London, 3rd November 2014:  Sunny Side Up the lyric licensing agency is delighted to announce that it has forged a global deal with peermusic, the leading global independent music publisher.
Peermusic boasts an extensive catalogue with songs ranging from ‘You Are My Sunshine’ through ‘You Raise Me Up’ to more recent hits such as Katy Perry’s ‘Firework’ and ‘Umbrella’, made famous by Rihanna.  The company also holds the rights to the catalogues of iconic artists such as Buddy Holly, Donovan and Hoagy Carmichael.  In fact it was Buddy Holly’s band the Crickets that inspired John Lennon to name his band The Beatles!
The inspiration behind the partnership was driven by the recognition of the unparalleled power of music and uplifting nature of lyrics.
Michael Gottlieb, Managing Partner Sunny Side Up Licensing said:  “We are very pleased to add the peermusic catalogue to the roster of rights that Sunny Side Up represents.  The peermusic catalogue contains some timeless lyrics that will translate beautifully onto a wide range of products.”
Nigel Elderton, European President of peermusic added: “This is a very exciting development for all parties and we look forward to seeing our songwriters’ lyrics on a wide variety of consumer products.”
 
About peermusic
Peermusic is a global independent music publisher with a rich and diverse musical heritage  The international roster includes such notable catalogues from the likes of Buddy Holly and Donovan, along with an extensive selection of Country and Latin standards. The UK roster includes a combination of talented established and emerging songwriters, including Adam Argyle(Newton Faulkner, Olly Murs, Melanie C), Deli Ladimeji (Jay Sean, Melanie C, Arashi) and Luke Juby (Emeli Sandi, Professor Green).

About Sunny Side Up Licensing
Sunny Side Up (www.sunnysideuplicensing.com) is the first licensing consultancy to specialise in licensing famous song lyrics for use on consumer products. The consultancy was launched in July 2014 by licensing specialist Michael Gottlieb who has been involved in the licensing entertainment and consumer product industries for over 25 years. He has worked with some of the largest rights owners since starting his career at Warner Bros Consumer Products in the late 1980s. Gottlieb founded Sunny Side Up after spotting the commercial potential of featuring instantly recognisable song lyrics on a broad variety of consumer products.
 
For further information contact: 
Juliet Dawson
JDPR Limited
Tel:  07976 836147
Email:jd@julietdawson.co.uk