Minder Music was founded in the 1980s by former accountant and tour promoter John Fogarty and Beth Clough. BMG already represents Bruno Mars’s share in the song.Ī number of works will be retained by another company owned by John Fogarty including 1920’s music hall and children’s favourite ‘The Laughing Policeman’ as well as Python Lee Jackson/Rod Stewart classic ‘In A Broken Dream’ which has recently been reworked by A$AP Rocky and features on his No 1 US Album At Long Last-A$AP. Most recently The Gap Band’s ‘Oops Upside Your Head’ has been credited on the Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars worldwide smash ‘Uptown Funk’ which is not immediately included in the deal. Other artists to have sampled Minder copyrights include Snoop Dogg, Puff Daddy, Nas, Spice Girls, All Saints, Dr Dre, Erik B & Rakim, Groove Armada, Snap, George Michael, Christina Aguilera – and even Bob The Builder.Īdministered catalogues include works recorded by Elvis Presley, Bob Seger, Frank Sinatra, and ‘Sleep Walk’ by Johnny Farina, currently being used in a television commercial for UK supermarket giant Tesco. Kelly, Blackstreet, Soul for Real and Tina Turner and others. The catalogue is one of the most sampled in music industry history with The Gap Band’s ‘Outstanding’ alone used by artists ranging from Madonna to Shaq’ O’Neal, Kylie Minogue, Usher, R. Most notably, Minder owns rights in seminal R&B bands The Gap Band (‘Oops Upside Your Head’, ‘Outstanding’ and “You Dropped A Bomb On Me”), The Fatback Band (‘I Found Lovin’’, ‘Bus Stop’) and Jimmy Castor (‘It’s Just Begun’ and ‘Troglodyte’), Rufus & Chaka Chan’s ‘Once You Get Started’ and ‘First Impressions’ by The Impressions as well as perennial favourites like Ace’s ‘How Long’ (for which it controls both publishing and recording), Yarbrough & People’s ‘Don’t Stop The Music’ and ‘Denise’ (notably performed by Blondie as ‘Denis’). Smith) to the music from the 1950’s UK children’s TV series Watch With Mother (‘Bill & Ben’, ‘Andy Pandy’ and ‘Time To Go Home’). Minder’s diverse catalogue ranges from works recorded by Cult Band The Fall (a 30 year relationship with Mark E. LONDON, 8 JULY 2015 – New model music company BMG has acquired leading London-based independent music publisher Minder Music and its catalogue from its owner and founder John Fogarty.
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