The Belmonts - My sweet Lord

This dates back to the 70s

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[karsroe]

OMG is that a kazoo?

[polycarpx]

This version of ' My sweet lord" was a very minor hit for The Belmonts but it was a very cosequential record for George Harrison because it alerted Bright Tunes, the copyright holders of ' He's so fine" to the uncanny similarities of the two songs. Years of costly litigation ensued.

The Belmonts probably had no intention of getting George Harrison into trouble.

[thewillfulldreamer]

@calindesmoines1 So whose song was this originally?

[laura1215armonizando]

LA CANCIÓN ES ORIGINAL DE THE CHIFFONS Y SE LLAMÓ "HE'S SO FINE"...HUBIERON DEMANDAS Y LIOS LEGALES, GANANDO THE CHIFFONS, POR SUS DERECHOS DE AUTOR...GEORGE HARRISON ARREGLÓ EXTRAJUDICIALMENTE Y NO SE SUPO CUANTO LES PAGÓ POR LA DEMANDA...ES UNA MELODÍA DE 1.963, GRABADA CON PETER MAURICE MUSIC....SALUDOS

[calindesmoines1]

@polycarpx - You are absolutely correct. Harrison first had Billy Preston record this song, but the single went nowhere. After he recorded it there was some talk of "Oh Happy Day" but that was in "Public Domain" so no problem there. It was after George's version started to climb the charts that The Belmont's recorded the song interspersing some lyrics from "He's So Fine". The songs matched perfectly with many of the notes and chord structure mixing perfectly. Then Bright Tunes took note.

[calindesmoines1]

"Oh! Happy Day" was already in "Public Domain". Harrison originally gave "My Sweet Lord" to Billy Preston to record but that version went nowhere.

It was then that Harrison recorded it and then the Belmonts version, incorporating "He's So Fine" followed. In 1976 Harrison was found guilty of "unintentional infringement". But because of Allen Klien's double-dealing and screwing of Harrison, the judge gave sole ownership of "He's So Fine" to George Harrison.

[myspace2525]

The melody and the lawsuit was never based on "Oh Happy Day", but rather the Chiffons song, "He's So Fine".

[polycarpx]

@MariposaGirl1981 George Harrison originally came up with the melody basing it on " Oh Happy Day" but then changed it to avoid a lawsuit. Many years and lawsuits later the Court decided that Harrison lifted much of "My Sweet Lord" from "He's so Fine" but that it was probably done subconsciously, which meant a smaller damage awarded to the claiment (Allen Klein)

[MariposaGirl1981]

@polycarpx George Harrison actually based "my sweet lord" on the christian spiritual "Oh Happy

Day" not "He's so fine", the btw Aasokeo that's where the do-lang comes from.

[MariposaGirl1981]

@polycarpx George Harrison actually based "my sweet lord" on the christian spiritual "Oh Happy

Day" not "He's so fine", the btw Aasokeo that's where the do-lang comes from.