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Tears and laughter at ASCAP’s London Awards

By Ray Bennett Songwriter Jim Duguid, who was named songwriter of the year along with Alex Clare for Clare’s double platinum hit “Too Close”, brought down the house at the 34th Annual ASCAP Awards London gala at Grosvenor House on … Continue reading

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An ‘Ishtar’ treat from Paul Williams at the ASCAP awards

By Ray Bennett I know quite a few songwriters and one of their guilty secret favorite movies, and mine too, is the colossal flop 1987 movie “Ishtar” in which Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman play inanely bad songwriters caught up … Continue reading

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