Aaron Schroeder

This article may require copy-editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling. You can assist by editing it now. (August 2009)

This article may need to be wikified to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please help by adding relevant internal links, or by improving the article's layout. (August 2009)

Aaron Schroeder (b. September 7, 1926, Brooklyn, New York) is an American songwriter and music publisher.

Songwrite

Having become an ASCAP member in 1948, Schroeder's first success, At a Sidewalk Penny Arcade was one of the songs to introduce Rosemary Clooney as a solo recording artist. He proceeded to write more that 1500 songs seeking the varied talent of many collaborators.

He wrote seventeen songs for Elvis Presley including five that reached number one:

• A Big Hunk o' Love
• Good Luck Charm
• I Got Stung
• Stuck on You
• It's Now or Never

It's Now or Never as recorded by Presley was selected as number 75 in Billboard Magazines top 100 songs on their 100th anniversary "Greatest Hits Chart".^{[citation needed]}

With more than 500 recordings of his songs to his credit, Aaron can count major records by dozens of artists such as Roy Orbison, Duane Eddy, Sammy Davis Jr., Nat King Cole, Perry Como and Pat Boone.

He made a cameo appearance in the 1957 Warner Bros. rock and roll movie Jamboree as a songwriter.^{[citation needed]}

Record Producer

Schroeder was founder and president of Musicor Records (1960-1965), a front runner of the independent labels to be distributed by a major company worldwide.

Aaron discovered, managed and directed the career of Gene Pitney and produced the Academy Award Nominee for Best Song, Town Without Pity. Other credits include his first album, The Child is Father to the Man for Blood, Sweat and Tears. With Hal David and Burt Bacharach he conceived the marriage of the Pitney sound with David and Bacharach's songs, producing a string of record successes like The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Only Love Can Break a Heart and 24 Hours from Tulsa.^{[citation needed]}

More recently, Schroeder recorded Arlo Guthrie for the Lucky Luke motion picture and television series.^{[citation needed]}

References

• Untold Gold (The Stories Behind Elvis's #1 Hits), by Ace Collins (2005; Chicago Review Press Inc.)
• Writing for the King, by Ken Sharp (2006), Follow That Dream Records and Sony/BMG of Denmark
• Elvis - his Life from A to Z, by Fred Worth and Steve Tamerius, Wings Books
• Harper's Bazaar, April 1961 issue
• Berkshire Magazine Spring, 1993 issue
• Billboard's 100th Anniversary Edition, published in 1994
• Billboard's 50th Anniversary of The Hot 100 Edition, published in 2008
• Billboard September 24, 1977 issue ("Schroeder Firms Go To Interworld")
• Record World, May 8, 1976 issue ("Schroeder Celebrates 28th Industry Anniversary")
• Cash Box, October 1, 1977 issue ("Interworld buys A. Schroeder Publisher")