''Hey There Delilah'' Songwriter and Publishers Receive 2007
Musicnotes Song of the Year Award
MADISON, Wis. (Business Wire EON) May 1, 2008 --
Musicnotes, Inc., the market leader in downloadable sheet music,
announced today Plain White T’s lead singer
and songwriter, Tom Higgenson, WB Music Corp. and Alfred Publishing are
the recipients of the sixth annual Musicnotes Song of the Year Award for
the song “Hey There Delilah.”
The Musicnotes Song of the Year Award is presented each year to the
songwriter and publisher of the best-selling sheet music for a song made
popular in the previous calendar year. In 2007, this song was “Hey
There Delilah,” the breakthrough hit by
veteran Chicago band, Plain White T’s.
The award was given to Tom Higgenson, the songwriter for “Hey
There Delilah,” WB Music Corp., Higgenson’s
publishing administrator, and Alfred Publishing for their work on the
arrangement of the song’s sheet music and
guitar tablature.
“Thank you so much for this! The fact that so
many people wanted to learn “Delilah”
is a huge honor,” said Higgenson. “I
hope that it continues to touch more people when they play it.”
Featured on both their third and fourth albums, All That We Needed
and Every Second Counts, the song was also a number one Billboard
hit, the most-played radio song in July 2007, and the most-downloaded
song in iTunes history, before being replaced by Sean Kingston’s
“Beautiful Girls.”
“Alfred Publishing is excited to be part of
the process of getting sheet music like this into the hands of fans
everywhere,” said Ron Manus, Executive Vice
President of Alfred Publishing. “The Plain
White T’s hit 'Hey There Delilah' has been a
longtime favorite here at Alfred, and we are privileged to be able to
work with Musicnotes, Tom Higgenson and WB Music Corp. to make this hit
a best-seller. It’s an honor to know that
partnerships like this can be utilized to further our goal of helping
individuals to learn, teach, and play music.”
Musicnotes, the leading online digital sheet music publisher and
reseller, has previously presented awards to Vanessa Carlton (“A
Thousand Miles”), Linda Perry (Christina
Aguilera’s “Beautiful”),
Evanescence (“My Immortal”),
Marcus Hummon, Bobby Boyd and Jeff Hanna (“Bless
the Broken Road”) and Daniel Powter (“Bad
Day”).
About Musicnotes: Musicnotes, Inc. offers an online catalog of
nearly 80,000 digital sheet music titles, built on the strength of
content agreements with Alfred Publishing, EMI Music Publishing,
Sony/ATV Publishing, BMG/Universal, Disney Music Publishing, peermusic,
Word Music, EMI Christian, Bug Music and many others. Musicnotes was
also recently selected as one of the Top 500 Online Retailers by Internet
Retailer Magazine.
On the Web: http://www.musicnotes.com.
About Alfred: Since its inception in 1922, Alfred Publishing
remains dedicated to helping people experience the joy of making music.
With hundreds of expert authors and composers backed by a talented staff
in seven offices worldwide, Alfred publishes educational, reference,
pop, and performance pieces for teachers, students, hobbyists and
performers spanning every musical instrument, style, and difficulty
level.
Alfred currently has over 45,000 active print, DVD, software, general
MIDI, audio CD and enhanced CD titles in circulation throughout the
world. Titles represent a full range of musical tastes and styles,
including the works of George and Ira Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Henry
Mancini, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Madonna, Green Day, and hundreds
more. In addition to its own titles, Alfred distributes works from the
National Guitar Workshop, the Dover Music catalog, and Faber Music.
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