The melody starts to blur | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News
In perhaps the most famous example of songwriting plagiarism taken to trial, the late George Harrison was accused of lifting the melody of the Chiffons’ He’s So Fine for his first solo recording, the 1971 No 1 epic My Sweet Lord.In 1976, Harrison was found to have subconsciously plagiarised the earlier tune, a verdict that had repercussions throughout the music industry. He claimed to have used the out-of-copyright Oh Happy Day, a Christian hymn, as his inspiration for the song’s melody.Now, Led Zeppelin is in court facing charges which allege the British rock band stole the opening chords for Stairway to Heaven from the 1967 instrumentalTaurus by the American band Spirit. It seems the two bands did tour together in the US over a period of two years.
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