1. Martin Bandier was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
11 Facts About Martin Bandier
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Martin Bandier then attended Brooklyn Law School, graduating in 1965.
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In 1969, Martin Bandier became General Counsel to the LeFrak Organization, where he rose to Senior Vice President.
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In 1989, Martin Bandier helped engineer the sale of SBK's song catalog to EMI Music and the creation of SBK Records.
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Martin Bandier was president and chief operating officer of the SBK Records Group, a record label that EMI operated with its parent.
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In 2005, Martin Bandier asked EMI to sell him its publishing unit, and when it refused he resigned in 2006.
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Martin Bandier is a member on the boards of the City of Hope, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the NMPA, where he is Vice President of the Board of Directors.
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The GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares Foundation, the affiliated charities of The Recording Academy, announced that their respective Boards had elected Martin Bandier to be a MusiCares Director.
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In 2006 Martin Bandier established a music and entertainment industry degree program titled The Martin Bandier Program in Recording and Entertainment Industries at Syracuse University.
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Martin Bandier was the first music publisher to receive the award.
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Martin Bandier met his first wife Denise LeFrak, daughter of housing developer Samuel LeFrak, during college at Syracuse.