Neil Young Sells 50% of His Song Copyrights to Hipgnosis
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn its third major acquisition of the week, Hipgnosis Songs has acquired 50% of Neil Young’s worldwide copyright and income interests in his entire song catalog, which comprises 1,180 songs, including such hits as “Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” “Helpless,” “Hey Hey My My (Into the Black),” “Ohio,” “Old Man,” “Mr. Soul,” “Like a Hurricane,” “Rockin’ in the Free World,” and many others.The Canadian singer-songwriter released his first song in 1963 as a member of a group called the Squires and has released new material nearly every year since then, solo and as a member of Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.