The Round Hill Music Royalty Fund has acquired a bundle of music rights from David Coverdale, the Whitesnake frontman and former lead singer of Deep Purple. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to the announcement, the acquisition includes his music publishing and master recording royalties and from his three-album stint in the mid-1970s with Deep Purple — Burn, Come Taste The Band, and Stormbringer — and from his entire Whitesnake catalog including the band’s multi-platinum 1987 self-titled album. Also, as part of the deal Round Hill apparently has acquired some Whitesnake master recordings that Coverdale owned. In addition, the deal includes a neighboring rights administration agreement for both his Whitesnake’s catalog and his share of the Deep Purple albums he performed on. ...
Tawny Kitaen, who shot to fame in the 1980s by appearing in multiple Whitesnake videos like “Here I Go Again,” “In the Still of the Night” and “Is This Love,” has died at the age of 59. According to the Orange County coroner’s office, she died at her home in Newport Beach, California on Friday. A cause of death has not been revealed. Born Tawny Finley on Aug. 5, 1961 in San Diego, Kitaen also appeared in films like 1984’s Bachelor Party that starred Tom Hanks and television roles that included an appearance on Seinfeld as Jerry’s girlfriend in “The Nose Job” and made appearances on The New WKRP in Cincinnati. Kitaen is forever known for her starring appearances, however, in the aforementioned Whitesnake clips, where she featured with her ex-husband, singer David Coverdale. T...