Restless Giant:

The Life and Times of Jean Aberbach and Hill and Range Songs

By: Bar Biszick-Lockwood

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Paperback | 3 March 2010

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"Restless Giant" is a fascinating account of the life and times of Jean Aberbach, the elusive music publishing legend who, with his brother Julian, built one of music history's most powerful popular music publishing companies: Hill and Range Songs. During the 1940s and 1950s music publishers, rather than artists and record companies, controlled the American hit-making machine. Using corporate records, Aberbach's daybooks, and extensive interviews with top performers and songwriters, Biszick-Lockwood weaves an adventure story that demystifies this occupation, showing how Aberbach's keen insights, behind-the-scenes manipulations, and bold business moves fundamentally changed the music industry and nurtured the careers of some of America's biggest popular performers and songwriters. The Austrian-born Aberbach brothers overtook their American competitors, capturing entire genres of music to build a privately owned international "empire of song" while at the same time affording songwriters unmatched control over their work. This business model resulted in more than three hundred chart hits and the first-ever song royalties being paid to songwriters and performers including Bill Monroe and the Sons of the Pioneers. Biszick-Lockwood also brings new, intriguing material to the story of Elvis Presley, who shared ownership with the Aberbachs in two music publishing companies throughout his entire career.

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''A detailed and engaging account of music publisher Jean Aberbach's long life and the musical empire he built with his brother Julian. In telling the story of Hill and Range Songs, Biszick-Lockwood puts the emphasis right where it should be: on the innovations and forward thinking that made Aberbach's great success possible.''--Ronnie Pugh, author of Ernest Tubb: The Texas Troubadour

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Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
No Wrong Turns	p. 1
Happenstance	p. 8
The Revolving Door	p. 12
Destiny	p. 19
Eye of the Needle	p. 31
Ambition	p. 37
The Rebbe Sleeps	p. 50
Betting the Farm	p. 62
Hardy's Horsemeat	p. 72
A View from the Bridge	p. 78
The Hired Band	p. 86
Nashville Steamroller	p. 99
The Disappearing Act	p. 112
Waltzing to the Brink	p. 127
Keyhole Logic	p. 136
Johnny Taps	p. 148
Mr. Brums	p. 161
Diamond in the Rough	p. 171
Under Pressure	p. 191
Restless Giant	p. 216
The Art of Life	p. 229
Chart Hits: 1954-75	p. 245
Companies	p. 254
Notes	p. 263
Bibliography	p. 285
Index	p. 289
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