Frank Military

Frank Military is a Senior Vice President for the prestigious Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Company, a division of AOL/Time Warner Inc.

His entire musical career, spanning the past fifty-six years, has enabled him to build strong personal and working relationships with such stellar personalities as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, whose friendship he has enjoyed for over 50 years, Peter Allen, Patti Andrews, Louis Armstrong, Pearl Bailey, Eileen Barton, Teresa Brewer, Rosemary Clooney, Judy Collins, Perry Como, Barbara Cook, Bing Crosby, Alan Dale, Vic Damone, Sammy Davis, Jr., Neil Diamond, Michael Feinstein, Robert Goulet, Kitty Kallen, Lainie Kazan, Alan King, Cleo Laine, Frankie Laine, Julius LaRosa, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Dorothy Loudon, Maureen McGovern, The McGuire Sisters, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Jerry Orbach, Bernadette Peters, Nelson Riddle, George Shearing, Brooke Shields, Bobby Short, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Nancy Sinatra, Jr., Sylvia Syms, Barbara Streisand, Mel Torme, Jerry Vale, Margaret Whiting, Andy Williams and Joe Williams.

Add to this his close involvement with composers and lyricists from Hollywood Films, Broadway productions, and popular music such as Carol Bayer Sager, Irving Caesar, Sammy Cahn, Cy Coleman, Dietz & Schwartz, Yip Harburg, Byron Janis, the team of Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt, Burton Lane, Alan J. Lerner, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Bruce Roberts, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne, Jimmy VanHeusen, Harry Warren and George David Weiss.

At Valando Music Publishers, Mr. Military worked with his friend Jay Morgenstern from 1959 to 1970 (later acquired by Metromedia). He assumed the position of Vice President, where he and Jay were involved in several Broadway productions including "Fiddler On The Roof" written by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick, "Cabaret" by Fred Ebb & John Kander, "Company" by Stephen Sondheim, "Godspell" by Steve Schwartz, and "Minnie's Boys" by Hal Hackady & Larry Grossman.

Some of the more familiar hit songs Mr. Military has been responsible for are Johnny Mathis' "Misty", Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World" and "Cabaret", Barbara Streisand's and Kitty Kallen's "My Coloring Book" and Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York".

After 1970, both Frank Military and Jay Morgenstern formed their own publishing firm which handled the catalogue of Jimmy Webb & Johnny Rivers. This company was subsequently sold, and Mr. Military was asked to join Chappell Music Publishing as Vice President.

He then proceeded to become Executive Vice President of Warner Brothers Print Operations for three years. When Warner Brothers bought Chappell Music, Mr. Military was put in charge of their New York Operations as Senior Vice President of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Friars Club. Also, he was elected Scribe and Prior of the Friars Club. Mr. Military now holds the title of Scribe Emeritus.

In 1991, he was a recipient of the The Songwriters Hall of Fame Abe Olman Award and also served on The Board of Governors for five years. Mr. Military was recently awarded the NARAS 2000 New York Heroes Award.