BMG Acquires Major Stake In Paul Simon’s Simon & Garfunkel Recordings

In the latest chess move in the competition for publishing rights, BMG has acquired a substantial stake in the work of Paul Simon with the purchase of his royalty income in Simon & Garfunkel recordings as well as his neighboring rights income.

Simon & Garfunkel are among the world’s best-selling artists of all time and winners of seven Grammy awards. Tracks including The Sound Of Silence, The Boxer, Mrs. Robinson and Bridge Over Troubled Water reached No. 1 around the world and have been streamed hundreds of millions of times.