The good old Hipgnosis Songs Fund has acquired the catalogue of songwriter Carole Bayer Sager because, well, why the hell not?
After all, the deal covers classic songs like ‘A Groovy Kind Of Love’, ‘Nobody Does It Better’ and ‘That’s What Friends Are For’.“This is one of the most important deals we have ever made”, says Hipgnosis founder Merck Mercuriadis. “Carole’s iconic songs have been making the world go around for more than 55 years.
She has an elegance with words that has made these songs universal and they are not only enormously successful but truly beloved all over the globe.
It’s very special to welcome Carole to the Hipgnosis family and it’s an honour to now be the custodians of these incredible songs that are of genuine cultural.
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