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BMG Buys Catalog of Blues Legend John Lee Hooker in Latest IP Deal
John Lee Hooker. Photo Credit: BMG Immediately after closing a catalog deal with John Legend last thirty day period – and partnering with expense agency Pimco to purchase extra tunes IP – BMG has acquired the music rights of blues singer-songwriter John Lee Hooker. Berlin-headquartered BMG declared its most recent catalog buy today, indicating that it experienced finalized the underlying arrangement with the estate of John Lee Hooker, who passed absent in 2001. The pact encompasses the entirety of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Blues Hall of Fame inductee’s publishing catalog, which BMG acquired with its “longstanding partner Fujipacific Tunes.” Also incorporated in the multifaceted transaction are…