Acquisitive music firm Main Wave has acquired the publishing rights to the complete catalog of Chuck Mangione, the legendary jazz artist, flugelhorn participant and composer behind the hit observe Feels So Good.
The deal additionally contains Mangione’s author’s share, artist royalties and neighboring rights, Main Wave mentioned in an announcement on Thursday (August 22).
The deal’s price ticket was not disclosed, however it contains Mangione being given entry to Main Wave’s advertising and marketing workforce and publishing infrastructure, and it’s anticipated he’ll work with the corporate on new advertising and marketing, branding and sync alternatives, in addition to movie and TV rights.
Main Wave’s Vice President of Enterprise & Authorized Affairs, Lexi Todd, mentioned the corporate “couldn’t be happier” to welcome Mangione into the fold.
“To at the present time, Chuck’s music seems like a breath of contemporary air, and we’re thrilled to have the chance to proceed to breathe new life into these timeless tunes,” she mentioned.
“Chuck’s awards and accolades converse for themselves – he’s a real grasp of his craft, and an unbelievable addition to our roster of legends.”
Since 1960, Mangione has launched greater than 30 albums, and is understood for such tracks as Feels So Good, Bellavia, Land of Make Imagine, Give It All You Received, However Slowly, Kids of Sanchez, As soon as Upon A Love Time, and Chase The Clouds Away.
Mangione has been nominated for 14 Grammy Awards, profitable twice: In 1976 for Finest Instrumental Composition for Bellavia, and in 1979 for Finest Pop Instrumental Efficiency for Kids of Sanchez. That very same yr, Feels So Good was nominated for Report of the Yr. That observe reached the highest 5 on the US charts and propelled the album of the identical title to quantity 2 on the Billboard 200.
A five-decade veteran of the music scene, Mangione first attracted consideration as a trumpet-playing member of the band The Jazz Brothers, during which he performed together with his brother, Hole. The band launched three albums within the early Nineteen Sixties. On the identical time, Mangione attended the Eastman Faculty of Music in his hometown of Rochester, New York.
“To at the present time, Chuck’s music seems like a breath of contemporary air, and we’re thrilled to have the chance to proceed to breathe new life into these timeless tunes.”
Lexi Todd, Main Wave
He performed with numerous different bands earlier than ultimately touchdown a contract with Mercury Information, which resulted in albums comparable to Alive! (1972) and Land of Make Imagine (1973). He then signed with A&M Information, which led to the discharge of a few of his hottest work, together with Chase The Clouds Away and Bellavia.
Mangione continued working by way of the Eighties and Nineties, and solely retired from music in 2015. However some comparatively youthful music followers might know him from King of the Hill, the place he performed himself in animated kind, and composed the rating for one in all his appearances on the favored animated present.
Proving he’s not above some phrase play, Mangione mentioned: “I’m actually thrilled to affix the roster of iconic artists who’re represented by Main Wave. It makes me really feel so good to affix the corporate of such nice artists and musicians.”
For Main Wave, that is the most recent in an extended sequence of music rights acquisitions over the previous yr, which included the catalog of Nuno Bettencourt of 90s rock band Excessive; a publishing partnership with alt-rock band The Spin Medical doctors; and a music rights deal with Neil Finn of Crowded Home.
The corporate additionally struck a deal for the recorded, publishing, model and title and likeness rights of The Village Individuals of YMCA fame; a catalog deal with the property of songwriter and musician P.F. Sloan; and a stake within the catalog of singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka.Music Enterprise Worldwide
