Video: That time Michael Jackson bought The Beatles’ songs to the dismay of Paul McCartney
27 years ago today, Michael Jackson purchased the rights to a large collection of The Beatles works known as Northern Songs. Paul McCartney had a chance to buy them earlier with Yoko Ono, but she thought they could get a cheaper price. Partially on the advice of Paul McCartney to invest in music publishing, Michael Jackson purchased the songs for $47.5 million. Paul ended up not being completely happy with his as he explains in the video below:
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