For Immediate Release     02/19/2004		Laurie Jakobsen Harry Fox Agency 212-834-0133 ljakobsen@harryfox.com
The Harry Fox Agency Hits 5 Million License Mark
February 19, 2004 -- The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA) announced today that it has processed and administers over five million individual mechanical licenses. "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and published by the Irving Berlin Music Company, is currently the most-licensed song in HFA's catalog. "This is an exciting landmark for The Harry Fox Agency," said Gary Churgin, HFA's President and CEO. "Many people don't realize the work of HFA is cumulative - that we continue to administer all of those licenses that were granted in the past in addition to processing hundreds of thousands of new license requests each year. With the new opportunities presented by the advent of ringtones and online music services, we expect that number to continue to grow exponentially." As of January 2004, the top 25 most-licensed songs in the HFA catalog are: Song Writers Publishers 1. White Christmas Irving Berlin Irving Berlin Music Co. 2. Summertime George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward WB Music Corp., George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music, Dubose and Dorothy Heyward 3. Winter Wonderland Felix Bernard WB Music Corp. 4. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas M. Martin, R. Blaine EMI Feist Catalog, Inc. 5. Over the Rainbow Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg EMI Feist Catalog, Inc. 6. Silver Bells Jay Livingston, Ray Evans Paramount Music Corp. 7. Santa Claus is Coming to Town J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie EMI Feist Catalog, Inc. and Haven Gillespie 8. Body and Soul Edw Silver Bells ard Heyman, Ronert Sour, Frank Eyton, John Green WB Music Corp., Druropetal Music, Range Road Music Inc., Tetrauq Music Inc. 9. I'll be Home for Christmas Walter Kent, Kim Ganoon, Buck Ram Gannon & Kent Music Co. 10. Autumn Leaves Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma Enoch & Cie, SDRM 11. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Johnny Marks St. Nicholas Music, Inc. 12. Little Drummer Boy Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simone EMI Mills Music Inc., International Korwin Corp. 13. The Christmas Song Mel Torme, Robert Wells Edwin H. Morris and Co. 14. Embraceable You George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin WB Music Corp. 15. Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn Producers Music Publishing Co. and Cahn Music 16. 'Round Midnight Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen WB Music Corp., Thelonious Monk Music Corp. 17. Night and Day Cole Porter WB Music Corp. 18. All the Things You Are Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II Universal-Polygram International Pub. Inc. 19. My Funny Valentine Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart Chappell & Co., Williamson Music Co. 20. Georgia on My Mind Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell Peermusic III Ltd. 21. Someone to Watch Over Me George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin WB Music Corp. 22. Moon River Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer Famous Music Corp. 23. The Man I Love George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin WB Music Corp. 24. Unchained Melody H. Zaret, A. North Frank Music Corp. 25. How Great Thou Art Stuart K. Klein Manna Music, Inc. About the Harry Fox Agency Established in 1927 by the National Music Publishers Association, the Harry Fox Agency represents over 27,000 U.S. music publishers for their mechanical licensing needs, issuing licenses and collecting and distributing royalties. HFA also provides collection and monitoring services to its U.S. publisher clients for music distributed and sold in over 75 territories around the world. For more information about HFA, or to become an affiliate publisher or a licensee, click here