Rock Almanac: October 24, 2008

Posted on Oct 24th 2008 8:00AM by Gaylord Fields
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On This Date in 1988: The trial of John Fogerty, accused by his former label Fantasy Records of plagiarizing his own song, begins. The label charges that Fogerty's 1985 solo hit 1985's 'The Old Man Down the Road' steals from his 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival song 'Run Through the Jungle.'

The Almanac Advises for October 24: "Just like you can't tickle yourself, you can't steal from yourself, either."

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