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Fatback Band founder Bill Curtis visits BMG London HQ with NSA’s John Fogarty

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Bill Curtis, founder of legendary funk masters Fatback Band visits BMG London HQ with John Fogarty (founder of Minder Music and NSA) to meet with BMG MD Alistair Norbury’s team (pictured L-R John Fogarty, Bill Curtis, & Alistair Norbury)

Bill Curtis, founder of legendary funk masters, The Fatback Band and New Songs Administration founder John Fogarty visited BMG’s London headquarters to meet with MD Alistair Norbury and team.

Fogarty was the longtime publisher of the Fatback catalogue through his previous company, Minder Music, which was acquired by BMG in 2015.  In addition to running NSA’s operations, Fogarty remains a consultant to BMG on works in the Minder catalogue.

Fatback works have consistently been covered and/or sampled, most famously by Dr. Dre who illegally sampled the band’s “Backstrokin’”, costing him over $1,000,000 after a high-profile court case in Los Angeles brought by Fogarty on behalf of Minder.

Fatback works continue to set trends with the new Chaka Khan song, “Wild Sugar”  heavily sampling their classic hit “Bus Stop”.

John Fogarty and Abby Schroeder visit with PRS Chairman Nigel Elderton

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(L to R) NSA owner and founder John Fogarty, Abby Shroeder, PRS Chairman Nigel Elderton

Abby Schroeder, widow of the legendary songwriter Aaron Schroeder, visited the PRS Kings Cross office last week to meet with PRS Chairman and staff.

Pictured here with Mrs. Schroeder are John Fogarty, owner and founder of New Songs Administration on the left and PRS Chairman Nigel Elderton on the right.

Aaron Schroeder wrote worldwide evergreen hits such as “It’s Now or Never” and “Big Hunk of Love” for Elvis Presley, and his catalogue contains works recorded by The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Perry Como, Cliff Richard, Bobby Vee, Roy Orbison, and others.

NSA is proud to include the Aaron Schroeder catalogue as part of its repertoire.

“Uptown Funk” introduces Cadillac’s new XT4

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Cadillac has chosen “Uptown Funk” to introduce its innovative new XT4 model.  The commercial debuted during the broadcast of the Academy Awards in the United States, and its use of “Uptown Funk” illustrates Cadillac’s ability to appeal to new generations and keep its iconic brand at the forefront of the automotive market.

Car lover and New Songs owner John Fogarty declined the offer of a new Cadillac (only joking) as he is devoted to the ’56 Eldorado favoured by Elvis, but agreed that the use of “Uptown Funk” in the new commercial for Cadillac would be great for both Cadillac and “Uptown Funk”

L’Oreal Chooses “Uptown Funk” for Worldwide Ad Campaign

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Iconic cosmetic brand L'Oreal has chosen "Uptown Funk" as the music for its upcoming major worldwide advertising campaign for its Garnier line.  The commercial for the Garnier Fructis HairFood Mask originates in France and New Songs Administration thanks French sync queen Jessica Ibgui for her wonderful efforts on bringing the deal to fruition.  Naturally, a monster fee has been secured for the use of the biggest hit of the modern era in connection with this world-famous brand.  All L'Oreal users are sure to be "funked up!"

Song Legends: “Lucky Devil” and “Rubber Ball” featured on new compilation releases

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Lucky Devil written by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold and recorded by the English-born Australian Frank Ifield features on the compilation by Len Goodman ‘Len’s Legends: Best of British’ to be released on November 24th. The compilation celebrates some of the best voices and music talent from the UK that has helped shape Len’s life and career and includes songs by Queen, Cliff Richard and the Young Ones, Dame Shirley Bassey and many others. Len famously appeared on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.

The latest instalment of the massively successful ‘Dreamboats and Petticoats’ series features Rubber Ball written by Aaron Schroeder and Anne Orlowski and recorded by Bobby Vee. “Dreamboats and Petticoats: The Diamond Edition”, to be released on November 3rd, celebrates 60 years of rock’n’roll and swing hits and features other songs by Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Lulu and many more.

“Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)” featured on ‘Christmas With Elvis Presley And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’

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Sony Music/RCA Records have announced the “Christmas With Elvis Presley And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra” album which features the classic “Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)” represented by NSA Ltd alongside other Christmas favourites.

The album brings together some performances from the classic 1957 “Elvis’ Christmas Album” and the 1971 album “Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas”, all combined with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

The album will release on October 6th and a deluxe edition of the album containing four bonus tracks will follow on November 24th.

It’s the third album of orchestral re-workings of tracks performed by Elvis following the UK number one albums ‘The Wonder Of You’ in 2016 and ‘If I Can Dream’ in 2015, both wildly successful albums in the UK and around the world selling over 2.3 million copies combined.

“It’s Now Or Never” and “Big Hunk O’ Love” featured on “The 50 Greatest Hits” by Elvis Presley

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Sony Music are releasing “The 50 Greatest Hits” album by Elvis Presley on Friday 11th August which features the classic works represented by NSA Ltd “It’s Now Or Never” and “Big Hunk O’ Love” alongside many other classics recorded by Elvis.

The television-advertised release coincides with the fortieth anniversary of the King’s death and charted at number 2 in the UK Albums chart in the first week of release.