Re: mothers and music

[Marvin Margoshes <physchem...>]

I know Art Karman well.  How could his mother ever prefer Steve over "my
son, the doctor"?  B.t.w., Steve Karman's most famous jingle, probably, is
"I love New York".


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cyril robinson" <lunar (at) siu(dot)edu>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:41 AM
Subject: mothers and music


> In the current issue of "Alumni News" of he Bronx H.S. of Science, appears
> the following under the headline, "Steve Karman '54 recalls classmate
Bobby
> Darin in New book, "Me an BobbyD."
>
> Steve's older brother Arthur, a physician and professor of pathology at
> Albert Einstein College of Medicine, graduated from Science in 1946, so
> although Steve was accepted at the HS of Music and Art, his parents
> insisted that he attend Bronx Science,, to follow a professional career
> path: "I can see the headline now: NICE JEWISH BOY WANTS TO BECOME A
> MUSICIAN --MOTHER HAS HEART ATTACK!"  Actually, both mother and son
escaped
> from that fate. Karman, after a time in the Darin band, entered the
> advertising world as a jingle writer,  for example, "When you've said
> Budweiser, you've said it all."
>
>



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