BMG has announced a global agreement with George Harrison Estates to manage its popular music catalog of more than 200 songs written by The Beatles, Travel Wilbures and for their acclaimed solo career. Classics like “Here Comes The Sun” (the most popular Beatles song on streaming services), “while My Guitar Gently Weeps” and “Something” and albums like All Things Must Pass are part of the decade.
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“I am happy to announce that my father’s discography will be with BMG/Dark Horse Records. We have had a long and successful partnership with BMG over the years and look forward to continuing to expand our relationship in the future,” says Dhani Harrison.
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Hartwig Masoch, CEO of BMG, adds: “George Harrison is one of the iconic names who represent what it means to be an influential, successful and humanitarian artist. It’s a milestone to believe that of the 188 songs released by The Beatles during their career, George is the most played on Spotify by a large margin. It is an honor for all of us here at BMG to now represent this catalog artist whose legacy is so keen on his legacy and we will do everything in our power to live up to that trust.”
The deal expands the relationship with Harrison’s music label, Dark Horse Records, with BMG serving as his global partner. The company led by Dhani Harrison and David Zonshine recently released the new album Billy Idol, as well as owning the rights to 16 Leon Russell albums over the years between 1984 and 2013, and a management deal for hundreds of songs by Joe Stromer, including all three. Miscaliros albums as well as Clash’s sixth and final album Cut The Crap.
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BMG also serves as Dhani’s record label, through which he released his latest work “IN /// PARALLEL”. Additionally, BMG’s longtime association with Harrison’s work includes the 2016 edition of “George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison,” the live album that features a star-studded ensemble performing songs from throughout his career. Harrison.
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Eleanor Rigby
“Eleanor Rigby” exemplifies the maturity of the Beatles well in its composition, both in simple harmony, and using variations of minor E on strings orchestrated by producer George Martin. Even in words, one of the most beautiful songs on the set, which talks about loneliness while telling the story of Eleanor and Father Mackenzie, both of whom live lonely in their figurative lives.
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The track was given a version with a larger and more dramatic orchestra by arranger Cody Fry. The high quality of the interpretation is unquestionable, and it was even nominated for a Grammy Award.
We can work with it
With a different approach, “We Can Work It Out” offers in its lyrics a two-way discussion in which the lyrical self asks to consider her arguments and take her side into account. Guitar music that accompanies vocal harmony.
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The song also features a shift in harmony for the chorus – switching from Lennon to MacCartney – leaving the song in secondary and deeper chords. Thus, music brings a range of sounds and feelings.
Lapping and squawking
Straight from the band’s debut album “Twist and Shout” is a cover that receives the traces of “La Bamba” and screaming chant that left John Lennon without a sound after recording. Dancer and energetic, the song really showed off the face of the band with harmonious chants and fast singles by George Harrison, not to mention Starr’s swinging drums.
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The song is best known for its use in the movie “Enjoy the Crazy Life,” when protagonist Ferris Bueller sang and danced to the song during a layover in the city, in the middle of Main Street.
Benny Lin
“Penny Lane” shows the rustic side of Lennon/McCartney’s poetry with descriptive words about a street or a pleasant space that engages all senses, eyes, and ears.
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In this track, the band also decided to innovate, although with all the band’s distinct instruments and their heroine, the music has horns, including solos where the trumpeter reaches very high notes and surprises with a beat that goes against the rest without causing confusion to the audience.
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