**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATIONPURSUANT TO**

**SECTION 302 OFTHE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

I, Robert F.X.Sillerman, certify that:

(1)          I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-Q of CKX, Inc.

(2)          Based on my knowledge,this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3)          Based on my knowledge,the financial statements, and other financial information included in thisquarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

(4)          The registrant’s othercertifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) for the registrant and have:

(a)         Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused suchcontrols and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure thatmaterial information relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

(b)        Designed such internal controls over financial reporting, or causedsuch internal controls over financial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of thefinancial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for externalpurposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

(c)         Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controlsand procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)        Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s mostrecent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of anannual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;and

(5)          The registrant’s othercertifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and theaudit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:

(a)          All significantdeficiencies in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)         Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting.
| Date: May 9, 2007 | ** ** |     |   | /s/ ROBERT  F.X. SILLERMAN                  |
|------------------------|------------|----------|--------|---------------------------------------------|
|                   | ** ** |     |   | **Robert F.X. Sillerman**                   |
|                   | * *   | * * |   | *Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive* |
|                   | * *   | * * |   | *Officer (Principal Executive Officer)*     |

 

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