Harold Adamson Lyric Award

We are pleased to announce that the family and friends of the late Eve Adamson have established The ASCAP Foundation Harold Adamson Lyric Award to honor the memory of her father Harold. Harold Adamson wrote dozens of standards during the 1930s and ‘40s including "Time on My Hands" and "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night." Adamson collaborated with many other ASCAP greats including Burton Lane, Vincent Youmans, Jimmy McHugh and Mack Gordon. During World War II, he wrote the patriotic song "Coming In on a Wing and a Prayer." Near the end of his career, Adamson wrote songs for the movies Around the World in 80 Days and An Affair to Remember. Cash awards will be presented annually to aspiring lyricists participating in an ASCAP or ASCAP Foundation workshop in the musical theater, pop and/or country genres who demonstrate talent and an intelligent and sensitive use of language, a talent and abilities that the heirs of the late lyricist Harold Adamson seek to recognize and foster in future generations.

Eve Adamson, who founded the Jean Cocteau Repertory and directed numerous plays nationally and in Europe, died unexpectedly in late 2006.