Music World Corporation is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 music production and music publishing company, representing hundreds of song and music cue titles for a small clientele of composers and lyricists including the company founder. The company was founded in 1958 by Academy Award-winning songwriter Robert B. Sherman

Robert B. Sherman

Robert Bernard Sherman is an American songwriter who specializes in musical films with his brother Richard Morton Sherman...

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The company is based in Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is an affluent city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a population of 34,109 at the 2010 census, up from 33,784 as of the 2000 census, it is home to numerous Hollywood celebrities. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together...

 and is affiliated with the performance rights organization BMI

Broadcast Music Incorporated

Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...

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Company history

Music World was incorporated on January 8, 1958 in the state of California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. Within its first year, the company became the first music publisher to cobrand with Wonderland Music Company

Wonderland Music Company

Wonderland Music Company, Inc. is a U.S. music publisher. Part of the Walt Disney Company's Disney Music Group, Wonderland was founded in 1951. It is based in Burbank, California, and is affiliated with the performing rights organization BMI....

, Walt Disney Company's then fledgling BMI

Broadcast Music Incorporated

Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...

 music publishing subsidiary. Some of Music World's hit song titles include: "Tall Paul", "Bright and Shiny

Bright and Shiny (song)

"Bright and Shiny" is the title song of Doris Day's 1960 LP of the same name. The song was written by Bob & Dick Sherman who had just come off of their success with Johnny Burnette's premiere version of "You're Sixteen" and with Annette Funicello's rendition of "Tall Paul"...

" the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

#1 song, "You're Sixteen

You're Sixteen

"You're Sixteen" is a song written by the Sherman Brothers . It was first performed by American rockabilly singer Johnny Burnette, whose version peaked at number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in December 1960....

". "Tall Paul" reached #6 on the Billboard charts

Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...

 in 1959

1959 in music

-Events:*January 5 – The first sessions for Ella Fitzgerald's George and Ira Gershwin Songbook are held.*January 12 – Tamla Records is founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit, Michigan....

 making it the first top ten single for a solo female rock and roll singer.

In 2000

2000 in music

See also:* 2000 in music Record labels established in 2000-Events:*January – Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.*January 1**John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List....

 the company branched into corporate "jingle

Jingle

A jingle is a short tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses. The jingle contains one or more hooks and lyrics that explicitly promote the product being advertised, usually through the use of one or more advertising slogans. Ad buyers use jingles in radio and television...

" publishing, writing and production. Clientle includes Time Warner

Time Warner

Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...

, Disney, Aero California

Aero California

Aero California was a low-cost airline with its headquarters in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, operating a network of domestic passenger flights with its hub at the city's Manuel Márquez de León International Airport..-History:...

 and others.

Current corporate officers

• Robert B. Sherman
  Robert B. Sherman
  Robert Bernard Sherman is an American songwriter who specializes in musical films with his brother Richard Morton Sherman...
  
  (President and Founder)
• Robert J. Sherman (Vice President)
• Gregory S. Davis (Treasurer and Secretary)