{"id":2034844,"date":"2026-07-09T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2034844"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:30:00","slug":"boutique-publisher-dynamite-acquires-cherish-singer-songwriter-terry-kirkmans-catalog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2034844","title":{"rendered":"Boutique Publisher Dynamite Acquires \u2018Cherish\u2019 Singer, Songwriter, Terry Kirkman\u2019s Catalog"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tSpecialist music publisher Dynamite said on Thursday (July 9) it acquired the catalog of Terry Kirkman, principal songwriter of The Association and author and lead singer on the choral pop classic, \u201cCherish\u201d which held the No. 1 spot on Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in 1966.<\/p>\n

\n\tFormed in Los Angeles in 1965, The Association evolved out of a 13-piece folk\/rock group called The Men, that was briefly the house band at the famed Troubadour club. While The Association tended toward more polished, mainstream pop, music often called \u201csunshine pop,\u201d Dynamite CEO Alan Wallis<\/strong> cautions against being swooned by the melodramatic ballad \u201cCherish\u201d into thinking all of the band\u2019s songs were the same.<\/p>\n

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    \n\t\u201cTerry\u2019s talents went far beyond [\u2018Cherish\u2019],\u201d Wallis said in a statement. \u201cA song like \u2018Requiem for the Masses\u2019 existed side by side with \u2018Cherish\u2019, also written by Terry and recorded by the same group, within the same creative period.<\/p>\n

    \n\t\u201cOne is among the most tender love songs of the decade. The other is effectively a choral anti-war lament shaped by the shadow of Vietnam. A writer capable of both has a rare gift, and it\u2019s no wonder his songs have stood the test of time,\u201d said Wallis, formerly of Mojo Music & Media.<\/p>\n

    \n\tDynamite acquired 100% of the U.S. publishing copyrights of key songs the group recorded in the 1960s worldwide songwriter royalties not impacted by performance rights organizations and the writer\u2019s share of public performance income across all compositions, as well as artist royalties attributable to Kirkman\u2019s performances on The Association\u2019s sound recordings and neighboring rights income.<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe transaction adds 71 compositions to Dynamite portfolio of some 1,700 songs, which include the catalog of Ed Sheeran and\u00a0Paolo Nutini\u00a0songwriter Chris Leonard; Sly Jordan, whose songs have been performed by Kendrick Lamar and Sean Kingston; Jim Sullivan of the English electronic music duo The Wideboys;\u00a0Dan + Shay\u00a0songwriter Danny Orton; and other works performed by Eminem, Avicii, The Black Eyed Peas, Joan Osborne, and Tinie Tempah.<\/p>\n

    \n\tLaunched in 2025, Dynamite has backing from Crestline Investors Inc., a Fort Worth, Texas-based investment manager with $20.9 billion in assets under management that previously invested in Mojo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    \n\tDynamite acquired the rights from Kirkman\u2019s wife, Heidi Kirkman, who expressed confidence that The Association\u2019s unique sound and style would be protected under Dynamite\u2019s management.<\/p>\n

    \n\t\u201cIt is clear that Terry\u2019s catalogue is heading into the hands of an aficionado who can parse between psychedelic rock and folk rock, between sunshine pop and bubble gum music, and knows exactly where The Association falls in this spectrum,\u201d Heidi Kirkman said in a statement.<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe Kirkman estate was represented by Music Rights Group and Miles Feinberg.<\/p>\n

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/P101ZC06-e1783597711581.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Specialist music publisher Dynamite said on Thursday (July 9) it acquired the catalog of Terry Kirkman, principal songwriter of The Association and author and lead singer on the choral pop classic, \u201cCherish\u201d which held the No. 1 spot on Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in 1966. Formed in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2034844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2034844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2034844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2034844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2034844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}