Legend GOT SUED Over His 1985 Comeback HIT SOUNDING Too Much Like His 1970 Hit! | Professor of Rock

Coming up, we’re putting some of the most iconic musicians on trial. and giving you some of the craziest lawsuits in history along with their verdicts… From stolen songs like John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival being sued for sounding too much like himself. …to a tragedy where Ozzie Osbourne was sued due to his song allegedly killing someone. Then Beatle George Harrison was sued for ripping of a song from a decade earlier by an all-girl band named The Chiffons and then during the trial that same girl group would cover his alleged ripped-off song, My Sweet Lord… The one they say he ripped off ??? Then another one where Vanilla Ice, who ripped off the legendary rock group Queen and decided to buy the full copyright to their song because it would be cheaper than the legal fees. You won’t believe some of these… 5 great stories coming up next!

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Famous musicians' legal battles, they’re like that fiery wreck on the side of the road. You want to look away, but you just can’t. Today, we’ve got our eyes glued to the scene as we cover some formidable rock bands. Some of the players include giants like Queen, Ozzy Osbourne, Led Zeppelin, and a former Beatle. Be on the lookout for performances from the witness stand, blatantly ripped off riffs, and surprisingly, multiple Wayne's World references. You never know what you’re going to get in stories like these. So let’s get it on with our first story.

Coming in at #5 ….It is one from the year 1985. Truly one of the craziest lawsuits in music history… “Fogerty vs Fantasy, Inc.” It was a matchup that pitted former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty against himself… Or more specifically, John Fogerty was sued for sounding too much like… John Fogerty. Let me explain. In 1985, Fogerty, one-time frontman of Creedence Clearwater Revival, released his third solo album Centerfield. The lead single from the record was a song called The Old Man Down The Road. The track reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, the song was a bonafide comeback hit for the swamp rocker. John had been sidelined from the music industry since the 70s thanks to ongoing legal disputes with his CCR label Fantasy Records.

The Old Man Down the Road signified a long-awaited moment of victory, for Fogerty who hadn’t had a Top 10 hit in 14 years. Not since his days with Creedence. And he had not released a solo album since 1975. But problems started to arise for John when Fantasy Records and label owner Saul Zaentz came sniffing around ‘The Old Man Down the Road.’ Instigating a copyright infringement suit, they claimed that the song was essentially the same as CCR’s 1970 hit Run Through the Jungle… a song that they owned the copyright for. It didn’t matter that John