{"id":6080,"date":"2016-06-21T19:51:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T19:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/06\/21\/epic-rights-acquires-lennon-mccartney-song-catalog\/"},"modified":"2016-06-21T19:51:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T19:51:05","slug":"epic-rights-acquires-lennon-mccartney-song-catalog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2016\/06\/21\/epic-rights-acquires-lennon-mccartney-song-catalog\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Rights Acquires Lennon-Mccartney Song Catalog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/5\/51\/JohnLennonpeace.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"215\" height=\"229\" \/><br \/>One of the best-known and most prolific musical  collaborations in history, the songwriting partnership of John Lennon  and Paul McCartney, published more than 180 songs between 1962 and 1969.  Those comprise the Northern Songs Lennon-McCartney song catalog, owned  by Sony\/ATV Music Publishing, which today named full-service global  branding, licensing and rights management company Epic Rights one of the  catalog&#8217;s global licensing agents.  <!--more-->  Epic Rights is developing a global licensing program for Lyrics Written  By Lennon &amp; McCartney that will incorporate the iconic lyrics of  many of the duo&#8217;s most popular songs into licensed products across  multiple consumer goods categories.<\/p>\n<p> With its Lyrics Written by Lennon &amp; McCartney program, Epic Rights  is developing a global licensing program that will incorporate the  iconic lyrics of many of the duo&#8217;s most popular songs into licensed  products across multiple consumer goods categories. The Company will be  presenting the brand at the upcoming Licensing Expo in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;For many people the world over, a Beatles&#8217; song instantly transports  them to a place, a time, a feeling with huge emotional attachment. Those  iconic lyrics, which double as cultural and historical references, also  communicate attitudes that are as topical and relevant today as they  were in the 1960s,&#8221; explained Dell Furano, CEO, Epic Rights.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The songs of John Lennon and Paul McCartney not only became social  anthems for a generation, they have lived on to inspire people of all  ages around the globe, regardless of language or geographic location,&#8221;  said Sony\/ATV Music Publishing VP, Merchandise &amp; Consumer Products,  Rod Kotler. &#8220;Dell and the Epic Rights team understand the importance of  these lyrics, lyrics that live well beyond the songs that first  delivered them, and we trust him to develop an appropriate licensing  program that respects John Lennon and Paul McCartney&#8217;s treasured  lyrics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Epic Rights&#8217; Executive Vice President of Global Licensing Lisa Streff  added, &#8220;We envision a broad licensed products campaign that encompasses  everything from apparel, accessories and wall art to home electronics,  gifts, stationery, and more. From All You Need is Love to Hey Jude, the  opportunities to develop high quality merchandise that incorporates the  words and sentiments of Paul McCartney and John Lennon&#8217;s lyrics are  limitless.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> From the time of their U.S. television debut in 1964 until their split  in 1970, The Beatles topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart a record-setting  20 times. Those chart toppers, mostly written by John Lennon and Paul  McCartney, are among more than 180 songs that comprise the  Lennon-McCartney music catalog. Among the most popular, according to  Rolling Stone, are Come Together, Hey Jude, Let it Be, In My Life,  Strawberry Fields Forever, A Day in the Life and Yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\">Source: <\/span><span class=\"normal\">Sony\/ATV Music Publishing<br \/><\/span>Photo by Roy Kerwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best-known and most prolific musical collaborations in history, the songwriting partnership of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}