Aaron Schroeder

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Aaron Schroeder born on September 7, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. USA is a songwriter and music publisher.

Songwriter

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. What followed is a broad list of hits by some of the world's greatest stars:

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 Elvis Presley was selected as number 75 in Billboard Magazines top 100 songs on their 100th anniversary "Greatest Hits Chart".

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.

Select Top Records

GLAD ALL OVER Carl Perkins and The Beatles YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL Elvis Presley and Aaron Neville FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION Frank Sinatra NOT AS A STRANGER Tony Bennett I'M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR Eddie Hodges HALF HEAVEN- HALF HEARTACHE Gene Pitney RUBBER BALL Bobby Vee (Play Our) LOVE'S THEME Barry White, Andy Williams and Julio Iglesis SURE THING Dionne Warwick SHE CAN PUT HER SHOES UNDER MY BED Johnny Duncan SANTA BRING MY BABY BACK TO ME Elvis Presley IF I COULD ONLY TOUCH YOUR LIFE Arlo Guthrie WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT Tramaine Hawkins I GOT STUNG! Elvis Presley and Paul McCartney YOU MAKE ME WANNA (Remix) Usher MOVE ME NO MOUNTAIN Chaka Khan, Love Unlimted and Soul II Soul

Record Producer

Founder and President of Musicor Records (1960-65) 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, TOWN WITHOUT PITY, a classic record of all time. His credits include the first album, CHILD IS FATHER TO THE MAN of the now legendary Blood, Sweat and Tears. Together with Hal David and Burt Bacharach he conceived the marriage of the Pitney sound with a few of Hal and Burt's earliest songs, producing a string of record successes like THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART and TWENTY FOUR HOURS FROM TULSA. In more recent years he has recorded Arlo Guthrie for the LUCKY LUKE motion picture and television series which has had an international audience from the nineties to the present.

Music Publisher

Founder and President of several music publishing companies from 1960 to present, with a portfolio that includes diverse, well known composers and lyricists such as:

• Randy Newman Short People
• Barry White Love's Theme
• Irwin Levine Tie A Yellow Ribbon
• Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze
• Fred Neil Everybody's Talkin'
• Gene Pitney Hello Mary Lou
• Al Kooper This Diamond Ring
• It's My Party Quincy Jones Leslie Gore No. 1
• This Diamond Ring Snuff Garrett Gary Lewis No. 1
• He's A Rebel Phil Spector Crystals No. 1

The theme songs for classic Hanna-Barbara cartoons like THE BANANA SPLITS and SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU?

References

• UNTOLD GOLD (The Stories Behind Elvis's #1 Hits) by Ace Collins published in 2005 by Chicago Review Press Inc.
• WRITING FOR THE KING by Ken Sharp published in 2006 by Follow That Dream Records nad Sony/BMG of Denmark
• Elvis his Life from A to Z by Fred Worth and Steve Tamerius published by 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"