[Dixielandjazz] ASCAP & The Black Songwriters

[Steve Barbone]

on 5/8/07 6:29 PM, Bill Haesler at bhaesler at bigpond.net.au wrote:

>> I know Louis became a member, but am not sure when he was admitted.
> 
> Dear Steve,
> According to the 'The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary' I have (thanks
> again Fred Spencer) Louis Armstrong became a member of ASCAP in 1939.
> So did Ferdinand Joseph Morton (which confirms your information).

Dear Bill:

Thanks. Do you know, perchance, when Lil Hardin Armstrong became a member
and thus eligible for royalties?

Cheers,
Steve Barbone