Ric Ocasek (Gus Stewart/ Redferns assortment)
NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) — Unbiased music publish Main Wave introduced a brand new partnership with the Property of Ric Ocasek, frontman and precept songwriter of the legendary New Wave band The Automobiles.
The deal will see Main Wave companion with the Property on Ocasek’s publishing catalog, together with all songs from his tenure with the Automobiles, together with all the music he launched as a solo artist.
Moreover, Main Wave can have a stake in his identify, picture, and likeness rights, and supply advertising and marketing workforce and publishing help for brand new advertising and marketing, branding, digital, and synch alternatives, in addition to movie & tv tasks.
With a profession that spans 5 years, Ocasek offered greater than 20 million information with the Automobiles, together with greater than 10 High Ten hits. Over the course of his profession, Ocasek and the Automobiles have been nominated for six Grammys and have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame in 2018.
The catalog consists of hits akin to “My Finest Buddy’s Lady,” “Let The Good Instances Roll,” and “Let’s Go” in addition to “Drive” which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Scorching 100 in 1984.
Ocasek’s solo albums included Beatitude (1982), Fireball Zone (1990), Troublizing (1997) and Nexterday (2005) and creative work consists of 2012’s Lyrics & Prose, a e book of poetry, lyrics and drawings, and, in 2017, a collection of nice artwork gallery exhibits of his work and prints.
Ocasek died in 2019 from problems of hypertensive coronary heart and coronary artery illness.