ON THIS DATE (44 YEARS AGO) November 25, 1970 - George Harrison: My Sweet Lord b/w Isnt It a Pity (Apple 2995) is released in the U.S. It was issued on January 15, 1971 in the UK. My Sweet Lord is a song by George Harrison from his UK number one hit triple album All Things Must Pass. The song was written in praise of the Hindu god Krishna. It is ranked #460 on Rolling Stone magazines list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Following the songs release, musical similarities between My Sweet Lord and The Chiffons hit Hes So Fine led to a prolonged copyright infringement suit, known as Bright Tunes Music v. Harrisongs Music, which lasted over 10 years. In 1976, a U.S. district court decision found that Harrison had subconsciously copied the earlier song. In 1978, before the court decided on damages in the case, Harrisons former manager Allen Klein, who represented Harrison earlier in the proceedings, purchased the copyright to Hes So Fine from Bright Tunes. In 1981, the court decided the damages amounted to $1,599,987 but that due to Kleins duplicity in the case, Harrison would only have to pay Klein $587,000 for the rights to Hes So Fine—the amount Klein had paid Bright Tunes for the song. Shortly after the trial in 1976, Harrison wrote and recorded a song about the court case titled This Song, which includes This tune has nothing Bright about it. George Harrison
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