Music Business World reports
Wise Music Group has announced the purchase of the Marquis, Verulam, and Mistletoe Melodies music publishing companies from The Bocu Group.
In doing so it has acquired the music publishing rights in the hits of legendary rock band The Zombies together with many other well-known writers.
Today’s news follow’s Wise Music Group’s acquisition last month of the catalog of legendary Italian composer Riziero ‘Riz’ Ortolani.
Song titles include Rod Argent’s 1964 British and American hit She’s Not There as well as Tell Her No, Care of Cell 44 and Time of the Season from the 1968 album Odessey and Oracle – the latter was sampled by Eminem in his 2013 song Rhyme or Reason.
The deal also contains Chris White’s This Will Be Our Year, notably covered by The Beautiful South, Foo Fighters and Vanessa Paradis, Argent and White’s Hold Your Head Up, and Russ Ballard’s God Gave Rock and Roll to You – famously covered by American hard rock band Kiss with modified lyrics – the track being released as a single in 1991 from the soundtrack to Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey.
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