Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music

Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Inc. (sometimes referred to as Hecht-Lancaster-Buzzell Music Publishing and later Hecht & Buzzell Music Inc.) was an American music publishing company, founded by the film producer Harold Hecht, his brother-in-law Loring Buzzell; and his business partner, actor/producer Burt Lancaster.[1] Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music was solely associated with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). The same three founders also created Calyork Music Inc. (sometimes referred to as Calyork Music Corporation or Calyork Music Publishing), which was solely associated with Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). Both Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music and Calyork Music were divisions of Hecht and Lancaster's film production company Norma Productions.[2]

Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
Industry
  • Music
FoundedJanuary 1955
Founder
Defunct1960
Headquarters
  • 151 West 46th Street, New York City, United States
Key people
Lu Ann Simms
ProductsMusic Publishing
Parent
  • Norma Productions
  • Cromwell Music
Divisions
  • Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
  • Calyork Music
  • Calyork Records
  • Hecht & Buzzell Music

Compositions published by Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music and Calyork Music have been released by Columbia Records, Warner Bros. Records, MGM Records, ABC-Paramount Records, Capitol Records, London Records, United Artists Records, Decca Records, Mercury Records, RCA Victor Records, Jubilee Records, Coral Records, Top Rank Records, Date Records, Kapp Records, Apollo Records, Maine Records and Cabot Records. The business venture also briefly operated its own record label, Calyork Records.

Origin and Cromwell Music association

Following World War II, Hollywood's Golden Age started to fade. After a 1948 ruling that major studios could no longer own theater houses and thereby monopolize production, distribution and exhibition, things changed greatly.[3] More room was awarded to independent producers, and fewer relied on long-term deals with major studios. Talent agent Harold Hecht and actor Burt Lancaster formed Norma Productions, a film production company, in the summer of 1947. But income in the movie business box office, although far from poor, continued to dwindle, because of stiff competition from radio and television.[4] By the mid-1950s most households owned a television, and the producers who could afford it started producing shows for that market. A similar situation was happening in the music business, as most households owned at least one phonograph. All the major studios either bought out existing record labels or started their own.[5] The studios also began exploiting the soundtrack album, which had before then mostly been an M-G-M musical fad but caught on with all types of films in the mid-1950s.[6]

In January 1955 Hecht-Lancaster Productions, by then the leading independent film production unit in Hollywood, announced that it was extending its operations into music publishing, entering into a partnership with Howie Richmond's Cromwell Music Inc. company.[7][8] The contacts were made through Loring Bruce Buzzell, Hecht's brother-in-law (the brother of his first wife, Gloria Joyce Buzzell), who worked for Richmond at Cromwell Music. Loring and Gloria's father, Samuel Jesse Buzzell, had been a music patent attorney, and their uncle, Edward Buzzell, was a successful film director.[9] Both Hecht and Buzzell had worked for Irving Mills' Mills Music Inc. company earlier in their careers.[10][11] Buzzell was also a field man for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and in July 1954 married singer Lu Ann Simms (née Lu Ann Ciminelli), who got her big break performing on the Arthur Godfrey show and had since then released a series of successful singles through Columbia Records.[12][13]

Hecht-Lancaster Productions first published the music from their film Marty in April and June 1955 through Cromwell Music.[14][15] This gave way for a series of interpretations by various artists of Marty's theme song.[16][17][18][19] Hecht-Lancaster Productions' next film soundtrack, The Kentuckian, composed by Bernard Herrmann, was published through Frank Loesser's publishing company, Frank Music Inc.[20] It is unknown what kind of deal Hecht and Lancaster worked out with Frank Loesser.

In mid-July 1956, the Hollywood-based Record Releasing Corporation approached Hecht-Lancaster Productions regarding a music a deal, though no information surfaced as to future plans.[21] A second collaboration with Cromwell Music was made with the theme song from their 1956 film Trapeze. In July 1956 a title song, Trapeze, was published solely through Cromwell Music. A second song from the film, Lola's Theme was published in August 1956 by a new company named Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell, Inc, in collaboration with Cromwell Music.[22][23] The new company was listed under the same address as Cromwell Music, 151 West 46th Street, New York City.[24] Lola's Theme also received various interpretations and singles.[25][26][27]

Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music and Calyork Music publishing companies

The new company remained silent for the next six months, until a press announcement was made in March 1957. By then Hecht-Lancaster Productions had made James Hill a full partner in the company and changed its name to Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, which was a subsidiary of Norma Productions. This announcement revealed that Harold Hecht, Loring Buzzell and Burt Lancaster had formed a publishing company with plans to publish the scores of Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions films and non-film-related pop music.[28] Hill was not included in the music venture.

Two separate publishing firms were announced in the March 1957 press release. Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Inc. was to be solely associated with ASCAP, while Calyork Music Inc. was to work exclusively with BMI (Calyork Music's CAE/IPI number is 4901911).[29] The partners intended to alter between the companies for each release, starting with the soundtrack to Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions' The Bachelor Party through Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell, and then the soundtrack to Sweet Smell of Success through Calyork.[30] Both Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell and Calyork were under the umbrella of Norma Productions.

In the summer of 1957, Howie Richmond announced that he was interested in acquiring overseas distribution of the Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell soundtracks.[31]

Notable releases and success

The soundtrack to Hecht-Lancaster Productions' film Trapeze was released by Columbia Records in June 1956 (catalog CL 870), to a degree of success.[32][33] But it was the film's and soundtrack LP's theme song, Lola's Theme, that became a radio favorite. It spanned three successful singles interpreted by different bands; in June 1956 Columbia Records released a Muir Mathieson Orchestra version featuring Lola's Theme on the A-side and Mike and Lola's Love Theme on the B-side (catalog Columbia 40725).[34] This was followed in July by a Coral Records release of Steve Allen's version featuring Lola's Theme on the A-side and Conversation (on the Telephone) on the B-side (catalog Coral 61681).[35] Later that same month, a third single was released by Mercury Records of Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra's version featuring Lola's Theme on the A-side and Yes Sir, That's My Baby on the B-side (catalog Mercury 70197).[36]

Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music and Calyork Music went on to publish songs for every future Norma Productions (and its subsidiary companies) films. Their films include The Bachelor Party and Sweet Smell of Success in 1957, Run Silent, Run Deep and Separate Tables (which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) in 1958, Cry Tough, The Rabbit Trap, Take a Giant Step and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll in 1959 and finally, The Unforgiven in 1960.

It is now practically impossible to know all of the various interpretations of songs copyrighted and published by Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music and Calyork Music, as some may only have been performed live with no documentation, others may have been recorded but not released, while others may have been recorded and released but did not chart. However, most of the movie soundtracks have been well discussed, even in negative criticism. The company's first official single, the theme song from The Bachelor Party, was composed and performed by Alex North but was not successful.[37] Theme Song from The Bachelor Party appeared on the B-side of an RCA Victor Records 7" showcasing Alex North's theme for Playhouse 90 on the A-side (catalog Victor 6896).[38]

The company's second offering, which featured music from Sweet Smell of Success, was extremely well received and was also of significant importance in the soundtrack category.[39] Sweet Smell of Success marked the first time that a film had two different soundtracks, each featuring completely different music.[40][41] Thus, Sweet Smell of Success spanned two soundtrack LPs and two promotional singles.[42] The first soundtrack LP was released in July 1957 by Decca Records (catalog DL 8610) and featured the jazz score composed by Elmer Bernstein.[43] That same month, the lead single was released by Decca Records with the songs The Street and Toots Shor's Blues (catalog Decca 30379).[44] The second soundtrack LP featured music composed and performed by the Chico Hamilton Quintet, who also appeared in the film. Decca Records released this LP in August 1957 (catalog DL 8614) and promoted it with a single by Mark Murphy featuring Goodbye Baby on the A-side and The Right Kind of Woman on the B-side (catalog Decca 30390).[45][46]

In October 1958 the Clifton Productions film (a subsidiary of Norma Productions) Separate Tables yielded three singles of its theme song. The first was performed by Vic Damone, released by Columbia Records (catalog Columbia 41287); the second was by Eydie Gormé, released by ABC-Paramount Records (catalog ABC 9971); and the third was by Lu Ann Simms, released by Jubilee Records (catalog Jubilee 1092).[47][48][49]

Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music's most significant song was May You Always, composed by Dick Charles and Larry Markes in the fall of 1958. It was first recorded by the McGuire Sisters, who were friends of Lu Ann Simms and had worked with her on the Arthur Godfrey show and attended Simms and Buzzell's wedding.[50] The version by the McGuire Sisters, released by Coral Records (catalog Coral 62059), peaked at number 11 on Billboard's Hot 100 list on January 26, 1959, and became the second-best-selling sheet music in the United States.[51][52][53]

The theme song from The Unforgiven, entitled Theme from the Unforgiven (The Need for Love), was a hit in the spring of 1960, in four recorded versions: the Dimitri Tiomkin version, straight from the film, released by United Artists Records; a version recorded by Don Costa, also released by United Artists Records (catalog UA 221); a version by the McGuire Sisters, released by Coral Records (catalog Coral 62196); and a version by Clyde Otis, released by Mercury Records (catalog Mercury 71628).[54][55][56][57] Costa's version peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 4, 1960, and was number 22 on the Billboard Honor Roll of Hits chart on July 11, 1960.[58][59]

Calyork Records

Little documentation has been found about Calyork Records, a record label that Hecht, Lancaster and Buzzell operated together. The only known release by this record label is from 1958 (the two songs featured were published on April 15th of 1958). The 7" vinyl credits Calyork Records with the two songs published to Calyork Music as a Lou Bartel Production. It features the songs Anxiously Waiting and She Flipped Me performed by doo wop band The Flipteens. The record also indicates that it is a "Promotion Record" and a "Sample Copy Not For Sale". The address listed, 729 7th Avenue in New York City, differs from the Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music office located at 151 West 46th Street in New York City.[60]

Demise

Calyork Music's final known registry is listed on September 23, 1958, with three Steve Karmen songs.[61] Although the copyrights remained active, no new works were published under that company, with Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music taking on all new publication. The Hecht and Lancaster Companies started having interpersonal issues in early 1959, resulting in an announced hiatus from the film business in April 1959.[62] In July 1959 Harold Hecht and Gloria Buzzell separated. This may have caused friction between Hecht and the Buzzell family. All these factors played against Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music.

On October 20, 1959 Loring Buzzell suffered a fatal heart attack.[63] Following this, few additional songs were published by Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music. The exceptions include theme songs for the Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions film Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and four songs co-written by the widowed Lu Ann Simms and family friend Jaye P. Morgan. The final material published by the firm was Dimitri Tiomkin's soundtrack of the Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions film The Unforgiven, which was filled under the name Hecht & Buzzell Music Inc., as the film production company had dissolved by then and the three partners went separate ways.[64][65] Simms is reported to have taken over the publishing company following Hecht's exit.[66]

Published works

This list was compiled from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Music from 1955–1960. It is believed to be incomplete.[67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85]

  • Composer legend: a = arrangement, l = lyrics, m = music, w = words
DateSongComposerCatalog NumberPublisherAssociated Film
April 21, 1955 Hey, Marty Harry Warren (m) & Paddy Chayefsky (w) EP89219 Cromwell Music Marty
June 10, 1955 Saturday Night Mambo Roy Webb (m) EP90516 Cromwell Music Marty
June 29, 1956 Lola's Theme Malcolm Arnold (m) EU442973 Cromwell Music Trapeze
June 29, 1956 Mike and Lola's Love Theme Malcolm Arnold (m) EU442974 Cromwell Music Trapeze
July 6, 1956 Trapeze Paul Elie (m) & Johnny Burke (l) EP100758 Cromwell Music Trapeze
August 24, 1956 Lola's Theme Malcolm Arnold (w, a) & Al Stillman (l) EP101709 Cromwell Music / Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Trapeze
April 1, 1957 Ragamuffin's Holiday Kenny Jacobson (m) EU472529 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
April 1, 1957 While the City Sleeps Kenny Jacobson (m) EU472528 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
April 3, 1957 Cheek to Chico Chico Hamilton (m) & Fred Katz (m) EU476352 Calyork Music Sweet Smell of Success
April 3, 1957 Goodbye Baby Chico Hamilton (m) & Fred Katz (m) EU476352 Calyork Music Sweet Smell of Success
April 3, 1957 Sidney's Theme Chico Hamilton (m) & Fred Katz (m) EU476351 Calyork Music Sweet Smell of Success
April 26, 1957 Run, Don't Walk Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU475523 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
May 3, 1957 The Forest and the Sea Kenny Jacobson (m, w) EU476246 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
May 10, 1957 Green Silk Pajamas Joe Marsala (w) & Guy Wood (m) EU477347 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
May 22, 1957 No Place to Rest Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU478793 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
May 22, 1957 If I Were the Judge and the Jury Don Marsh (m, w) EU478773 Calyork Music
May 31, 1957 Theme from The Bachelor Party Alex North (m) EP109947 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music The Bachelor Party
July 3, 1957 Goodbye Baby Chico Hamilton (m) & Fred Katz (m) & William Engvick (l) EP110121 Calyork Music Sweet Smell of Success
July 5, 1957 The Street Elmer Bernstein (m) EU484174 Calyork Music Sweet Smell of Success
July 5, 1957 Tangerine Peel Elmer Bernstein (m) EU484173 Calyork Music Sweet Smell of Success
July 5, 1957 Toots Shor's Blues Elmer Bernstein (m) EU484172 Calyork Music Sweet Smell of Success
July 5, 1957 Tropical Island Mood Elmer Bernstein (m) EU484171 Calyork Music Sweet Smell of Success
July 29, 1957 I'll Be Waitin' Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU486778 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
July 31, 1957 Crazy Dreamer Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU487130 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
August 6, 1957 My Haunted House Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU487896 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
August 6, 1957 Puppet on a String Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU487895 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
September 9, 1957 Who Can I Believe Vance Packard (m, w) EU492147 Calyork Music
September 18, 1957 Didja Mean Whatcha Said? Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU493353 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
October 16, 1957 Run Silent, Run Deep Kenny Jacobson (m) EU496941 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Run Silent, Run Deep
October 24, 1957 Made for Each Other Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU497986 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
November 8, 1957 Dark Hazard Anthony Tamburello (m) EU499877 Calyork Music
November 8, 1957 Goblin's Gavotte Anthony Tamburello (m) EU499875 Calyork Music
November 8, 1957 Lady of Fashion Anthony Tamburello (m) EU499876 Calyork Music
November 8, 1957 Mama's Song Anthony Tamburello (m) & Marianina Miraglis (m) EU499874 Calyork Music
November 8, 1957 March Forth Anthony Tamburello (m) EU499878 Calyork Music
November 8, 1957 Naughty Nautical Anthony Tamburello (m) EU499879 Calyork Music
November 8, 1957 Theme for Radio Anthony Tamburello (m) EU499880 Calyork Music
November 12, 1957 Darts Fred Elton (m, w) EU500258 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
November 19, 1957 So This Is How It Ends Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU501184 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
November 19, 1957 Cross Country Tour Anthony Tamburello (m) EU501117 Calyork Music
November 19, 1957 'Sembly Anthony Tamburello (m) EU501115 Calyork Music
November 19, 1957 So This Is Love Anthony Tamburello (m) EU501116 Calyork Music
November 19, 1957 Waltz for Jane Anthony Tamburello (m) EU501118 Calyork Music
November 22, 1957 You're the Prettiest Thing Jane Douglas White (m) & Sydney Shaw (w) EU501545 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
November 22, 1957 Post and Horn Gallop Anthony Tamburello (m) EU501554 Calyork Music
November 22, 1957 Roundelay Anthony Tamburello (m) EU501555 Calyork Music
December 18, 1957 That's All That Matters Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU504584 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
February 12, 1958 I Don't Want to Do a Thing but Love You Jane Douglas White (m) & Sydney Shaw (w) EU511228 Calyork Music
February 12, 1958 Whispering Campaign Jane Douglas White (m) & Sydney Shaw (w) EU511227 Calyork Music
February 17, 1958 Made for Each Other Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EP116677 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
March 20, 1958 Now, Down to Earth Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU515896 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
March 21, 1958 Bye Um Byee Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU516234 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
March 21, 1958 The Mooch Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU516236 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
March 21, 1958 Lovable Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU516235 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
April 4, 1958 Be on the Lookout Jane Douglas White (m) & Sydney Shaw (w) EU517932 Calyork Music
April 4, 1958 Time Will Tell Jane Douglas White (m) & Sydney Shaw (w) EU517931 Calyork Music
April 15, 1958 Anxiously Waiting Lou Bartel (m, w) EU519508 Calyork Music
April 15, 1958 She Flipped Me Lou Bartel (m, w) EU519507 Calyork Music
April 23, 1958 Chum-Bam-Bele Fred Elton (m, w) & Clint Ballard Jr. (m, w) EU521044 Calyork Music
April 24, 1958 Separate Tables Harry Warren (m) & Harold Adamson (w) EU521155 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Separate Tables
April 29, 1958 Easy Does It Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU521783 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
May 7, 1958 Ring Around the Moon Don Marsh (m, w) EU523275 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
May 9, 1958 Baby, Je Vous Aime Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU523617 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
June 4, 1958 Jackanapes Anthony Tamburello (m) EU527764 Calyork Music
June 6, 1958 Just About Don Marsh (m, w) & Nancy Lee Marsh (m, w) EU528079 Calyork Music
June 10, 1958 Green Jeans Kenny Bowers (m, w) EU528485 Calyork Music
June 10, 1958 Help! Kenny Bowers (m, w) EU528486 Calyork Music
June 12, 1958 Valse Viennese Anthony Tamburello (m) EU529893 Calyork Music
July 1, 1958 Someone Else's Ring Steve Karmen (m, w) EU531431 Calyork Music
July 1, 1958 Zoom Zoom Steve Karmen (m, w) EU531432 Calyork Music
July 18, 1958 Foolishly Young Horace Linsley (m, w) EU533818 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
August 15, 1958 Run Silent, Run Deep Kenny Jacobson (m) EP121980 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Run Silent, Run Deep
September 19, 1958 Good Time Charlie Fred Elton (m, w) EU542450 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
September 23, 1958 I Found Love Steve Karmen (m, w) EU543067 Calyork Music
September 23, 1958 Oh! Oh! Steve Karmen (m, w) EU543068 Calyork Music
September 23, 1958 Watchin' and Waitin' Steve Karmen (m, w) EU543066 Calyork Music
October 7, 1958 Smile for the People Fred Elton (m, w) EU544914 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
October 20, 1958 Easy Does It Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EP123982 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
October 22, 1958 Separate Tables Harry Warren (m) & Harold Adamson (l) EP123983 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Separate Tables
November 14, 1958 May You Always Dick Charles (m, w) & Larry Markes (m, w) EU550467 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
December 18, 1958 May You Always Dick Charles (m, w) & Larry Markes (m, w) EP125691 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
January 26, 1959 After Dick Charles (m, w) & Larry Markes (m, w) EU559562 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
January 26, 1959 Dream Girl Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU559561 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
January 26, 1959 Motherless Child Jerry Fielding (m, a, w) EU559560 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
February 26, 1959 Zeitgeist – Cafe of Blue Mirrors Kenny Jacobson (m) EU564334 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
March 12, 1959 Only Wishful Thinking Horace Linsey (m, w), Bill Eisenhauer (m, w) & Pat Noto (m, w) EU566792 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
March 17, 1959 Don't Try to Make Me Smile Tonight Gloria Shayne (m, w) & Noel Paris (m, w) EU567450 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
March 18, 1959 Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU567735 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
March 24, 1959 Enthusiasm Fred Elton (m, w) EU568550 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
May 11, 1959 Have Another Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU576234 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
May 21, 1959 Just for Two Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU577817 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
June 1, 1959 That's the Way I Am Gloria Shayne (m, w) EU579267 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
June 10, 1959 Cinderella Jim Palmer (m/w) & Anthony Tamburello (m, w) EU580518 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
June 16, 1959 Smile for the People Fred Elton (m, w) EP131071 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
June 26, 1959 Absence Laurindo Almeida (m) EU582858 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Cry Tough
June 26, 1959 The Big Town Laurindo Almeida (m) EU582853 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Cry Tough
June 26, 1959 Club Caballeros Laurindo Almeida (m) EU582855 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Cry Tough
June 26, 1959 Luna De Miel Laurindo Almeida (m) EU582852 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Cry Tough
June 26, 1959 Mambo a la Teen Laurindo Almeida (m) EU582857 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Cry Tough
June 26, 1959 Mambo Sin Mayores Consecuencias Laurindo Almeida (m) EU582859 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Cry Tough
June 26, 1959 Nena Laurindo Almeida (m) EU582862 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Cry Tough
June 26, 1959 The Old Man's Mambo Laurindo Almeida (m) EU582854 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Cry Tough
June 26, 1959 Sarita's Mambo Laurindo Almeida (m) EU582856 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Cry Tough
June 26, 1959 Stool Pigeon Laurindo Almeida (m) EU582851 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Cry Tough
June 26, 1959 The Suspense Cha-Cha Laurindo Almeida (m) EU582860 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Cry Tough
June 26, 1959 Trece Perros Laurindo Almeida (m) EU582861 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Cry Tough
July 9, 1959 Midnight Blues Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU584540 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
July 9, 1959 This Could Be the Night Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU584541 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
July 21, 1959 The Rabbit Trap Theme Jack Marshall (m) EU586203 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music The Rabbit Trap
July 29, 1959 Growing Up Kenny Jacobson (m) & Rhoda Roberts (w) EU587262 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
September 3, 1959 Take a Giant Step Jay Livingston (m, w) & Ray Evans (m, w) EP133495 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Take a Giant Step
October 16, 1959 Does She, or Doesn't She? Jerry Alters (m) & Don Meyer (w) EU598106 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
October 20, 1959 I'll Always Remember Dick Charles (m, w) & Larry Markes (m, w) & Murray Kane (m, w) EU596288 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
December 9, 1959 Ben Bernard Theme No. I Benjamin Frankel (m) EU604954 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
December 9, 1959 Ben Bernard Theme No. II Benjamin Frankel (m) EU604953 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
December 11, 1959 I Care Jaye P. Morgan (m, w) & Lu Ann Simms (m w) EU605544 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
December 11, 1959 If Something's Gonna Happen Let It Happen Jaye P. Morgan (m, w) & Lu Ann Simms (m, w) EU605543 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
December 11, 1959 Love Has Gone Jaye P. Morgan (m, w) & Lu Ann Simms (m, w) EU605546 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
December 11, 1959 Somewhere There's a Rainbow Jaye P. Morgan (m, w) & Lu Ann Simms (m, w) EU605545 Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
March 23, 1960 The Unforgiven – The Need for Love Dimitri Tiomkin (m) & Ned Washington (l) EP139141 Hecht & Buzzell Music The Unforgiven

Partial list of releases

Though Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell never focused on operating a record label themselves (one record has been found), many of their published songs have been recorded by other artists and have since been released on vinyl, cassette and CD. This is an attempt to gather them all.

Legend: ≈ = Cromwell Music publishing, † = Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music publishing, ¤ = Calyork Music publishing, ‡ = Hecht & Buzzell Music publishing

Singles
DateRecord LabelCatalog NumberArtistA SideB SideRef.
May 1955 MGM Records MGM 11981 Dave (Tico) Robbins Quintette Silvana Mangano Mambo Saturday Night Mambo ≈ [86]
May 1955 MGM Records K11970 The Naturals Marty ≈ The Jitterbug Waltz [87]
June 1955 Coral Records Coral 61425 Les Brown Orchestra Something's Gotta Give Saturday Night Mambo ≈ [88]
June 1955 Columbia Records Columbia 40513 The Chappaqua High School Kids Marty ≈ East Side, West Side [89]
June 1956 Columbia Records Columbia 40725 Muir Mathieson Orchestra Lola's Theme ≈ Mike and Lola's Love Theme ≈ [90]
July 1956 Coral Records Coral 61681 Steve Allen Lola's Theme ≈ Conversation (on the Telephone) [91]
July 1956 Mercury Records Mercury 70197 Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra Lola's Theme ≈ Yes Sir, That's My Baby [92]
April 1957 RCA Victor Records Victor 6896 Alex North Orchestra Theme from Playhouse 90 Theme from The Bachelor Party † [93]
June 1957 Columbia Records Columbia 40937 Lu Ann Simms Run, Don't Walk † The Still Small Voice [94]
June 1957 Cabot Records Cabot 104 Danny Davis I Wonder Why † To Mend My Broken Heart [95]
July 1957 Decca Records Decca 30390 Mark Murphy Goodbye Baby ¤ The Right Kind of Woman [96]
July 1957 Decca Records Decca 30379 Elmer Bernstein The Street ¤ Toots Shor's Blues ¤ [97]
December 1957 Jubilee Records Jubilee 5313 Don Rondo Made for Each Other † What a Shame [98]
1958 Calyork Records none The Flipteens Anxiously Waiting ¤ She Flipped Me ¤ [99]
April 1958 Jubilee Records Jubilee 5321 Lu Ann Simms The Mooch † Bye Um Bye † [100]
April 1958 Decca Records Decca 30641 Jack Pleis Orchestra Run Silent Run Deep † Gigi [101]
April 1958 Columbia Records Columbia 41161 Jill Corey Sweet Sugar Lips Lovable † [102]
July 1958 Date Records Date 1004 The Temples Whispering Campaign † I Don't Want to Do a Thing But Love You † [103]
October 1958 Columbia Records Columbia 41287 Vic Damone We Kiss in a Shadow Separate Tables † [104]
October 1958 ABC-Paramount Records ABC 9971 Eydie Gormé Separate Tables † The Voice in My Heart [105]
October 1958 Jubilee Records Jubilee 1092 Lu Ann Simms Separate Tables † / There Will Never Be Another You You're Getting to be a Habit with Me / Oh That Kiss [106]
November 1958 Coral Records Coral 62059 McGuire Sisters May You Always † Achoo-Cha Cha (Gesundheit) [107]
November 1958 Mercury Records Mercury 71386 Steve Karmen Watchin' and Walkin' ¤ Oh! Oh! ¤ [108]
January 1959 London Records London 45-1848 Mantovani Separate Tables † Under Paris Skies [109]
February 1959 Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. 5036 Margaret Ann and the Ja Da Quartette My Cutey's Due at Two to Two Today Good Time Charlie † [110]
March 1959 Maine Records Maine 6000 Ken Colby Cafe of Blue Mirrors † Ragamuffin's Holiday † [111]
April 1959 Coral Records Coral 62108 Lillian Briggs Rag Mop Smile for the People † [112]
June 1959 RCA Victor Records Victor 7554 Lou Monte Pistol Packin' Mama Have Another † [113]
July 1959 MGM Records MGM 12815 Jaye P. Morgan Somebody Else Is Taking My Place Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins † [114]
August 1959 Capitol Records Capitol 4259 Tommy Sands I'll Be Seeing You The Way I Am † [115]
September 1959 ABC-Paramount Records ABC 10046 Johnny Nash But Not for Me Take a Giant Step † [116]
October 1959 Decca Records Decca 30981 Margaret Imlau Bye Um Bye † No No Baby [117]
October 1959 Top Rank Records Top Rank 2018 Herb Corey Midnight Blues † This Could Be the Night † [118]
January 1960 Kapp Records Kapp 315 The Arena Twins Jimbalay'a This Could Be the Night † [119]
February 1960 Apollo Records Apollo 3854 Bobby Miller That's All That Matters † The Wonder of It All † [120]
February 1960 Jubilee Records Jubilee 5383 Lu Ann Simms After † Just About ¤ [121]
March 1960 United Artists Records UA 221 Don Costa Theme from The Unforgiven (The Need for Love) ‡ Streets of Paris [122]
April 1960 Coral Records Coral 62196 McGuire Sisters Theme from The Unforgiven (The Need for Love) ‡ I Give Thanks [123]
May 1960 Mercury Records Mercury 71628 Clyde Otis Theme from The Unforgiven ‡ It's So Much Fun [124]

LPs
DateRecord LabelCatalog NumberArtistTitleRef.
June 1956 Columbia Records CL 870 Malcolm Arnold Trapeze ≈ [125]
June 1957 Decca Records DL 8610 Elmer Bernstein Sweet Smell of Success ¤ [126]
July 1957 Decca Records DL 8614 Chico Hamilton Quintet Sweet Smell of Success ¤ [127]
January 1959 Jubilee Records JLP 1092 Lu Ann Simms At Separate Tables † [128]
November 1959 Capitol Records ST 1263 Laurindo Almeida Happy Cha Cha Cha † [129]
March 1960 United Artists Records UAL 4068 / UAS 5068 Dimitri Tiomkin The Unforgiven ‡ [130]
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