Pop superstar Michael Jackson and Sony Music have agreed to buy the legendary country music publisher Acuff-Rose, whose 55,000-song library includes works by Hank Williams, Roy Orbison and the Everly Brothers, the seller, Gaylord Entertainment Co., said on July 2, 2002. More than 100 Acuff-Rose songs have been broadcast over the airwaves at least 1 million times. Jackson is seen during a visit to Devon, England June 14. (Darren Staples/Reuters) Â