Michael Jackson: Paul McCartney Will Get The Rights To His Songs Over My Dead Body - Page 2
Oh, and that whole Paul McCartney thing? It seems that Michael wants to end their feud over the whole Beatles catalogue, so he's going to leave his share to Sir Paul in his will:
Macca was furious when Jacko outbid him in 1985 to win ownership of the £350million publishing rights to the whole Lennon-McCartney songbook.The stars, once good pals who collaborated on early 80s hits The Girl is Mine and Say, Say, Say have not spoken since.
But the debt-ridden King of Pop, now said to be battling a serious genetic lung disease, is determined to make peace with McCartney.
Jackson, 50, who according to some reports is convinced he is dying and has been using a wheelchair, has drawn up a new will where Sir Paul, 66, will inherit control of his share of the Beatles songbook if the troubled star dies before him.
Sources close to Jacko say he has always regretted falling out with Macca. One insider said: “Michael is worried about his health so decided it was time to look at his finances.
“Most of his estate has been divided up between his three children. But Michael told his lawyers he was sad he no longer talks to Sir Paul and said he wanted to make things right.” [...]
Jacko sold half of his Beatles back catalogue rights to Sony in 1995, but still makes about £40million a year from them.
Macca said recently: “The annoying thing is I have to pay to play some of my own songs. Each time I want to sing Hey Jude I have to pay.”
Well, I guess if MJ were to totally perish and no longer be living, that would end the feud, all right. Of course, by the time Sir Paul gets his hands back on his songs, they'll probably only be worth about $1.83.
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