BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -Reigning American Idol Taylor Hicks has settled a lawsuit he brought against a Nashville producer over the rights to three songs he wrote and recorded before becoming a TV phenom.

Hicks gained possession of the master recordings of the songs under the deal, revealed Tuesday in documents filed in federal court in Hicks’ hometown of Birmingham. In exchange, Hicks agreed not to pursue further court action against producer William Smith, who recorded Hicks several years ago and recently placed some of the songs on the iTunes Web site for sale.

No money will change hands under the agreement, which an attorney for Hicks, Joe Leak, described as “amicable.”

“We were primarily just making sure that Taylor had the rights to the music,” Leak said.

Smith operates William Smith Productions and Baldwin Entertainment in Nashville, Tenn., and served as his own attorney.