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Good news:
Paulette Attie is the recipient of the ASCAP Plus 2005 Award. This is her sixth year in a row.
Her song "United Are We" was sung on January 28th at the ceremony to usher in a new Chinese postage stamp. Paulette is delighted that this song's message of universal brotherhood is being heard by more and more people. On her award winning weekly radio show, Paulette Attie's Musical Playbill (WNYC for 2 years), Paulette sang songs by America's best loved songwriters, often accompanied by the composers themselves. Her legendary list of guests includes Lee Adams, Harold Arlen, Jerry Bock, Cy Coleman, "Yip" Harburg, Sheldon Harnick, Burton Lane, Cy Coleman, John Green, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy Mc Hugh, Arthur Schwartz, Mary Rodgers, Harold Rome, Charles Strouse and Jule Styne. "The songwriter I most enjoyed talking with was Johnny Mercer," says Paulette. "If there ever was a person who could charm the birds out of the trees, it was Johnny." Paulette made two separate shows of her interview with Johnny Mercer and had the pleasure of seeing him on several occasions thereafter. You can read about Paulette's friendship with acclaimed songwriter Johnny Mercer at http://www.johnnymercer.com/attie.htm
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