Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager sells rights to catalogue of classic hits

Carole Bayer Sager (Yui Mok/PA)

The songwriter behind hits such as A Groovy Kind Of Love, Nobody Does It Better, That’s What Friends Are For and On My Own has sold the rights to her music catalogue after a flurry of sales by other artists.

Carole Bayer Sager’s songs have been performed by superstars including Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Carole King, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton and Frank Sinatra, and she also enjoyed a successful solo career.