George Harrison's Song 'My Sweet Lord'

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In the early 1970’s, a song called “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison was released. This was Harrison’s first solo single. In the early months of 1971, a suit was filed against Harrison for his song. It was very similar to a song called “He’s so fine” by a group called the Chiffons in the early 1960’s. Nine years later the song was placed under the Bright Tunes Music Corp label. Five years passed from the time the suit was filed before it was taken to court. George Harrisons was found guilty and had to pay a fine that was over a half of a million

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