# Northern Songs

> former John Lennon / Paul McCartney music publishing company

**Wikidata**: [Q2499404](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2499404)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Songs)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/northern-songs

## Summary

Northern Songs was a private limited company founded by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Brian Epstein, and Dick James . The company was established to manage the songwriting catalog of the Beatles, with Lennon and McCartney being the primary songwriters whose compositions would be administered through the company. Northern Songs operated as the publishing arm for the legendary songwriting partnership that drove much of the Beatles' success.The company was dissolved on January 1, 1995 , marking the end of an entity that had played a significant role in the music industry for decades. As a private limited company , Northern Songs functioned as a business entity under British corporate law, facilitating the administration and protection of the Beatles' musical catalog. The company's dissolution concluded a chapter in music publishing history that had begun with the collaboration between the four founders.


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. MusicBrainz