NEW YORK, Jan 13 — After a half-a-century of legal wrangling, rocker John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival fame said Thursday that he owns a majority stake in his songs...
NEW YORK, Jan 13 — After a half-a-century of legal wrangling, rocker John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival fame said Thursday that he owns a majority stake in his songs again.
In the mid-1960s, entertainment mogul Saul Zaentz signed the now 77-year-old Fogerty and the rest of CCR to Fantasy Records.for decades was the subject of merciless lawsuits, intense press attention and artistic hiatus on the part of Fogerty. Lawsuits that ensued included an eyebrow-raising tax-shelter case, and an even more bombastic plagiarism suit that Zaentz brought followed, with Fogerty going for long stretches without recording.Concord purchased Fantasy in 2004, and Fogerty resigned, but still didn’t own his publishing rights.
Concord agreed: “As of this January, I own my own songs again. This is something I thought would never be a possibility,” the artist wrote on his website. “I am looking forward to touring and celebrating this year!Concord maintains ownership of the CCR masters rights already in its possession, while its deal with Fogerty applies to the publishing rights available to songwriters. Fogerty retains all rights to his solo work.
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