KOPPELMAN PEERS INTO PRINCE VAULTS

Charles Koppelman, who was appointed last week along with L. Londell McMillan to handle Prince’s entertainment assets, went on the record with Page Six columnist Richard Johnson.

“We’re going to be having a good time,” said Koppelman. “There is so much to be done with this estate. There are vaults full of music.”

Big plans are afoot for the artist's released music as well. “Prince was an icon on the level of The Beatles and Michael Jackson, and his legacy should be honored,” Koppelman pointed out, alluding to the Cirque du Soleil shows on both. “Though his name was Prince, I always thought he was the king of music.”

Bremer Trust, the court-approved special administrator of the estate, selected Koppelman and McMillan because they worked together when he insisted on being called “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.”

“He couldn’t have been sweeter. He couldn’t have been more real,” Koppelman said.

Koppelman is one of 18 legends profiled in the HITS’ recently published the first volume of History of the Music Business: The Mike Sigman Interviews. Order copies from [email protected].