Universal Music Publishing Group has acquired Criterion Music Corporation – the 70-year-old home of hits across pop, country, jazz and Hawaiian genres.

The Criterion catalogue features songs written by the likes of Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker (Ornithology), Lee Hazlewood (These Boots Are Made For Walkin’), Lyle Lovett (If I Had A Boat), Rodney Crowell (Shame On The Moon), Rosanne Cash (Seven Year Ache), Jackson Browne (Doctor My Eyes) and others.

The catalogue includes 13 No.1 country hits in total and one ...