Michael Jackson Buys Beatles Catalog - Music History Calendar - Event of the Day

 

1985 Three years after their duet "The Girl Is Mine," Paul McCartney advises Michael Jackson to invest in publishing. Jackson makes a winning bid of $47.5 million for the rights to over 250 Lennon-McCartney Beatles songs owned by ATV publishing, which turns out to be a great investment, but kills their friendship. Read the full story   More Events:   2002 Guns N' Roses kick off their Chinese Democracy world tour with a show in Hong Kong. The album they are touring behind doesn't show up for another six years.   2015 The first presidential playlists are released. Barack Obama's selections include tracks by Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin and John Legend.   1965 Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" hits #1 for the first of three weeks.   See More Events Click here for the previous post