George Harrison — My Sweet Lord 1970 vs Ronnie Mack — He’s So Fine 1962

One of the more famous infringement cases, what followed the release of “My Sweet Lord” in 1970 was a ten year court battle between Harrison and Mack alleging that the “My Sweet Lord” was far too similar to “He’s So Fine” which Mack had wrote and the Chiffons has recorded. This resulted in Harrison having to pay damages of $1,599,987. But due to his former manager, Allen Klien, who had represented him earlier in the case purchasing the rights to “He’s So Fine” from “Bright Tunes” it transpired Harrison would only need to pay Klien $587,000 for the rights. Amongst all this The Chiffons went on to record a cover of “My Sweet Lord” to cash in on the publicity surrounding the case.

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