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Jack Gale and Ada Kurtz.


 * Jack Gale, in 1963, founded a distributing company.
 * Re: Ada Kurtz, Jack's wife
 * Re: Ada Kurtz
 * Re: Ada Kurtz
 * Ada Kurtz, co-composer with Sammy Gallop, of "Somewhere Along the Way"
 * Ada Kurtz's pseduonyms:
 * Ted Johnson, lyricist
 * Kurt Adams, music
 * Ada Kurtz was an aunt of Larry Rosen (1936–2020), a producer of The Partridge Family TV sitcom.

Ada Kurtz songs
 "Even As You and I" John L. Clark, words Ada Kurtz, music © Spitzer Songs, Inc., New York 11 May 51; EU238643

 "More Than I Care to Remember" From Honey Child Matt Terry, words Ted Johnson, music © Spitzer Songs, Inc., New York 30 October 1950; EP219944 Renewed 5 January 1978; RE114 

 "More Than I Care to Remember" Matt Terry, words Ted Johnson, music © Spitzer Songs, Inc., New York 29 December 1950; EP52327 Renewed 30 Dec 1977; R682478

 "Oh, How I Love You" John L. Clark, words Ada Kurtz, music © Spitzer Songs, Inc., New York 11 May 1951; EU238644 

 "Somewhere Along the Way" Sammy Gallop, words Kurt Adams, music © United Music Corp. 28 March 1952; EP61485 Renewed 18 November 1980; RE78547 

 "In Napoli" Robert Mellin, words Carmen Vitale ), music © Robert Mellin, Inc., New York 16 September 1954; EP83342 Renewed 8 March 1982; RE126890

 "When You Pass By" Kurt Adams ), music Sammy Gallop ), lyrics © Robert Mellin, Inc., New York 16 September 1954; EP83343 Renewed 15 March 1982; RE125118


 * Note: Henry Spitzer ), head of Henry Spitzer Music, Spitzer Songs, Inc., and Vogue Music, Inc., committed suicide September 21, 1952, by inhaling illuminating gas in his apartment at 333 West 57th Street. Before founding his own publishing firms, he had been long affiliated with M. Witmark & Sons and Chappell Music. Spitzer, in 1933, published the famous song, "Gloomy Sunday" – a song that was blamed for touching off a wave of suicides during the nineteen-thirties. The song's composer, Rezső Seress (1899–1968) – some sources give his birth name as Rudolf ("Rudi") Spitzer – also committed suicide.

Copyrights
Original copyright

 Vol. 6; Part 5A, No. 1, January–June 1952 (1952). © United Music Corp., New York; [https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyri365libr/page/n15/mode/2up 28 March 1952; EP61485. p. 2.] Renewal <li> "Somewhere Along the Way" by Ada Kurtz a.k.a. Kurt Adams, lyrics: Sammy Gallop
 * By Ada Kurtz a.k.a. Kurt Adams, lyrics: Sammy Gallop. Renewed 18 November 1980; RE78547.
 * Copyright Claimant:
 * Ada Kurtz (A)

<li>"Jimmy Van Heusen papers, 1853–1994, bulk 1939–1972". Online Archive of California. – Agreement by Ada Kurtz, a/k/a Kurt Adams, regarding James Van Heusen being the author of "Somewhere Along the Way", July 23, 1963.</ol>