Oral history interview with Russell Sanjek; 1979 May 24; interview conducted by John Lomax III. 1979 May 24.

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Oral history interview with Russell Sanjek; 1979 May 24; interview conducted by John Lomax III. 1979 May 24.

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BMI executive Russell Sanjek recounts the history of the American music industry, focusing on issues facing the industry since the 1940s. Discussion includes examples of BMI's programming; validating BMI's existence; country music as an important element of popular music; the importance of "Tennessee Waltz" to the popularity of country music; an overview of past BMI presidents; BMI's licensing and fee structures; BMI's work with writers; comments about his current work on a book tracing the history of American popular music; the ASCAP and BMI relationship since the mid-1960s; the efforts for revision of the copyright law; and comments on record companies' increased costs and prices.

1 sound cassette (1 hour, 4 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772469

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Sanjek, Russell

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Music industry executive. Longtime executive with Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), from BMI's early years into the 1980s. Author of the four-volume work, American Popular Music and its Business (New York: Oxford University Press, 1988), a history of the American music industry. From the description of Oral history interview with Russell Sanjek; 1979 May 23; interview conducted by John Lomax III. 1979 May 23. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 5884...

Lomax, John, III

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Sanjek, Russell

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Music industry executive. Longtime executive with Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), from BMI's early years into the 1980s. Author of the four-volume work, American Popular Music and its Business (New York: Oxford University Press, 1988), a history of the American music industry. From the description of Oral history interview with Russell Sanjek; 1979 May 23; interview conducted by John Lomax III. 1979 May 23. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 5884...