Francis J. Hackinson (July 7, 1927 – February 6, 2021) was an American music publisher who was the CEO and president of Columbia Pictures Publications.[1] He was hired as vice president and general manager in June 1971, when Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., formed the division in Miami. He was promoted to president in July 1981.[2] Hackinson is widely credited with elevating Columbia Pictures Publications — in the music print field — to a preeminent market position, according to Robert L. Stone, former executive at Columbia Pictures.[3]

Career highlights

Hackinson worked for Chas. H. Hansen Music Corp. from 1954 to 1971[4] in all phases of the music print business.[5] Hackinson was hired as a staff composer. In one of his other phases, he was general manager in charge of licensing and acquisitions. He also negotiated the first print deal in the United States for Beatles songs.[2]

Family

In 1963, Frank Hackinson divorced Barbara in Miami, Florida.

References

  1. ^ "Frank Hackinson". T.M. Ralph Plantation Funeral Home. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Columbia Print Ups Hackinson, Billboard, July 18, 1981, pg. 37
  3. ^ The Music Trades, Volume 129, Issues 7–12, pg. 78.
  4. ^ After Charles Hansen Arrived Publishing Was Never the Same, by Elizabeth Cathleen Dallman (born 1976) (since writing the article, Dallman married John Jackson Bentley), The Instrumentalist, Northfield, Illinois, Vol. 56, No. 6, January 2002, pps. 23, 24, & 26 OCLC 107666787, ISSN 0020-4331
  5. ^ Col Films Into Music Print Field With New Division, Billboard, June 19, 1971, pg. 3
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