. Parker
S. B. Parker
Collaborators
Works of Sol Parker
Peer International
Joan Sinclair (w&m)
Walter Coates (w&m)
Sol Parker (w&m)
Peer International
© 5 February 1941; EU246736
© Renewal 8 March 1966; R431444
Peskin Music Publishing Co.
12 E 41st St, New York
Sol Parker (w&m)
(pseudonym of Peskin)
Sol Peskin (publisher)
dba Peskin Music Pub. Co.
12 E. 41st St,
New York
© 28 January 1943; E (unpublished) 322545
OCLC
24942660
Evelyn Knight ??
Harry Ahlberg (1912–2000) (music)
Sol Peskin (words)
Peskin Music Publishing Co., New York
© 9 March 1944; EU366647
© Renewal 18 February 1972; R524547
Sung by
Vincent Lopez
Embassy Music Corp., New York
Frank Sinatra (words)
Sol Parker (w&m)
[3]
[4]
Henry W. Sanicola
????
© 26 February 1941; EU249709
Embassy Music Music Corp., New York
© 11 August 1941; EP96800
OCLC
499128572 ,
228507436
© Renewal 26 February 1968; R430075
Subsequent publishers
Warner Bros. Publications,
New York
Barton Music Corp.,
Los Angeles
OCLC
729752807
Famous Music Corp.
Adopted from "Adagio Pathétique" Op. 129, by
Benjamin Godard (©1946)
By Sol Parker; Wally Hankin;
Benjamin Godard
Famous Music Corp.
© 3 July 1947; EP15430
© renewal 18 June 1973; R553937
OCLC
497663278
Sol Parker (w&m)
Alan Login (w&m)
Vic Damone (w&m)
New York :
Famous Music Corp.
© 12 November 1952; EP67061
OCLC
497818731
Various Peskin/Parker
"If Ever Someone Was Sorry"
Sol Peskin (words)
James Cella (melody)
Sol Diamond (melody)
James Cella, Sol Diamond, Sol Peskin, New York
© 19 March 1940; EU215823
Eddie Keenan (music)
Sol Peskin (words)
Louis Abbott,
Cortland, New York
© 1 May 1940; EU222105
NM: Frank Sinatra,
Hoboken
Sol Peskin (words)
Frank Sinatra (melody)
Hank Sanicola (melody)
© 23 April 1940; EU220815
Sol Parker (w&m)
Sol Peskin
© 10 March 1942; EU288257
1970 © renewal 2 February 1970; R478573 (source for Parker's birth name)
Copyright 16 April 1942; EU292700
1970 © renewal 23 March 1970; R481390
Barry Parker (words)
Hal Hester (né Wesley Hal Hester; 1929–1992) (music)
Barry Parker & Hal Hester
© 23 February 1955; EU387412
"Songs of Sol Parker and Bernard Friedman"
Sol Parker (w&m)
Bernard Friedman (w&m)
Sol Parker & Bernard Friedman
© 9 November 1961; EU695359
Sol Parker (words)
Dick Roman (music)
Barry Parker Music
© 5 November 1962; EU743812
Sol Parker (w&m)
Sol Parker
© 7 February 1968; EU36279
P.S. Parker (w&m)
© Sol Parker
29 September 1972; EU360009
"Songs of P.S. Parker and Jack Wohl"
P.S. Parker (w&m)
Jack Wohl
[b]
[5]
[6] (w&m)
© Sol Parker
© 24 August 1972; EU359313
Garlock-Parker Music
(1639 Broadway, New York)
B. Parker (w&m)
T. Bennet (w&m)
Garlock-Parker Music
[c]
[7]
© 21 May 1959; EU577809
Fran Smith (pseudonym of F. Riccio)
A. Roberto
B. Parker
Garlock-Parker Music
© 31 March 1959; EU570884
Gil Music Corp.
"From September 'til June"
S. Parker (w&m)
Dick Broderick (w&m)
Gil Music Corp.
© 23 October 1957; EU497862
("Det Borde Jag Ha Talat Om")
Swedish lyrics by
Stig Rybrant
(sv)
(recorded by
Per Lindqvist
(sv)
Recorded at Saga,
Stockholm , February 2, 1954
Metronome Records:
Matrix MR-621-A
Parker & Astor Music
103 Union St.,
Lodi, New Jersey
B. Parker (w&m)
R.Login (music)
© Parker & Astor Music
© 1 December 1959; EP137932
"All My Love I Will Give"
Robert J. Astore
[d] (music)
B. Parker (music)
© Barry Parker & Robert J. Astore
5 February 1960; EU611919
Robert J. Astore (music)
Barry Parker (music)
Barry Parker & Robert J. Astore
© 5 Feb 1960; EU611921
B & F Music Co. Inc.
Keys Music, Inc., 146 W. 54th St., New York (sole selling agent)
Sol Parker (words)
Richard Hayman (music)
Lee Daniels (music)
[e]
B & F Music Co., Inc.
© 10 August 1953; EU326696
B & F Music Co., Inc.
© 14 September 1953; EP74923
OCLC
41893034
Sheraton Music Corp., New York
(aka "High Tide Boogie")
Sol Parker (words)
Harry Elridge (arrangement)
Virginia Jirik (arrangement)
© 28 April 1955;
Sheraton Music Corp., New York
© 2 May 1955; EP89174 (
Alt. link )
NM (words): Scherer Songs, Inc.,
[c]
1619 Broadway , New York City
© 10 March 1960; EP139151 (
Alt. link )
Ward & Sears Music, Inc., New York
[f]
"I Should Have Told You Long Ago"
Sol Parker (words)
Hector Marchese (w&m)
Ward & Sears Music, Inc.
© 5 May 1953; EU316123
Sol Parker (words)
John Morris (music)
William Fredricks (born 1924–1997)
[6] (music)
Ward & Sears Music, Inc.
© 6 March 1963; EU306547
Goday Music Corp.
"To Ev'ry Girl, To Ev'ry Boy"
Barry Parker (w&m)
Jerry L. Samuels (born 1938) (w&m)
Goday Music Corp.
© 11 February 1954; EU347315 (
Alt source )
OCLC
497247203
Barry Parker (w&m)
Mark Lewis (w&m)
Goday Music Corp.
© 31 March 1954; EU352970
OCLC
497839102
Erik Flehn (w&m)
Barry Parker (w&m)
Goday Music Corp.
© 25 June 1954; EU362396
Barry Parker (w&m)
Jerry L. Samuels (born 1938) (w&m)
Goday Music Copp.
© 24 August 1954; EU368458
"Only Girl I'll Ever Love"
Jerry L. Samuels (born 1938) (w&m)
Alan Feiler (w&m)
Barry Parker (w&m)
Goday Music Corp.
© 14 September 1954; EU370749
OCLC
498895731
Barry Parker (words)
Sy Muskin (music)
Goday Music Corp.
© 1 December 1954; EU378827
Mutual Music Society, Inc.
[g]
Sol Parker (w&m)
Mutual Music Society, Inc.
[g]
© 14 December 1953; EU341030
OCLC
497273659
"Tsuzammen Means Together"
Sol Parker (w&m)
Mutual Music Society, Inc.
[g]
© 13 April 1954; EP79851
Sol Parker (words)
Sy Muskin (music)
Mutual Music Society Inc.
[g]
© October 26, 1955; EU415403
Studio Music Co., Chicago
"Che Sara Sara" ("What Will Be Will Be")
Hal Hester (w&m)
Barry Parker (w&m)
Studio Music Co., Chicago
30 August 1955; EP92407
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., New York
[h]
"Hello Happiness, Goodbye Blues
Don Roberto (w&m)
Vince Riccio (w&m)
Sol Parker (w&m)
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc.
© 22 April 1958; EU521457
NM
Ben Kendall (arrangement)
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc.,
Employer for hire of Ben Kendall
© 16 May 1958; EP119616
OCLC
498182119
Duchess Music Corp.
Sol Parker (w&m)
Johnny Foster (w&m)
Duchess Music Corp.
© 7 December 1960; EU650505
Sweco Music Corp.
Sol Parker (w&m)
Lillian Moss (w&m)
Barry Iver (w&m)
New York : Sweco Music Corp.
© 13 March 1961; EP149998
OCLC
24942660
Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Inc.
Sol Parker (w&m)
Richard Rapp (w&m)
Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Inc.
© 25 May 1964; EU828489
Ann-Bernadette Music Corp.
P.S. Parker (words)
H. Sanicola (music)
Ann-Bernadette Music Corp.
© 8 November 1965; EU914467
Winneton Music Corp., New York
[i]
B. Parker (w&m)
Wesley Hal Hester (1929–1992)
[6] (w&m)
Winneton Music Corp., New York (publisher)
(
George Paxton was once president of Winneton)
© 10 February 1955; EU87297
Midway Music Co.
Pete DeAngelis
[6] (né Peter DeAngelis; 1929–1982) (w&m)
Sol Parker (w&m)
Bob Marcucci (w&m)
Midway Music Co.
© March 24, 1955; EU391082
Bourne, Inc.
"You've Been In Love Like Me"
S.B. Parker (words)
Bob Harris (music)
Bourne, Inc.
© 26 July 1955; EU405528
Sol Parker (words)
Don Gohman
[6] (music)
Bourne, Inc.
© 13 June 1956; EU441725
Siras Music, Inc.
© 5 May 1959; EU575390
Meadowbrook Music, Inc.
Hal Hester (né Wesley Hal Hester; 1929–1992)
[6] (w&m)
Sol Parker (w&m)
W.H. Hester (arrangement)
New York: Meadowbrook Music, Inc.
© 6 October 1954; EU343069
NM arrangement
New York: Meadowbrook Music, Inc.
© 16 March 1956; EP98705
Southern Music Pub., Inc.
Sol Parker (words)
Don Rodney (music)
Southern Music Pub., Inc.
© 19 March 1956; EU431658 (
Alt. link )
("You Can Knock Me In The Head, You Can Wish Me Dead, But") "Don't Turn Me Loose"
Tony Starr & Sol Parker (w&m)
Southern Music Pub. Co., Inc.
© 8 January 1957; EU462317 (
Alt. link )
Glenbrook Music Corp.
"The Best Way You Know How"
Sol Parker (w&m)
Hal Hester
[6] (w&m)
Glenbrook Music Corp.
© 28 May 1957; EU479545 (
Alt. link )
Harvest Music Co., Inc.
Sol Parker (words)
Sy Muskin (music)
Harvest Music Co., Inc.
© 2 May 1957; EU476339 (
Alt. link )
"There's No Forgetting You"
P.S. Parker (words)
Jerry L. Samuels (born 1938) (w&m)
Harvest Music Co., Inc.
© 18 December 1957; EU504632
© July 1960; EU631825
Beechwood Music Corp.
Sol Parker (words)
Vernon White (music)
Beechwood Music Corp.
© 19 August 1957; EU489420
Sol Parker (w&m)
Johnny Foster (w&m)
Beechwood Music Corp.
© 15 August 1960; EU636111
Eddie Shaw
B. Parker (w&m)
New York : Eddie Shaw
dba Mr. Music (publisher)
(Eddie Shaw was a pseudonym for Edward Spiegel; 1920–1986)
Barton Music Corp. (sole selling agent)
© 23 January 1957; EP463547 (
Alt. link )
OCLC
498790467
Parker (words)
Homer Denison (piano-composer-conductor)
Hugh Halliday (music) (arranger-conductor)
New York : Eddie Shaw
dba Mr. Music (publisher)
(Eddie Shaw was a pseudonym for Edward Spiegel; 1920–1986)
© 12 December 1957; EU503998
Sol Parker (words)
Homer Denison (music)
Hugh Halliday (music)
New York : Eddie Shaw
dba Mr. Music (publisher)
(Eddie Shaw was a pseudonym for Edward Spiegel; 1920–1986)
© 26 November 1958; EU512571
Sol Parker (w&m)
New York : Eddie Shaw
dba Mr. Music (publisher)
(Eddie Shaw was a pseudonym for Edward Spiegel; 1920–1986)
© 17 January 1962; EU702664
Ding Dong Music Corp., Sands Music Corp., Barton Music Corp.
"There Was A Tavern In The Town"
Sol Parker (words)
Fran Smith (music)
Ding Dong Music Corp.
© 6 July 1961; EU680346
Tommy Prisco (w&m)
Sol Parker (w&m)
Ding Dong Music Corp.
© 6 February 1962; EU706012
Evelyn Kelley (w&m)
Sol Parker (w&m)
Stan Conrad (w&m)
Ding Dong Music Corp.
© 23 February 1962; EU709986
Sol Parker (words)
Jack Keller
[6]
Ding Dong Music Corp.
© 28 February 1962; EU709984
Parker (w&m)
Ding Dong Music Corp.
© 5 November 1963; EU798124
Ray Allen & Sol Parker (words)
S. Endrigo (music)
Ding Dong Music Corp.
© November 5, 1963; EU798125
Sol Parker (w&m)
Ding Dong Music Corp.
© 1 September 1964; EU842842
P.S. Parker (English w&m)
H. Sanicola (English w&m)
Sands Music Corp.
© 26 April 1968; EU49989
P.S. Parker (w&m)
H. Sanicola (w&m)
Sands Music Corp.
© 26 February 1968; EU38839
Premier Music Publ., Inc.
"Cocoanut Milk and Pineapple Juice"
Sol Parker (w&m)
Curtis Williams (w&m)
Premier Music Publ., Inc.
© 2 March 1964; EU814494
RayVen Music Co.
("C'est drole")
Sol Parker (English words)
Sacha Distel (music)
Gerard Gustin
(fr) (1957–1996)
RayVen Music Co., Inc.
© 19 March 1965; EU873214
"Brother Cannibal – Put Out That Fire"
Sol Parker (words)
Gerard Gustin (1930–1994) (music)
RayVen Music Co., Inc.
[j]
© 8 November 1966; EU965961
Midwood Music Corp.
"The Loving Generation" ("The Ones Who Understand")
Sol Parker (w&m)
Don Abrams (w&m)
Midwood Music Corp.
© 5 February 1968; EU35806
Uncategorized
("L'air que tu jouais pour moi")
Melody from the song
"
Romance "
As used in the 1952 French film
Forbidden Games
Marc Lanjean
(fr) (1903–1964)
Barry Parker (English lyrics)
F. They (French lyrics)
OCLC
51597689
(
Audio sample via
YouTube )
"I Just Can't Stand It"
"I Should Have Known"
"All The Time"
"Love You Save"
"Mission And A Memory A"
"Once When The World Was Mine"
"Penny In My Shoe"
"Polka For Two"
"Song Of Gervaise"
"Tara Lara"
"This Is The Hour"
"To Every Girl"
"Very Young"
"The Vagabond's Bostella"
Perez Pilar (pseudonym of Gerard Gustin) (music)
Sol Parker, composer
Honoré Bostel (words)
Sol Parker (words)
––––––––––––––––––––
Copyright abbriviations
EP = published
EU = unpublished
Selected works produced by Parker
Alan Conti Christian (born 1941) (music)
Joseph Zellers (born approx. 1941) (words)
Alan Conti Christian & Joseph Zellers
© 20 July 1959; EU586019
Astor & Parker
© 21 August 1959; EU590540
(see note about authorship, uploaded December 22, 2009, by Alan Christian, formerly of The Kingtones)
Selected discography
Ginny Gibson
[k]
[8] (vocalist)
With Orchestra
Joe Lipman (1915–2007), conductor
Recorded July 29, 1953, New York City
MGM Records (
45 rpm )
Catalog No: K11571
Matrix No : 53-S-345
OCLC
761848657 ,
80000302
"To Ev'ry Girl - to Ev'ry Boy" (1954)
Johnnie Ray , vocalist
Family
Sol's sister, Dorothy (née Peskin) married Bernie Pollack (né Bernard Pollack; 1897–1975), who, beginning 1919, led a distinguished career in publishing, rising to General Manager in New York with
Sherman Clay in 1925, and eventually, (no later that 1949), with
Mills Music Inc. Bernie was the brother of songwriter
Lew Pollack (1895–1946).
Notes
^ "Entertainment industry entrepreneur" is a nondescript way of saying that Parker, like many post-Tin Pay Alley songwriters and publishers, did many different things, including producing (recordings and shows), promoting (musical artists), and the like.
^ Jack Wohl (né Jack Lorence Wohl; 1939–2013) was a TV producer, TV and Broadway writer, and record producer. Notably, he wrote comedy for
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In . He also had been an advertising executive with J. Walter Thompson (Art Director & Vice President). In TV and Broadway, he collaborated with Bernard Rothman and James A. Haines (e.g.,
Chu Chem )
^
a
b Irving Mickey Garlock, who had worked for Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., and Bernie Scherer, who had worked with St. Nicholas Music, from a music publishing firm in 1952. It was named Garlock-Scherer Music and was located in the
Brill Building (
"Garlock, Scherer Form Firm,"
Billboard , August 30, 1952, pg. 23) Garlock, from about 1924 to 1937, had been a violinist and conductor for
Ben Bernie . In 1937, he became a
plugger for Santly-Joy, Inc., a firm founded around 1935 by Lester Santly (1894–1959) and George Joy. Joy, in 1951 sold his interest to Santly for an estimated 250,000 USD. In 1920, Joy was working for Fred Fisher in Boston. Lester was the brother of Henry Santly and composer Joseph Harry Santly (1886–1962).
^ Robert J. Astor (sometimes spelled "Astore") was the namesake of Astor Records Inc. based in
Lodi, New Jersey , with executive offices in
Manhattan at 1619 Broadway. The short-lived label released only a few 45 rpms, including one of Johnny Wells performing "Lonely Moon." Johnny Wells was also known as Johnny Kay and Johnny Kaye and Jonny Cole (born around 1929). The label was not connected with the bygone label,
Astor Records of
Melbourne, Australia .
^ Lee Daniels (né Danny Hirsch; 1916–1972), in 1953, was a teacher of piano, voice, and show business at the
Berklee College of Music , then known as the
Schillinger House . Lee Daniels, with
Lawrence Berk , was co-founder of
Berklee . Lee Daniels'
given name added to Lawrence Berk's
surname serves as the namesake of the college. (
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones, by
Quincy Jones , Harlem Moon/
Broadway Books , 2002, pg. 67;
OCLC
255428261 )
^ Ward & Sears Music, Inc., was a New York music publisher located at different times at 1270 6th Ave and 1790 Broadway. The company, incorporated in New York from 1952 to 1991, was affiliated with
BMI .
^
a
b
c
d The Mutual Music Society, Inc., was founded by
Glenn Miller , which, at one time, included as a director, his wife, Helen Miller (né Helen Dorothy Burger; 1902–1966).
^ Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., was a New York-based music publisher founded in 1937 by Jack Bregman (né Joseph Bregman; 1901–1967), Rocco Vocco (1887–1960), and
Chester Conn . In May 1967, 20th-Centry Fox Film acquired the firm for 4.5 million dollars. (
"Jack Bregman is Dead at 68,"
Billboard , September 23, 1967, pg. 4)
^
George Paxton founded Winneton Music as a
BMI publisher in 1953. (
"Paxton Sets Up BMI Pubbery,"
Billboard , December 12, 1953, pg. 17)
^ RayVen Music Company, Inc., was co-owned by Duke Niles (né Irvin Lionel Naitove; 1918–2004) and
Ray Ventura . The firm was the U.S. branch of Ray Ventura publishing in France. Niles retired in 1991. The RayVen catalog included "
Melodie d'Amour "
^ Ginny Gibson was the professional name for a prolific New York recording vocalist, Virginia Nelson (née Virginia Marie Shoemaker; 1924–1998); she recorded jingles and featured albums of popular music; her married surname, beginning around 1946, was Nelson; in 1958, she re-married to Richard Dennis Criger (1925–2001); she divorced Criger in 1976.
References
^ Sinatra: Retreat of the Romantic, by
Arnold Shaw ,
London :
W.H Allen (1968), pg. 37;
OCLC
906408439 ,
642024664 ,
249680062
^
"Parker to Head Sinatra-Sanicola Music Operation,"
Cash Box , June 5, 1965, pg. 44
^
"Steyn's Song of the Week: 'I'm A Fool To Want You' – Sinatra Song of the Century #23," by
Mark Steyn , SteynOnline ™ –
Mark Steyn Enterprises (US), Inc. , (
Woodsville, New Hampshire ), April 6, 2016 (retrieved June 12, 2017)
^
Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way, A Biography, by
Peter J. Levinson ,
Da Capo Press (2005) pg. 142;
OCLC
470983721
^ The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (3rd ed.), compiled and edited by the Lynn Farnal Group, Inc.,
New York : Crowell (1966)"Wohl, Jack"
OCLC
145365368 ,
956660270 ,
10721505
OCLC
959824264 ,
460338866
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (4th ed.), compiled for the
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers – by
Jaques Cattell Press ,
New York :
R.R. Bowker Co. (1980)"Harry Ahlberg," pg. 4
"DeAngelis, Pater," pg. 116
"Fredricks, William Arthur," pg. 168
"Gohman, Don," pps. 159 & 189
"
Hayman, Richard ," pg. 220
"Hester, Wesley Hester (Hal)," pg. 226
"
Keller, James Walter (Jack) ," pg. 265
"Muskin, Sy," pps. 185 & 321
"Prisco, Thomas," pps. 330 & 404
"Wohl, Jack," pg. 550
OCLC
7065938 ,
607901541 ,
568030296
OCLC
41386928 ,
12259500 ,
180504594
OCLC
723489684
(Search only via
HathiTrust )
^
"Boss Runs the Show!: The Peculiar Story of the Music Publishers' Contact Employees' Union" (part 4 of 5; 1933–1964), by Martin Gladu (retrieved June 5, 2017, via
Scribd )"Mickey Garlock," pps. 32 & 33
^ "Virginia 'Ginny Gibson' Criger," 73, Former Television, Radio and Recording Artist,"
Journal News , April 28, 1998, pg. 10 (retrieved June 12, 2017, via
www .newspapers .com /image /163680830 / , subscription or fee required)
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