Cherry Lane Music
Cherry Lane Music was an American music publisher based in New York City. It was founded in 1960 by Milton Okun in the apartment above the Cherry Lane Theater in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Cherry Lane Music developed a wide range of high quality sheet music, DVDs, and educational tools for musicians. In March 2010, Cherry Lane was acquired by BMG Rights Management, which had been formed in 2008 jointly by Bertelsmann AG and Kohlberg [Kravis Roberts & Co.] BMG operated Cherry Lane as a subsidiary and is currently an in-name-only unit of BMG Rights Management.
History
The print company's portfolio included sheet music of performing artists from a wide variety of genres, including Linda Ronstadt, Kenny Rogers, Barbra Streisand, Richard Marx, Bonnie Raitt, Billy Idol, Pat Benatar, Maury Yeston, Billy Squier, John Denver, The [Black Eyed Peas], Quincy Jones, John Legend, Elvis Presley, the soundtrack to the Pokémon franchise, the White Stripes, the Dave Matthews Band, Metallica, and Jack Johnson.When BMG acquired Cherry Lane in 2010, the number of copyrighted musical works was approximately 150,000. The estimated acquisition price ranged between 85 and 100 million US dollars.
Cherry Lane Music distributed products through Hal Leonard, another US-based music publisher. As of 2019, BMG no longer lists Cherry Lane as a subsidiary or a company brand. Its website was merged into BMG's "new music company" website.