In 1969, Paul McCartney started Mpl Communications, the umbrella company that handled his multitude of business interests. The company owns the publishing rights to decades-worth of music from many classic artists. Paul McCartney isn’t too involved with the company and was surprised to discover that Mpl was the publisher for the musical Annie.
Mpl Communications is one of the world’s largest music publishers Paul McCartney | Noam Galai/WireImage
Mpl (McCartney Productions Ltd.) Communications is a music publishing company founded by McCartney. The company handled McCartney’s post-Beatles work but would later own the copyrights of 100–years’ worth of music. Mpl owns the distribution rights for many songs from artists like Buddy Holly, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Carl Perkins, and John Lennon.
The company has also bought the rights to a few films, including a film adaptation of Rupert Bear. Many TV shows and movies that want to use copyrighted...
Mpl Communications is one of the world’s largest music publishers Paul McCartney | Noam Galai/WireImage
Mpl (McCartney Productions Ltd.) Communications is a music publishing company founded by McCartney. The company handled McCartney’s post-Beatles work but would later own the copyrights of 100–years’ worth of music. Mpl owns the distribution rights for many songs from artists like Buddy Holly, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Carl Perkins, and John Lennon.
The company has also bought the rights to a few films, including a film adaptation of Rupert Bear. Many TV shows and movies that want to use copyrighted...
- 2/12/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
A classic film reminds Paul McCartney of the concept behind his 1973 song, “Band on the Run.” The word “band” in the name means a couple of different things.
Paul McCartney | Michael Putland/Getty Images Paul McCartney said his song ‘Band on the Run’ reminds him of a certain film
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that the concept of his song, “Band on the Run,” and its album remind him of a particular classic film and even a children’s cartoon.
“Certain aspects of it remind me of ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,'” Paul wrote. “The undertaker is ringing a bell because he’s upset he has so few customers. Sailor Sam’s a character out of ‘Rupert Bear,’ the comic strip by Mary Tourtel. But he fitted in somehow.”
Sailor Sam pops up in “Band on the Run” in the lyric, “And the jailer man...
Paul McCartney | Michael Putland/Getty Images Paul McCartney said his song ‘Band on the Run’ reminds him of a certain film
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that the concept of his song, “Band on the Run,” and its album remind him of a particular classic film and even a children’s cartoon.
“Certain aspects of it remind me of ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,'” Paul wrote. “The undertaker is ringing a bell because he’s upset he has so few customers. Sailor Sam’s a character out of ‘Rupert Bear,’ the comic strip by Mary Tourtel. But he fitted in somehow.”
Sailor Sam pops up in “Band on the Run” in the lyric, “And the jailer man...
- 1/29/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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