Most copyrights just do not get the attention they deserve. Managed alongside tens of millions of other songs in the black box operations of large corporates, even great songs struggle to receive the administrative and creative focus necessary to generate the royalty income they should.
Valentine Music breathes life into copyright administration in a way that only an independent service can. With decades of experience, we know how to navigate the roadblocks of the global royalty infrastructure with human attention and the latest forensic tools, to chase down every last royalty and deliver publishing administration that is second to none.
Many writers say they can never reach their publisher. If Valentine Music is handling your most important works, we will talk, regularly.
Designated a Living Legend by the Library of Congress, for a career that defied standard jazz conventions across six decades. In 1959 Time Out became the first jazz album to sell a million copies. Valentine has represented the Derry catalogue outside the US and Japan since 1977.
Four records on the clock · click a cover
Dave Brubeck · four records
Cut by Ronnie Cook and the Gaylads in Bakersfield in 1962, remade by The Cramps in 1981, and sent round the world again in 2022 by Jenna Ortega's dance scene in Netflix's Wednesday. One song, three audiences, sixty years apart.
Two records and a still · click a cover
Goo Goo Muck · 1962, 1981, 2022
Major fame in 1979 with Welcome to the Cruise, signed to Elton John's label and touring the States as his guest. Nearly fifty years and more than twenty albums later, wholly self-managed and independent. Many of the hits she wrote with guitarist Mike Paxman are with Valentine Music.
Two records on the clock, a third to come · click a cover
Judie Tzuke · twenty albums and counting