BMG Acquires Hal David, John Lee Hooker & ARC Music’s Full Publishing Catalogs

The acquisition completes a transaction that first got underway in 2016.

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BMG has acquired the remaining interests in the publishing catalogs of Burt Bacharach collaborator Hal David, late blues legend John Lee Hooker and ARC Music, the company announced on Monday (July 13).

BMG had been administering ARC Music’s catalog since 2010, when the company partnered with Fuji Music Group. It acquired a majority stake in the catalog in 2016. In 2022, BMG and Fuji jointly purchased the music publishing catalog of Hooker, including such classic tunes as “Boom Boom,” “One Scotch, One Beer” and “Boogie Chillen’.”