SongVest To Auction Royalties For 80’s R&B And Dance Classics “I Wanna Be Rich,” “Operator,” “Love Overboard”

SongVest’s unique “Music Memorabilia With A Paycheck” auction December 12-19 at http://www.songvest.com/ to feature “I Wanna Be Rich,” “Operator,” “Love Overboard,” “Casanova,” “Freak-A-Zoid,” “Electricity,” “Meeting In The Ladies Room,” and “Wet My Whistle” from Midnight Star, The Calloway Brothers, LeVert, Klymaxx, and Gladys Knight and the Pips.

5-50% of the Writer’s Share for each of the following songs will be available:

Calloway:
• I Wanna Be Rich: #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Billboard R&B chart

Midnight Star:
• Operator: #1 on the Billboard R&B chart for five weeks and #18 on the Billboard Hot 100

• Freak-A-Zoid: #2 on the Billboard R&B chart for four weeks, #44 on the Billboard Club Play Singles chart, and #66 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart

• Wet My Whistle: #8 on the Billboard R&B chart and #15 on the Billboard Club Play Singles chart

• Electricity: album track on the multi-platinum selling “No Parking on the Dance Floor” album

LeVert:
• Casanova: Soul Train Award winner; nominated for the R&B Song of the Year and Best R&B Performance Grammy and Favorite R&B/Soul Single American Music Award

Gladys Knight and the Pips:
•Love Overboard: Grammy award for R&B Vocal Performance, #1 on the Billboard R&B chart, #4 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Klymaxx:
•Meeting In The Ladies Room: #4 on the Billboard R&B chart, #22 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, and #59 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart

In addition to sharing in the royalty stream the songs generate, high bidders will also receive one-of-a-kind platinum album awards featuring handwritten and signed lyrics.

The auction will begin at 3PM EST on Saturday, December 12 and end at 3PM EST on Saturday, December 19. Fans can register now at http://www.songvest.com/ to learn more about the revenue history for each song and get a glimpse behind the scenes at how and why the songs were written.