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Howard Spencer Richmond (18 January 1918 — 20 May 2012) was an American
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and
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. He established The Richmond Organization, Inc. (TRO), one of the largest independent music publishing organizations in the world, and had a hand in commercializing and promoting many
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, folk and rock songs since the 1940s.


Life and career

Richmond was born in
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. He attended the
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from 1931 to 1935, graduating in 1935, and thereafter, the
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. He began working in the music business in 1935, soon establishing his own press office in
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to publicize clients who included
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,
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, the
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, and
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. During
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he served in the
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, before helping Buddy Robbins to establish the Robbins Artist Bureau, later known as the American Artists Bureau. In late June 1949, Richmond teamed up with H. Z. Roland, lyricist
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, disk jockey
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and British musician Billy Whitlock to form a music publishing company. The purpose of the new venture was to publish Sigman and Rayburn's new lyrics to the song "Scotch Hot, Hopscotch Polka", which had been composed and recorded in England by Whitlock for British Decca Records. Richmond was not originally one of the partners in the company, but instead was to handle the publicity. Named Cromwell Music, Inc., the company setup in an office at 119 West 57th Street in New York and affiliated itself with the
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. "
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" was officially published on July 6, 1949 and was quickly recorded by
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for
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,
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for M-G-M Records,
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for
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and Bill Gale for
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; it was a hit. In September 1949, Bob Baumgart was hired as Cromwell Music's East Coast contact man. In October 1949, Bob Stern was hired as West Coast contact man and
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for the Midwest, based in Chicago. In November, Lucky Wilber replaced Bob Stern for West Coast representation. Cromwell Music followed up with the No. 1 hit "
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", written by Stephan Weiss and
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, and recorded by
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. In early February 1950, Richmond bought out Cromwell Music's interests from H. Z. Roland and Carl Sigman and became sole owner of the firm. Richmond rapidly expanded and formed several other publishing imprints, affiliated with both ASCAP and BMI. In June 1950, he formed his second music publishing company, Spencer Music, Inc., which was named after his middle name and affiliated with
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Richmond was General Professional Manager, Peter Kameron was named Professional Manager and Lucky Wilber West Coast Representative of Spencer Music. Richmond's offices then moved to a bigger location at 129 West 52nd Street in New York. In September 1950, Richmond formed his third music publishing company, Warwick Music, Inc., affiliated with ASCAP. Only a month later, however, Warwick Music, Inc. was renamed Essex Music, Inc. due to the existence of another already existing, unrelated Warwick Music, Inc. music publishing firm. In October 1950, he formed his fourth music publishing company, Hollis Music, Inc., which was affiliated with BMI.
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, former employee of
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' Mills Music, Inc., was named Professional Manager in charge of Hollis Music, under Richmond who was General Professional Manager. In December 1950, Richmond co-acquired the music publishing company, Folkways Music Publishers, Inc., with
Pete Seeger Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably ...
and other members of
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(credited as Paul Campbell). Folkways Music Publishers was tied to BMI and assigned to Professional Manager Peter Kameron (who also managed The Weavers) and West Coast Representative Lucky Wilber. Also in December 1950, Richmond welcomed Al Brackman as General Professional Manager of Hollis Music and General Manager of all BMI affiliates, the later officially stepped into the position on January 2, 1951. In January 1951, Richmond renamed Spencer Music, Inc. to Ludlow Music, Inc. In March 1951, Richmond formed another imprint, Dartmouth Music, Inc. mainly for the purpose of accommodating foreign compositions in the United States. Dartmouth was eventually linked to ASCAP in July 1951 and Richmond placed Loring Buzzell as General Professional Manager of the company. Also in 1951, the Richmond firms moved to an even bigger office, located at 666 Fifth Avenue, New York. In March 1951, Richmond began working on establishing music publishing firms in the United Kingdom and Europe. In September 1951, he went abroad intending to form Cromwell Music, Ltd., based in London, England, and Éditions Cromwell, based in France, but the companies stalled. In 1952, Richmond formed his own record label, Mars Records, which was co-operated with musician
Woody Herman Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called "The Herd", Herman came to prominence in the late 1930s and was active until his dea ...
. In April 1952, Richmond formed a country music publishing imprint named Melody Trails, Inc., tied with BMI. Melody Trails officially launched in September 1952 and was based in Nashville, Tennessee and managed by Vic McAlpin. In 1953, the companies moved to yet another bigger headquarters, located at 151 West 46th Street, New York, where they would remain for several years. In August 1955, Richmond finally formed a British imprint, Essex Music, Ltd. based in London, England to administer the publishing of songs in the British Empire and to facilitate the licensing of American songs overseas. He named
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as Professional Manager of Essex Music, Ltd., who started the job on September 1, 1955. Cromwell Music, Ltd., which had originally been planned to launch in England in 1951, was finally launched in June 1956. Platz was named General Manager of Cromwell Music, Ltd. Loring Buzzell left the Richmond organization in October 1955 and went on to form his own music publishing company
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. In the late 1950s, Richmond restructured the firm under the umbrella company name of The Richmond Organization (commonly abbreviated as TRO), successfully attracting writers providing songs and record producers looking to find them. One key to Richmond's expansion was his emphasis on promoting
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through
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s and their
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s, rather than on promoting songs through live performances. In the early 1950s, Richmond had particular success through promoting the songs and work of folk performers, notably
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(Huddie Ledbetter),
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and
The Weavers The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City originally consisting of Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. Founded in 1948, the group sang traditional folk songs fro ...
, who included
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. Richmond promoted the Weavers' version of Lead Belly's song "
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" by sending copies of the record to disc jockeys across the US – a technique that had not been widely used before – and the result was sales of over 250,000
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copies and 500,000 records. Richmond also worked closely with Woody Guthrie, providing him with a
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to record his songs, many of which subsequently became commercially successful. Another song that was successfully published and promoted by Richmond was " Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", first performed and recorded by The Weavers and later a hit for Jimmy Rodgers. The song was
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ed in the names of Joel Newman and Paul Campbell, both
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s used by Richmond, though Pete Seeger later claimed that its tune was derived from a traditional Irish melody, modified by Lead Belly, with new lyrics by Seeger and
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. Similar concerns over authorship have also been expressed in relation to "
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", otherwise known as "Wimoweh", on which "Paul Campbell" is credited as co-writer. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, many of the pop songs published by Richmond found success. These included " I Believe", "
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", " As Long As He Needs Me", "
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", and "
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", as well as songs initiated by Ledbetter, Guthrie, Seeger and others such as "
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", "
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", "
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" and "
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". He increasingly developed the company's interests outside of the United States, working with English and French songwriters such as
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,
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, Leslie Bricusse and
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. In the 1960s and 1970s, he developed links with writers such as
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and, through the subsidiary company Essex Music, British
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ians including
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. In 1969, together with
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and Abe Olman, Richmond co-founded the
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(NAPM) and the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame to honor songwriters for their contributions to popular music. In 1983, he received the Songwriters Hall of Fame's first ever Abe Olman Publisher of the Year Award. Richmond continued as Chairman of the Board of The Richmond Organization and The Essex Music Group, although from the 1990s active control was in the hands of his sons, Larry and Frank Richmond. Richmond died at his home in
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, on May 20, 2012.


Parent, subsidiaries, imprints (former and current)

Active New York entities (as of January 2015) * Cromwell Music, Inc. * Cheshire Music, Inc. * Connaught Music, Inc. * Devon Music, Inc. * Essex Music, Inc. * Essex Music International, Inc. * Folkways Music Publishers, Inc. * Hampshire House Publishing Corp. * Hollis Music, Inc. * Ludlow Music, Inc. * Melody Trails, Inc. * Samuel Bronston Music Publishing, Inc. * Songways Service, Inc. * Spencer Music Corporation * The Richmond Organization, Inc. (parent) * Total Music, Inc. * Total Music Services, Inc. * T. R. O., Inc. * MusCadet Productions, Inc. * Musical Comedy Productions, Inc. * Workshop Productions, Inc. * Worldwide Music Services, Inc. Active New York not-for-profit corporation * Anita B. and Howard S. Richmond Foundation, Inc.
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Inactive California entity * TRO-Palm Valley Music, Inc. (dissolved) Status not known * Dartmouth Music, Inc. * Manchester * Riverside Drive Music, Inc. * Words and Music, Inc.


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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richmond, Howie 1918 births 2012 deaths American music publishers (people) American music industry executives Loomis Chaffee School alumni