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Originally Posted by lazy poker
the original lyric line from chuck berry's "you can't catch me" read:
"here come ol' flat-top, he was movin' up with me"
john lennon used this line in "come together":
"here come ol' flattop, he come grooving up slowly"
and because of these few words berry (who to this day NEVER misses even the slightest chance to make a little more dough) sued the beatles . . . can you believe that?! 
p.s. call me what you will . . . but don't call me lazy!  |
In fairness I think (?) it was Morris Levy who sued John over that ...think he owned the publishing. Regardless of the right and wrong, Levy was apparently a gangster and a particularly unsavoury character.
Check this intro out for another bit of classic borrowing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dfh9QIjR3Q