Bob Dylan is understood to have negotiated the arrangement with Universal Music Publishing Group directly. Photo / Chris Pizzello, AP, FileBob Dylan's entire catalogue of songs, one of the great treasures in music history, has been acquired by Universal Music Publishing Group for an undisclosed sum. Dylan topped the Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time in 2015 and the song Like A Rolling Stone was named by the magazine as the best ever written. Bob Dylan performs before a sold-out crowd in New York's Madison Square Garden in 1975 with the Rolling Thunder Revue. Photo / AP, FileDylan's songs have been recorded more than 6000 times, by various artists from dozens of countries, cultures and music genres.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 07, 2020 15:45 UTC