Frank Sinatra Estate Sells Image and Likeness Rights to Irving Azoff
This is the latest investment into the catalog and estate of historic artists by Azoff
Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group (IAG) has acquired the image and likeness rights of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra.
The deal:
According to a report from Bloomberg, Azoff is working on a Las Vegas venue dedicated to The Rat Pack, the singing group consisting of Sinatra and fellow icons of the era, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Mickey Rooney, among others.
Azoff stated IAG owns part of Martin’s estate, as well as other members of The Rat Pack.
Background:
IAG has purchased controlling stakes in the catalogs and estates of numerous other legends of the past in recent years.
Said artists include Cher, The Beach Boys, David Crosby, Rod Stewart, Nat King Cole, and Joe Cocker.
Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group (IAG) has acquired the image and likeness rights of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra.
The deal:
According to a report from Bloomberg, Azoff is working on a Las Vegas venue dedicated to The Rat Pack, the singing group consisting of Sinatra and fellow icons of the era, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Mickey Rooney, among others.
Azoff stated IAG owns part of Martin’s estate, as well as other members of The Rat Pack.
Background:
IAG has purchased controlling stakes in the catalogs and estates of numerous other legends of the past in recent years.
Said artists include Cher, The Beach Boys, David Crosby, Rod Stewart, Nat King Cole, and Joe Cocker.
Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group (IAG) has acquired the image and likeness rights of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra.
The deal:
According to a report from Bloomberg, Azoff is working on a Las Vegas venue dedicated to The Rat Pack, the singing group consisting of Sinatra and fellow icons of the era, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Mickey Rooney, among others.
Azoff stated IAG owns part of Martin’s estate, as well as other members of The Rat Pack.
Background:
IAG has purchased controlling stakes in the catalogs and estates of numerous other legends of the past in recent years.
Said artists include Cher, The Beach Boys, David Crosby, Rod Stewart, Nat King Cole, and Joe Cocker.
Irving Azoff
Iconic Artists Group
Frank Sinatra
The Rat Pack
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr.
Mickey Rooney
Cher
The Beach Boys
David Crosby
Music Catalog Acquisition Boom
Consolidation Of Legacy Artist Estates
Posthumous Music Management
Expanding Artist IP Beyond Music
Vegas Residency Resurgence
Music Business Deals
Legacy Group Brand Revival
Image Rights
Estate Deals
Catalog Sales
Themed Venues
United States
Las Vegas, US
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This article was written with information sourced from Music Business Worldwide and Bloomberg.
We covered it because Irving Azoff and IAG are major industry figures.
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