And yet there's more:

Come Together / Here come ole flat top - Chuck Berry  (I think John got 
sued)

Run For Your Life / I'd rather see you dead little girl than to be with 
another man - some old Elvis tune

I Should Have Known Better / I never realized what a kiss could be - 
Everly Brothers ('Til) I Kissed You

...however, how many great songs would be removed from our world if all 
the petty theft was enforced?  I kind of think it should be permissable 
as long as it's just a pinch here and there.

My fave example of getting carried away would be Eric Carmen's first LP, 
which borrowed way too much from Rachmaninoff in more than one song.  
Most blatantly "All By Myself" which was orignally credited to Carmen 
alone, with Rachmaninoff credited after the original release.

Marty



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>--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@...> 
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>>>Excellent!  ...and much of the lyric of Golden Slumber comes from 
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>>Actually, it was a poem by Thomas Dekker. Even with it in the 
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>>I'm not sure how McCartney got away with writing it without at 
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>>Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes
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>And George get's in a legal bind for "My Sweet Lord"....
> I wonder if he ever wondered about Paul's dodging this one?
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