Crank Music Publishing is the combined efforts of Michael Scarpiello, Edgar Pease and Tommy Thompson, 3 longtime friends, songwriters and industry professionals.

 

Their individual and collective writing efforts have generated over 150 recordings by accomplished multi-platinum recording artists. This diverse catalogue of songs has been recorded and performed by artists from rap to folk, hip hop to country, and rock to pop. A partial list of artists includes Juelz Santana, 50 cent, Lloyd Banks (G-Unit), Candi Staton, Vicki Sue Robinson, The Kingston Trio, Peter Paul and Mary, Bob James, The Brecker Brothers, Wilbert Longmire, and Cecilio and Kapono.

 

Along with the artist success, several songs have been used in feature films and television. Three screen plays have been optioned for production. One, “Tin Man”, was made into a feature film starring Timothy Bottoms, Troy Donahue, John Phillip Law and received critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival.

 

                                           “Music Speaks Louder Than Words"

 

The song “Music Speaks Louder Than Words” embodies both the spirit and the practices of Crank Music Publishing.  Crank Music Publishing gains inspiration from its simple message:

 

“Sometimes the love you feel inside gets lost between your heart and your mind

and the words aren’t really saying the things you wanted them to  –

But then you hear in someone’s song what you were trying to say all along –

And somehow with the magic of music the message comes through.”

 

Since 1978, when it was originally written by Harold Payne, Mike Scarpiello and Edgar Pease, it has become known worldwide with recordings which include Peter Paul and Mary, Candi Staton (Suswell), Holly Robinson, Glen Yarbrough, The Limeliters, Mary O’Hara (Ireland), Vicki Leandros (Greece), Hiromi Go (Japan),  Gravity, and Harold Payne (Affinity Records).

 

“Music Speaks Louder Than Words”  has been chosen as the theme for the annual National Association of Songwriters (NAS) where it was performed on stage by Richard Marx, Michael Bolton, David Pomeranz, Harold Payne, Mike Scarpiello, and other notable songwriters; and was included in the NAS program with full lyrics for the performance; it was selected as the finale number for the performance of Holiday On Ice/Ice Capades; and, most notably in the spirit of Perestroika/Glasnost, was chosen as the theme song and title of the International Songwriters Festival and performance in Moscow, Russia, which included among others Phoebe Snow, Cyndi Lauper, Atlantic Starr, Earth Wind and Fire, Mickey Thomas, Anne Murray, Emmanuel, Roberta Flack, Patti LaBelle, Albert Hammond and Harold Payne where the song title’s towering banner was cast across Red Square.

 

Television and concert performances include Della Reese, Les Brown Band of Renown (Bob Hope Easter Special), Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme, The Kingston Trio, Peter Paul and Mary, Raquel Welch (The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson), Mike Douglas, Carmen McRae, The Limeliters, Glen Yarbrough, Candi Staton, Clydene Jackson, Oliver C. Brown, and Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme.

 

Crank Music Publishing is proud to shout out, “Music Speaks Louder Than Words” as its company slogan.

 

Crank Music Publishing (BMI)
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