Bobby Bank

Photographer Of The Superstars

The Love of Music Magazine® welcomes Bobby Bank, “Photographer of the Superstars,” as contributing photographer.  Bobby has been shooting for more than 40 years and has captured unique vantage points from the photographer’s pit, backstage, recording studios, on location at movie sets, and on the streets of Manhattan.

Highlights of Bobby’s work include Frank Sinatra in the recording studio, New York-born stars Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond, as well as Bob Marley, Rick Springfield, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. He has also photographed casts from popular movies and television shows including the “Sopranos”, “Sex and the City”, “Boardwalk Empire”, “Celebrity Apprentice” and “Law & Order.”

 

Bobby’s work appears regularly in international publications such as People, OK, US, regional newspapers and online entertainment sites including TMZ, Oprah and Ellen. His collections have been featured in several gallery shows, including a Frank Sinatra recording studio retrospective at Patsy’s, one of Sinatra’s favorite restaurants in New York. His photos have appeared on album/CD/DVD covers and on posters. Bobby continues to photograph the entertainment scene in the New York area on a regular basis.

 

Music Rights Organizations

SESAC - Society of European Stage Authors and Composers offers singular licenses for the works of its affiliated writers and publishers that aggregate both performance and mechanical rights in order to drive greater efficiency in licensing for music users, as well as enhanced value for music creators and publishers.

ASCAP - The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music publishers of every kind of music. ASCAP’s mission is to license and promote the music
of its members and foreign affiliates, obtain fair compensation for the public performance of their works and to distribute the royalties that it collects based upon those performances.

BMI - Broadcast Music, Inc. is the bridge between songwriters and the businesses and organizations that want to play their music publicly. As a global leader in music rights management, BMI serves as an advocate for the value of music. BMI represents more than 800,000 songwriters, composers, and publishers with nearly 13 million musical works.  Operating on a non-profit-making basis, BMI is now the largest music rights organization in the U.S. and is still nurturing new talent and new music.

GMR – Global Music Rights.

PRO MUSIC RIGHTS – Based on an Aug. 7, 2018 PRNewswire article, Pro Music Rights today is the third-largest U.S. Performing Rights Organization, representing the intellectual property rights of thousands of songwriters, composers, and publishers. Pro Music Rights works tirelessly to protect over 2,000,000 copyrighted musical compositions from unlawful copyright infringement.

 

Photo used with permission

Photo used with permission

Photo used with permission