Ann Munday

Ann Munday's career spanned five decades and is known for being among the few women top executives of a major music company. She was one of 6 senior executives interviewed and profiled for a 1982 Cosmopolitan feature story on women breaking the glass ceiling in the music industry.Cosmopolitan Magazine, November 1982 Women In The Record Industry, "For the first time, women are pioneering in the zany competitive, and very lucrative pop-record industry... Ann Munday... vice-president and general manager of publishing for Chrysalis Records, the hot young company that has made its founders, still in their thirties, multimillionaires.” Munday worked with major recording artists and composers and held management roles with with Hansen Publishing, Music Sales, Elton John's Big Pig Music, and Chrysalis Music UK. In 1978, the founders of Chrysalis Records, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis sent Munday to Los Angeles to establish and manage Chrysalis Music US. In 1991 Munday joined with Terry Ellis again at his new company, Imago Records.She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul (Penguin Books), Page 425, Chapter Talkin' Business, ISBN-13: 978-0140251555 Ann Munday "…began her career in early-1970s' London with Charles Hansen Music Publishing, moving on to Big Pig Music where she worked with Bernie Taupin and Elton John before joining Chrysalis Music in 1976…” |Billboard Magazine October 28, 1972 "ANN MUNDAY joined Music Sales recently from Hansen Publications where she held a similar position as copyright manager." Billboard Magazine - Nov 15, 1975 - Page 61 "Monday joins [Chrysalis Music UK] from Big Pig Music..." Billboard Magazine Sep 16, 1978 "The publishing arm of Chrysalis Records is expanding its activities in North America... Ann Munday, newly appointed General Manager of the Chrysalis Music Group in the U.S. and Canada."The Hollywood Reporter - Volume 320, Issues 1-17 - Page 10, "Ann Munday has been named vp and general manager of Imago Songs Inc. , the label and publishing company recently launched by Imago Records." Music Week, December 15, 1990 "BPI Chairman Terry Ellis has hired former Chrysalis senior vice-president Ann Munday to launch a publishing company to run alongside his new record label, Imago..." 
==Career==
Munday began her career in the UK, with Hansen Music, starting out as copyright manager: pitching songs in the company's catalog to bands and artists to record them. She also supervised the licensing of songs to record companies and film makers. 
At Big Pig Music, she managed the copyrights and licensing, working with Elton John and Bernie Taupin.She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul (Penguin Books), Page 425, Chapter Talkin' Business, ISBN-13: 978-0140251555["...moving on to Big Pig Music where she worked with Bernie Taupin and Elton John..."|
She joined Music Sales in 1972.Billboard Magazine, October 28. 1972 – "Ann Munday joins Music Sales from Big Pig Music" In addition to directing a staff of copyright managers, she formed a Public Relations department and was editor of many of the sheet music folios published for retail sale.Billboard Magazine October 28, 1972 "At Music Sales she will also be responsible for the formation of a public relations department."
In 1975, Munday was brought into Chrysalis Music UK, placing songs with their artists, which included Jethro Tull, Steel Eye Span, and Ten Years After.She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul (Penguin Books), Page 425, Chapter Talkin' Business, ISBN-13: 978-0140251555["... joining Chrysalis Music in 1975. Based in LA and New York she expanded its American catalogue …"|
Chrysalis Records pulled out of their US distribution deal with Warner Bros. in 1976, and switched to independent music distributors. The founders/owners, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis decided that that Chrysalis needed a US publishing presence and sent Munday to establish an operation in Los Angeles as General Manager, and then was promoted to Vice President"Ann Munday is upped lo vice president and general manager of publishing for Chrysalis Music in Los Angeles." Billboard Magazine Dec 6, 1980 . There she worked to sign new composers and work with the label's artists, including Blondie, Jethro Tull, Billy Idol, and Pat Benetar. She also worked with Carlene CarterMusic Week, December 15, 1990 "She will continue to manage Carlene Carter outside the US." , Frank Wildhorn who wrote Where Do Broken Hearts Go for Whitney Houston, Jack Lee, who composed Hanging on the Telephone, covered by Blondie, Come Back and Stay, covered by Paul Young and You Are My Lover, recorded by Suzi Quatro.Billboard Magazine, Dec 6, 1980, Executive Turntable "Ann Munday is upped lo vice president and general manager of publishing for Chrysalis Music in Los Angeles." 
After selling his share of Chrysalis Records, Terry Ellis started a new label in 1990, Imago Records. He brought Munday in to run the publishing divisions.She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul (Penguin Books), Page 425, Chapter Talkin' Business, ISBN-13: 978-0140251555 "Vice-president/general manager of Imago Songs in New York between 1991 and 1993..." The Hollywood Reporter - Volume 320, Issues 1-17 - Page 10, "Ann Munday has been named vp and general manager of Imago Songs Inc. , the label and publishing company recently launched by Imago Records." 
In 1997 to 2000, Munday was a juror for the media awards for the “All Different All Equal” (ADAE) campaign during the European Year Against Racism. She also produced a music magazine for the campaign.Commission for Racial Equality. CRE Race in the Media Awards. Commission for Racial Equality, 1997. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.28327773.Commission for Racial Equality. Commission for Racial Equality 1998. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.28327979.Commission for Racial Equality. CRE Race in the Media Awards 2000. Commission for Racial Equality, 2000. JSTOR, Accessed 29 May 2023
==Women executives in the music industry==
Ann Munday is among a handful of women who broke the glass ceiling in the music industry in the 1970s and 1980s, which in the 21st Century, is still dominated by men. She was one of six women executives profiled and interviewed in Cosmopolitan's 1982 article on Women in the business side of the Music Business.Cosmopolitan Magazine, November 1982 Women In The Record Industry, "For the first time, women are pioneering in the zany competitive, and very lucrative pop-record industry... Ann Munday is vice-president and general manager of publishing for Chrysalis Records.”Billboard Magazine Nov 20, 1982 "Sexual equality has been an issue in the music and entertainment fields as much as in other trades, but now Cosmopolitan's on the case. The current edition of the feminine monthly plugs into music biz careers via a long feature on a group of women executives interviewed by the magazine. Among them are Chrysalis Music chief Ann Munday...". She was one of only a few women executives included in the chapter about women in the business side of the music industry in the encyclopedic book, She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul, which primarily focused on women musicians and vocalists.She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul (Penguin Books), Page 425, Chapter Talkin' Business, ISBN-13: 978-0140251555 “…Women have built up a strong presence within the publishing business through a combination of assiduous attention to detail and people man­agement. Vice-president/general manager of Imago Songs in New York between 1991 and 1993, Ann Munday began her career in early-1970s' London...” 
Despite the gains in the 1970s and 1980s, the lack of women senior executives in the music business is still an issue todayThe Business Journal, July 22nd 2021, “Annenberg researchers have repeatedly found women artists capture the spotlight, but they have a smaller role in the broader industry...” , according to an 2021 Annenberg study, "...across 70 major and independent music companies... 13.9% were women".Annenberg Foundation Inclusion in the Music Business: Gender & Race/Ethnicity Across Executives, Artists & Talent Teams - June 2021 "A total of 70 major and independent companies were examined for their top executives. At the pinnacle of power within these entities..., 86.1% of top executives were men (13.9% women, n=10)" Women fare far better outside the music industry; according to a 2021 report by U.S. News & World Report, “Women held 31.7% of top executive positions across all industries…”U.S. News and World Report, States With the Highest Percentage of Female Top Executives "The share of women holding top executive positions in the U.S. has grown steadily in recent years, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Women held 31.7% of top executive positions across industries in 2021, a near five-point increase since 2015, when it stood at 27.1%."|
==Credits==
*Editor Great songs of World War II London: Wise Publications, 1975. . Great songs of World War II published by Wise Publications, Music Sales 1975 |CiNii Research Incorporated Databases 
*Editor Original Masters, music book of Steel Eye Span album by the same name. Chrysalis Music, 1977 ISBN 0-86001-490-8Song Book of Steel Eye Span's Original Masters Original Masters - Steeleye Span
Category:1949 births
Category:People from Middlesex
Category:English people
Category:Music publishers