Harmony Music Publishing has introduced it has acquired a portion of the music publishing catalog of Tom Higgenson.
Higgenson is the songwriter and frontman behind the Plain White T’s and the deal consists of the worldwide pop hit, “Hey There Delilah,” and different notable tracks together with “A Lonely September,” “Take Me Away,” and “Radios in Heaven.”
“‘Hey There Delilah’ is actually sung, hummed, or lip-synced in each nook of the world,” says Harmony Chief Enterprise Improvement Officer, Steve Salm. “We’re excited to have made this acquisition which now offers Harmony possession in each the recording and underlying composition of this evergreen music.”
Higgenson says he wrote the music about probably the most lovely lady he’d ever seen—Delilah DiCrescenzo, a cross-country runner. The 2 by no means grew to become a pair, however Higgenson introduced her with a CD of the completed music in 2004. The music went on to earn two Grammy nominations and spent 35 weeks on the Billboard Scorching 100 Chart, peaking at #1 for 2 weeks in a row. The music was the #1 music in eight international locations in 2007-2008.
Tom and Plain White T’s got here to Harmony’s Fearless Information when their self-produced album Cease attracted the eye of the label. The band returned to Fearless for his or her 2018 album Parallel Universe and have launched two singles this yr, together with “Spaghetti Tattoo” and “Glad.”
“I’ve very grateful for the connection I’ve constructed with the Harmony and Fearless groups, and I’m excited to maneuver ahead into the long run with them,” provides Tom Higgenson concerning the deal. Higgenson was represented by his longtime legal professional Scott Bradford of Selverne Bradford, PLLC, almost about this deal.
“Working straight with Tom on this deal has been an amazing expertise and furthermore, Harmony and Fearless are happy that Plain White T’s has as soon as once more chosen Farless to launch their upcoming album,” provides Fearless Information President Andy Serraro.