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Jackie Martling

The Joke Man

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Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling was born in 1948 protect songwriters,
in Long island, NY. He broke into comedy by self composers, musicians,
producing a comedy LP in 1978 which eventually led to and artists.
him being hired by Howard Stern in 1983 as a week-
ly guest writer for Stern’s radio show, which led to him
being hired as the head writer from 1986 to 2001.

Since his departure form The Howard Stern Show,
Martling broke into acting for various TV and film
projects. He continues to perform stand-up comedy
and writing.
BMI was founded in 1939 by forward-thinkers
Jackie was hired as the head writer who wanted to represent songwriters in emerg-
for the Howard Stern Show from ing genres, like jazz, blues and country, and
1986 to 2001. protect the public performances of their music.
Operating on a non-profit-making basis, BMI is
From 2006 to 2014 Martling hosted his own radio now the largest music rights organization in the
show Jackie’s Joke Hunt on Sirius XM satellite radio. He U.S. and is still nurturing new talent and new
released his first music album, Happy Endings (2008). music.

Martling has written two books, Disgustingly Dirty Joke BMI is the bridge between songwriters and the
Book (1998) and The Joke Man: Bow to Stern (2017). businesses and organizations that want to play
their music publicly. As a global leader in music
You can visit his website at www.jokeland.com and buy rights management, BMI serves as an advocate
his second book The Joke Man: Bow to Stern, released on for the value of music, representing nearly 13
October 24, 2017. million musical works created and owned by
more than 800,000 songwriters, composers and
music publishers.

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