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...quotidian hit Sunflower ("She's a sunflower, she's my sunflower, and I . . .") cost Herman $250,000 when he indignantly settled out of court in 1966. Ten years later, former Beatle George Harrison was nicked for $400,000 when a judge ruled that the 1970 number My Sweet Lord ("Hare Krishna") closely resembled the Chiffons' 1963 single He's So Fine ("Doo lang, doo lang, doo lang"). And in 1983 a Chicago jury ruled that the Bee Gees' How Deep Is Your Love (1977) was a little too deeply influenced by a 1975 ditty called Let It End, by Ronald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Has Somebody Stolen Their Song? | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...scores were blown up to display a suspiciously exact correspondence of notes; on the witness stand, even Bee Gee Maurice Gibb couldn't tell the two songs apart. The similarities between Herman's song and David's consisted of an identical series of ten intervals. And My Sweet Lord really does sound very much like He's So Fine, in melody and rhythm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Has Somebody Stolen Their Song? | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

Together the true lovers battle an onslaught of perilous obstacles--including the murderous attempts of bad guy Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon) to marry sweet Buttercup. Ultimately, however, they live happily ever after. Aah, how refreshingly silly...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Refried Bride | 10/16/1987 | See Source »

...Sweet revenge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 15th-Ranked Booters Stun Sixth-Ranked Huskies, 1-1 | 10/15/1987 | See Source »

...students to eat "a nutritious breakfast" may never be the same again. They'll have to change the four food groups to five, to accomodate syrupy, sugary beverages and foods. They'll recommend three daily portions from the Cola group, although they will allow for substitutions made of Nutra Sweet...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Snap, Crackle and Pop | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

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