and most importantly, michael's
share of the sony/atv catalog.
when he bought the catalog that
the beatles songs in it for
$47.5 million back in 1985, that
is now worth $1 billion to $1.5
billion of real money.
cnn just learned that deep
inside that catalog, amongst the
beatles and elvis' music was the
catalog of little richard.
you know, tooty fruity, good
goly miss molly.
we talked to little richard
today and found out that shortly
after michael bought that
catalog, he quietly and his
lawyer, john branca, went over
to see little richard, sat down
with him and said, look, little
richard, you have been so
important to my life, you've
made such an impact in music,
here, we want to give you your
music back.
at the same time, it was worth,
what, $4 million to $5 million
in revenue streams each year.
ultimately, they couldn't work
out the details with sony, but
little richard told us today,
and he'll be at the services,
both the private memorial and
the public memorial tomorrow, he
told...