AUGUST 31
TODAY IN 1976, GEORGE HARRISON WAS FOUND GUILTY OF “SUBCONSCIOUSLY PLAGIARIZING” THE CHIFFON’S 1963 HIT, “HE’S SO FINE” FOR HIS 1970 SMASH, “MY SWEET LORD.” THOUGH THE COURT DETERMINED IT WAS UNINTENTIONAL, HE STILL PAID OVER A HALF-MILLION DOLLARS TO THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS.
IN 1985 DIRE STRAITS HIT THE TOP OF THE ALBUM CHARTS FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THEIR HIGHLY ACCLAIMED “BROTHERS IN ARMS,” FEATURING THE #1 HIT “MONEY FOR NOTHING” WITH STING ON BACKGROUND VOCALS.
AND TODAY IS VAN MORRISON’S BIRTHDAY. THE SINGER AND SONGWRITER OF HITS LIKE “MOONDANCE,” “WILD NIGHT,” “BROWN EYED GIRL” AND MORE IS 80 YEARS OLD.