Chiffons

Three years later Morris wrote and The Tokens produced another Chiffons smash, "Sweet Talkin' Guy," which the group sang at my high school prom.

Michael Sigman: 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' at 50: A Song for the Ages Michael Sigman 2011

Siegel recalls that "He's So Fine," their first effort with the sublime girl group The Chiffons, was thought "too trite" for even b-side status by their label Capitol.

Michael Sigman: 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' at 50: A Song for the Ages Michael Sigman 2011

The music industry is long acquainted with problems of this sort -- former Beatle George Harrison was found to have subconsciously? infringed the Chiffons' "He's So Fine" for his song "My Sweet Lord," for instance, and a judge decided that Michael Bolton's song "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" contained the same melody and internal structure as the Isley Brothers' song of the same name.

Daniel Grant: If Works of Art are 'Strikingly Similar,' Is That a Problem? Daniel Grant 2011

There was a legal dispute about whether the melody and very nice chord sequence, with that distinctive diminished seventh, had been lifted from The Chiffons' He's So Fine.

In praise of… My Sweet Lord 2011

Playing shower sing-alongs you know and ones you don't from the likes of the Supremes and Martha Reeves And The Vandellas, the night's resident DJs Paddy Hughes and Tors Beedles will also be branching out into the Brill Building beat of the Shirelles and the Chiffons as well as the Phil Spector-fiddled oeuvre of the Ronettes and the Crystals.

This week's new clubs 2011

The music industry is long acquainted with problems of this sort -- former Beatle George Harrison was found to have subconsciously? infringed the Chiffons' "He's So Fine" for his song "My Sweet Lord," for instance, and a judge decided that Michael Bolton's song "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" contained the same melody and internal structure as the Isley Brothers' song of the same name.

Daniel Grant: If Works of Art are 'Strikingly Similar,' Is That a Problem? Daniel Grant 2011

Former Walk of Fame inductees have included Regis Philbin , Red Buttons, Guy Williams (TV's original "Zorro," who was awarded his, like several others, posthumously), actor Danny Aiello , boxer Jake LaMotta , singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester and the singing group The Chiffons (they sang "One Fine Day").

Bronx's Best Take the Walk of Fame Marshall Heyman 2011

There's no doubt that George Harrison's 1970 hit My Sweet Lord is a rip-off of the Ronald Mack song He's So Fine, a 1963 smash by the Chiffons.

Plagiarism: The Words and the Music 2010

There's no doubt that George Harrison's 1970 hit My Sweet Lord is a rip-off of the Ronald Mack song He's So Fine, a 1963 smash by the Chiffons.

Michael Sigman: Plagiarism: The Words and the Music 2010

However, similarities to the 1963 Chiffons' song, He's So Fine, led to a lengthy legal battle, ending five years later with the singer paying damages of $587,000 after being found guilty of "unconscious plagiarism".

Fela! musical is sued by biographer Amelia Hill 2010