Reservoir Media has confirmed its acquisition of the catalog of multi-Platinum, Grammy-nominated hip-hop producer, and artist Byron Thomas, professionally known as Mannie Fresh. The deal includes both publishing and recorded music rights.
Primary Wave Music has struck a music rights deal with singer and songwriter Russ Ballard. The transaction sees the publisher acquire a stake in Ballard’s music publishing catalog and writer’s share royalties, as well as his writer’s share of public performance.
Reservoir Media has acquired both the publishing and recorded music rights of saxophonist and jazz icon Sonny Rollins. Born in New York in 1930, Rollins is widely regarded as one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time and earned the monikers ‘The Saxophone Colossus’ and ‘The Greatest Living Improviser’.
Influence Media has acquired the publisher’s share of a big chunk of the song catalog of Harry Styles collaborator Tyler Johnson. The deal covers 67 songs Johnson wrote for Styles, Meghan Trainor, Sam Smith, and more between 2012 and 2020.
The firm is pleased to announce that Lisa Alter has again been named to Billboard’s annual “Power 100 List." Each year, this coveted list profiles and recognizes the significant achievements of the most powerful music executives shaping the industry today. Lisa’s profile in Billboard’s special issue highlighted recent deals of hers from the past 18 months, such as the music catalog acquisitions of James Brown, Whitney Houston, Gerry Goffin, and Bing Crosby.
Primary Wave has announced its acquisition of Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek‘s rights as it pertains to their involvement with The Doors. The deal includes the guitarist and late keyboardists’ recorded music, publishing, trademarks and merchandise rights and income.
BMG has bought the rights to the catalog of Grammy award-winning, multi-Platinum-selling singer-songwriter Peter Frampton. The agreement spans his entire musical career from his late-60s work with UK hitmakers The Herd, to 70s supergroup Humble Pie, through gaining superstar status as a solo artist with hit songs including Show Me The Way, Baby, I Love Your Way, Do You Feel Like We Do, I’m In You, and I Can’t Stand It No More, among many others.
The firm is proud to announce that Lisa Alter and Katie Baron were named in Variety’s “Dealmakers Impact Report” for 2022. This illustrious list identifies the key players powering the most significant deals impacting the entertainment industry.
Primary Wave has acquired copyrights to hit Whitney Houston songs as part of a deal for about 60 songs written by songwriters Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill, of American pop-music duo Boy Meets Girl. Included in the catalog are two of Houston’s biggest hits: How Will I Know and I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me).
Primary Wave Music has announced a partnership today with multi-platinum rock act Huey Lewis and The News. The deal encompasses the band’s entire commercially released music catalog from inception through 1994, the period of its biggest hits. Included in the partnership are such hits as “Heart of Rock & Roll,” “Hip to Be Square,” “Workin’ For a Livin’,” and more. Also included in the deal is the band’s 1985 single “The Power of Love.” Written for the blockbuster film “Back to the Future,” the song became the band’s first No. 1 hit.