, Sorry, we have to make sure you're a human before we can show you this page. According to Siegal, "We played it, and they locked the doors and said 'You're not getting out of here. George Harrison was found guilty of ‘subconscious plagiarism’ … Country music singer Jody Miller scored a top-ten hit of her own in 1971 with her cover of "He's So Fine". Besides the title cut, the He's So Fine album featured Miller's remake of the 1965 Barbara Lewis hit "Baby I'm Yours": Miller's third Sherrill-produced album There's a Party Going On afforded Miller C&W hit remakes of the Ronettes' "Be My Baby" and the Teddy Bears' "To Know Him is to Love Him". The final decision was that Harrison himself would purchase Bright Tunes from Klein for $587,000—the amount Klein had paid for the corporation—and although litigation continued for at least ten more years that decision was upheld. [8] "He's So Fine" is a recording by the Chiffons which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four … '...Of course we'd already been turned down by ten companies. "He's So Fine" is a song written by Ronnie Mack. If I had to put a number on it, I'd say his song was ¼ borrowed and ¾ original. There is just one name on the composer credit: Ronnie Mack. It was recorded by The Chiffons who topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in the spring of 1963. He's so fine (Oh yeah) Gotta be mine (Oh yeah) Sooner or later (Oh yeah) I hope it's not later (Oh yeah) We gotta get together (Oh yeah) The sooner the better (Oh yeah) I just can't wait, I just can't wait To be held in his arms If I Watch the video for He's So Fine from Jonathan King's King Of Hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Read 27 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. But the completed track for "He's So Fine" with its now-classic 'Doo-lang doo-lang doo-lang' background vocal – the suggestion of the session's sound engineer Johnny Cue – seemed an obvious smash. Jody Miller had a Top Ten C&W hit with her remake of "He's So Fine" recorded in a February 17, 1971 session at the Columbia studio in Nashville and issued May 12, 1971 as the advance single from Miller's He's So Fine album, that album—released August 1971—being Miller's second full-length collaboration with producer Billy Sherrill. He's So Fine The Chiffons The Chiffons en.wikipedia.org The Chiffons were an all girl group originating from the Bronx area of New York in 1960. Follow @genius "He's So Fine" by The Chiffons is also featured on the soundtrack album to the 1979 film Quadrophenia by the English band The Who. Log in With Ryan O'Neal, Jack Warden, Mariangela Melato, Richard Kiel. With Olivia's guarded approach to life and Cole's quick, charming and oh-so-sexy sexy wit, they balance each other perfectly and make this a feel good story that kept me reading and smiling well into the night! About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features 3 Reply Share Report Save level 1 Seven's Space Shuttle 5 months ago I'm looking forward where this toon is going. In the spring of 1978 two disparate remakes of "He's So Fine" were released as singles with both singles eventually ranking on the Billboard Hot 100. "He's So Fine" was written by Ronald Mack, an acquaintance of the Chiffons' members who set himself up as their manager after overhearing them harmonise in their high school's lunch room. "He's So Fine" remains The Chiffons' biggest hit and like the flip side, "Oh My Lover" (another sub-2 minute pop ditty) was penned by the band's manager, Ronald Mack. Miller's remake omits the original's 'doo lang' background vocal. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for He's So Fine - Jackie Wilson on AllMusic - 1958 - In 1957, Jackie Wilson left the Dominoes and… In 1957, Jackie Wilson left the Dominoes and released this debut album on Brunswick Records a year later. The Chiffons' two later Top 10 hits both contain echoes of "He's So Fine", although neither song was written by Ronald Mack, who died soon after the Chiffons had recorded his song. Follow @genius on Twitter for updates Jane Olivor recorded the song as a ballad for her album Stay the Night, producer Jason Darrow having wanted a "lighter song" for the album: Olivor had been initially unmoved by Darrow's endorsement of a slow version of "He's So Fine" – whose lyrics Olivor found vapid – but the singer saw the validity of her producer's suggestion after Darrow played Olivor the Chiffons' 45 rpm single at 331⁄3 rpm. “He’s So Fine” doesn’t sound like the end of a story. The Tokens shopped "He's So Fine" to ten labels before placing it with Laurie Records. Miller's cover version of "He's So Fine" peaked at #5 C&W in July 1971, and crossed over to the Pop charts and also Easy Listening charts with July 1971 peaks of #53 Pop and #2 Easy Listening, the latter stat representing Miller's alltime best chart showing. Log in to follow creators, like videos, and view comments. He IS So Fine Words cannot describe how wonderful He’s So Fine by Jill Shalvis is. Log in to follow creators, like videos, and view comments. The Chiffons were one of the top girl groups of the early 1960s. The accusation of plagiarism was news to Harrison, who swore up and down he didn't steal the melody. So perhaps Harrison subconsciously borrowed some ideas from He's So fine. "http":"https";t.getElementById(r)||(n=t.createElement(e),n.id=r,n.src=i+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",s.parentNode.insertBefore(n,s))}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); This book exemplifies Shalvis’ sense of humor, her creativity as well as her writing ability. Billboard named the song #73 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[6]. Give us eighty cents and we'd have given you the record."[3][4]. [9] In 1975 the Chiffons would record a version of "My Sweet Lord", attempting to capitalize on the publicity generated by the lawsuit. He's So Fine book. He's so fine (Oh yeah) Gotta be mine (Oh yeah) Sooner or later (Oh yeah) I hope it's not later (Oh yeah) We gotta get together (Oh yeah) The sooner the better (Oh yeah) I just can't wait, I just can't wait To be held in his arms If I Both the McNichol version of "He's So Fine" and that by Jane Olivor appeared in the Record World ranking of the singles at positions #101 to #150 as early as the chart dated 20 May 1978 although the McNichol take would not debut on the Record World ranking of the top 100 singles until that dated 5 August 1978 two weeks subsequent to the track's debut on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 22 July 1978 (one week after the final Hot 100 appearance of the Jane Olivor take whose Hot 100 tenure ended as of the chart dated 15 July 1978): on the Cash Box Top 100 the McNichol "He's So Fine" made its debut on the chart dated 30 July 1978. On February 10, 1971, Bright Tunes Music Corporation filed suit alleging the then current George Harrison hit, "My Sweet Lord", was a plagiarism of "He's So Fine". 5 song of 1963. While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight This book started out strong, but the plot fell a bit flat for me toward the end. I'll grant that, but I still maintain he made it his own. By June that year, country singer Jody Millerhad released a cover of "He's So Fine" incorporating Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" slide-guitar riffs, thereby "r… (Olivor would "bubble under the Hot 100" chart in 1980 when her single "Don't Let Go of Me" peaked at #108.) It was recorded by The Chiffons who topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in the spring of 1963. While the song was climbing the charts, Mack was battling cancer, and during that run at #1, he passed away. Ronnie was able to do all the things he had promised my mother. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you In I Me Mine, Harrison admits to having thought "Why didn't I realise?" [13], May 1978 saw the release of an attempted replication of the original "He's So Fine" credited to Kristy and Jimmy McNichol although the track only featured the former, being credited to the duo to reflect its parent Kristy and Jimmy McNichol album which was produced by Philip Margo and Mitch Margo who – as members of the Tokens – had produced the Chiffons' original: three members of the Chiffons: Patricia Bennett, Barbara Lee, and Sylvia Peterson, sang back-up on the McNichol remake of "He's So Fine." (The chart fortunes of both the Olivor and McNichol takes on "He's So Fine" varies widely according to which of the three music trade periodicals is cited: Record World affords a peak of #87 to both the Oliver and McNichol versions while according to Cash Box the Olivor take peaked at #67, McNicol's at #83. Harrison's "This Song" was written in reaction to the plagiarism suit. [5] Billboard ranked the record as the No. Directed by Andrew Bergman. Impressed by the 1968 Tammy Wynette hit "Stand by Your Man", Miller had contacted that track's producer Billy Sherrill in the hopes of reviving her own flagging recording career and after Look at Mine, Miller's first album in Sherrill's charge, generated two Top Twenty C&W hits in 1970, Sherrill opted for a new musical direction for Miller who recalls: "He said I didn't phrase my words like a country singer, so we took some old, sexy pop songs and put in a little boppy steel guitar".[10]. 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The McNichol "He's So Fine" would peak at #70 on the Hot 100. Released in early 1963, "He's So Fine" entered the national charts in February 1963 attaining the #1 position on March 30 and remaining #1 for a four-week period and also made it to number one on the soul singles chart. It sounds like the beginning of one. In Australia Miller's "He's So Fine" charted with a #28 peak. [2], Originally one of the two other songs: "Oh, My Lover", was considered the potential hit. One of the most instantly recognizable golden oldies with its doo-lang doo-lang doo-lang background vocal, "He's So Fine" is also renowned as the plaintiff song in the famous plagiarism case against George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord". I can remember one night he came home and woke me and my youngest sister Brenda up and told us to go get in bed with our mother, then he opened this big suitcase and poured money all over us. "He's So Fine" was also a #16 hit in the UK. The Chiffons were one of the top girl groups of the early 1960s. On 10 February 1971, Bright Tunes filed suit against Harrison and associated organisations (including Harrisongs, Apple Records and BMI), alleging copyright infringement of the late Ronnie Mack's song "He's So Fine". Log in Harrison probably when others started pointing out the similarity between the two songs. [11] "He's So Fine" also afforded Miller a Top Ten C&W hit in Canada with a #3 peak, with the track reaching #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for Canada and crossing over to #46 on the Canadian Pop chart. He's So Fine is the 11th book in Jill Shalvis' Lucky Harbor series, and it might just be my favorite, yet! The song also peaked at number 28 in Australia. "One Fine Day" was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and "Sweet Talking Guy" – in which the background vocalists sing "he's so fine" – was co-written by the co-founder of Laurie Records, Eliot Greenberg. Bad to the bone. Please enable Cookies and reload the page. He's So fine The Chiffons The Chiffons en.wikipedia.org The Chiffons were an all girl group originating in the Bronx in 1960. About “He’s So Fine” This song spent four weeks at #1 on Billboard ’s Hot 100 chart in spring 1963. One of the most instantly recognizable golden oldies with its doo-lang doo-lang doo-lang background vocal, "He's So Fine" is also renowned as the plaintiff song in the famous plagiarism case against George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord". [12] Released as a single in April 1978, "He's So Fine" debuted on the Hot 100 dated 20 May 1978 becoming the second of Olivor's two Hot 100 entries and with its eventual peak of #77 becoming the more successful as Olivor's precedent Hot 100 single "Some Enchanted Evening" had peaked at #91 in 1976. "He's So Fine" is a song written by Ronnie Mack. Cage knew he was bad. He's so fine (Oh yeah) Gotta be mine (Oh yeah) Sooner or later (Oh yeah) I hope it's not later (Oh yeah) We gotta get together (Oh yeah) The sooner the better (Oh yeah) I just can't wait, I just can't wait To be held in his arms If I Scrobble from Spotify? He's So Fine is a popular song by The Olympics | Create your own TikTok videos with the He's So Fine song and explore 1 videos made by new and popular creators. Mack elicited the interest of Bright Tunes Corporation, a production company run by the Tokens, who produced the Chiffons singing "He's So Fine", and two other Mack compositions at Capitol Recording Studios (New York, 165 W. 46th St.), The Tokens themselves – who had never previously played on a recording session – provided the instrumentation, with the services of drummer Gary Chester. He's So Fine Add a Plot » Director: Juliet Tablak Stars: Nicolas Read, Brett Jacobsen, Santio East | See full cast & crew » Added to Watchlist Add to Watchlist View production, box office, & company info Soldier," "Loki," and a." He's so fine (Oh, yeah) Gotta be mine (Oh, yeah) Sooner or later (Oh, yeah) I hope it's not later (Oh, yeah) We got to get together (Oh, yeah) The sooner, the better (Oh, yeah) I just can't wait I just can't wait To be held in his arms We want that record. If you've noticed George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" sounds a bit like "He's So Fine" by The Chiffons, you're not alone -- in 1976, a judge ruled that the ex-Beatle's big hit and spiritual declaration had ripped off the girl-group oldie. 前回お約束した。。。あまりはっきりとは言いたくないのですが。。。(；一_一)ジョージの、「マイ・スィート・ロード」なんなんですが。。例の盗作事件のお話です。(… However Capitol Records (for whom the Tokens were house producers) rejected the track: Jay Siegal of the Tokens recalled Capitol's president Voyle Gilmore dismissing the track as "too trite...too simple". The suit to determine damages was scheduled for November 1976 but delayed until February 1981, by which time Allen Klein, Harrison's onetime manager who had been his legal adviser in the first phase of the suit, had become the plaintiff by virtue of purchasing Bright Tunes. He created a group called The Chiffons and he wrote a song for them that became the number one record in the world: 'He's So Fine.' Tho, We All Know That When the Great George Harrison Was Writing “My Sweet Lord,” He Was Not Saying To Himself,….”Oh, I Think I’m Going To Steal the Melody & Notes From “He’s “He’s So Fine,” Was A Cute & Fun Song! He's So Fine is a popular song by The Chiffons | Create your own TikTok videos with the He's So Fine song and explore 0 videos made by new and popular creators. The case did not go to trial until February 1976 when the judge ruled on the liability portion of the suit in favor of Bright Tunes, determining that Harrison had committed "subconscious" plagiarism. It’s an exceedingly simple song, with its direct melody and its earwormy backing vocals. " He's So Fine " was one of the biggest hits of 1963, #1 for four weeks on both the Hot 100 and the R&B charts. "He's So Fine" is one of the all-time greatest girl group classics, going to #1 in 1963. //, Sorry, we have to make sure you're a human before we can show you this page. According to Siegal, "We played it, and they locked the doors and said 'You're not getting out of here. George Harrison was found guilty of ‘subconscious plagiarism’ … Country music singer Jody Miller scored a top-ten hit of her own in 1971 with her cover of "He's So Fine". Besides the title cut, the He's So Fine album featured Miller's remake of the 1965 Barbara Lewis hit "Baby I'm Yours": Miller's third Sherrill-produced album There's a Party Going On afforded Miller C&W hit remakes of the Ronettes' "Be My Baby" and the Teddy Bears' "To Know Him is to Love Him". The final decision was that Harrison himself would purchase Bright Tunes from Klein for $587,000—the amount Klein had paid for the corporation—and although litigation continued for at least ten more years that decision was upheld. [8] "He's So Fine" is a recording by the Chiffons which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four … '...Of course we'd already been turned down by ten companies. "He's So Fine" is a song written by Ronnie Mack. If I had to put a number on it, I'd say his song was ¼ borrowed and ¾ original. There is just one name on the composer credit: Ronnie Mack. It was recorded by The Chiffons who topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in the spring of 1963. He's so fine (Oh yeah) Gotta be mine (Oh yeah) Sooner or later (Oh yeah) I hope it's not later (Oh yeah) We gotta get together (Oh yeah) The sooner the better (Oh yeah) I just can't wait, I just can't wait To be held in his arms If I Watch the video for He's So Fine from Jonathan King's King Of Hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Read 27 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. But the completed track for "He's So Fine" with its now-classic 'Doo-lang doo-lang doo-lang' background vocal – the suggestion of the session's sound engineer Johnny Cue – seemed an obvious smash. Jody Miller had a Top Ten C&W hit with her remake of "He's So Fine" recorded in a February 17, 1971 session at the Columbia studio in Nashville and issued May 12, 1971 as the advance single from Miller's He's So Fine album, that album—released August 1971—being Miller's second full-length collaboration with producer Billy Sherrill. He's So Fine The Chiffons The Chiffons en.wikipedia.org The Chiffons were an all girl group originating from the Bronx area of New York in 1960. Follow @genius "He's So Fine" by The Chiffons is also featured on the soundtrack album to the 1979 film Quadrophenia by the English band The Who. Log in With Ryan O'Neal, Jack Warden, Mariangela Melato, Richard Kiel. With Olivia's guarded approach to life and Cole's quick, charming and oh-so-sexy sexy wit, they balance each other perfectly and make this a feel good story that kept me reading and smiling well into the night! About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features 3 Reply Share Report Save level 1 Seven's Space Shuttle 5 months ago I'm looking forward where this toon is going. In the spring of 1978 two disparate remakes of "He's So Fine" were released as singles with both singles eventually ranking on the Billboard Hot 100. "He's So Fine" was written by Ronald Mack, an acquaintance of the Chiffons' members who set himself up as their manager after overhearing them harmonise in their high school's lunch room. "He's So Fine" remains The Chiffons' biggest hit and like the flip side, "Oh My Lover" (another sub-2 minute pop ditty) was penned by the band's manager, Ronald Mack. Miller's remake omits the original's 'doo lang' background vocal. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for He's So Fine - Jackie Wilson on AllMusic - 1958 - In 1957, Jackie Wilson left the Dominoes and… In 1957, Jackie Wilson left the Dominoes and released this debut album on Brunswick Records a year later. The Chiffons' two later Top 10 hits both contain echoes of "He's So Fine", although neither song was written by Ronald Mack, who died soon after the Chiffons had recorded his song. Follow @genius on Twitter for updates Jane Olivor recorded the song as a ballad for her album Stay the Night, producer Jason Darrow having wanted a "lighter song" for the album: Olivor had been initially unmoved by Darrow's endorsement of a slow version of "He's So Fine" – whose lyrics Olivor found vapid – but the singer saw the validity of her producer's suggestion after Darrow played Olivor the Chiffons' 45 rpm single at 331⁄3 rpm. “He’s So Fine” doesn’t sound like the end of a story. The Tokens shopped "He's So Fine" to ten labels before placing it with Laurie Records. Miller's cover version of "He's So Fine" peaked at #5 C&W in July 1971, and crossed over to the Pop charts and also Easy Listening charts with July 1971 peaks of #53 Pop and #2 Easy Listening, the latter stat representing Miller's alltime best chart showing. Log in to follow creators, like videos, and view comments. He IS So Fine Words cannot describe how wonderful He’s So Fine by Jill Shalvis is. Log in to follow creators, like videos, and view comments. The Chiffons were one of the top girl groups of the early 1960s. The accusation of plagiarism was news to Harrison, who swore up and down he didn't steal the melody. So perhaps Harrison subconsciously borrowed some ideas from He's So fine. "http":"https";t.getElementById(r)||(n=t.createElement(e),n.id=r,n.src=i+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",s.parentNode.insertBefore(n,s))}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); This book exemplifies Shalvis’ sense of humor, her creativity as well as her writing ability. Billboard named the song #73 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[6]. Give us eighty cents and we'd have given you the record."[3][4]. [9] In 1975 the Chiffons would record a version of "My Sweet Lord", attempting to capitalize on the publicity generated by the lawsuit. He's So Fine book. He's so fine (Oh yeah) Gotta be mine (Oh yeah) Sooner or later (Oh yeah) I hope it's not later (Oh yeah) We gotta get together (Oh yeah) The sooner the better (Oh yeah) I just can't wait, I just can't wait To be held in his arms If I Both the McNichol version of "He's So Fine" and that by Jane Olivor appeared in the Record World ranking of the singles at positions #101 to #150 as early as the chart dated 20 May 1978 although the McNichol take would not debut on the Record World ranking of the top 100 singles until that dated 5 August 1978 two weeks subsequent to the track's debut on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 22 July 1978 (one week after the final Hot 100 appearance of the Jane Olivor take whose Hot 100 tenure ended as of the chart dated 15 July 1978): on the Cash Box Top 100 the McNichol "He's So Fine" made its debut on the chart dated 30 July 1978. On February 10, 1971, Bright Tunes Music Corporation filed suit alleging the then current George Harrison hit, "My Sweet Lord", was a plagiarism of "He's So Fine". 5 song of 1963. While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight This book started out strong, but the plot fell a bit flat for me toward the end. I'll grant that, but I still maintain he made it his own. By June that year, country singer Jody Millerhad released a cover of "He's So Fine" incorporating Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" slide-guitar riffs, thereby "r… (Olivor would "bubble under the Hot 100" chart in 1980 when her single "Don't Let Go of Me" peaked at #108.) It was recorded by The Chiffons who topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in the spring of 1963. While the song was climbing the charts, Mack was battling cancer, and during that run at #1, he passed away. Ronnie was able to do all the things he had promised my mother. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you In I Me Mine, Harrison admits to having thought "Why didn't I realise?" [13], May 1978 saw the release of an attempted replication of the original "He's So Fine" credited to Kristy and Jimmy McNichol although the track only featured the former, being credited to the duo to reflect its parent Kristy and Jimmy McNichol album which was produced by Philip Margo and Mitch Margo who – as members of the Tokens – had produced the Chiffons' original: three members of the Chiffons: Patricia Bennett, Barbara Lee, and Sylvia Peterson, sang back-up on the McNichol remake of "He's So Fine." (The chart fortunes of both the Olivor and McNichol takes on "He's So Fine" varies widely according to which of the three music trade periodicals is cited: Record World affords a peak of #87 to both the Oliver and McNichol versions while according to Cash Box the Olivor take peaked at #67, McNicol's at #83. Harrison's "This Song" was written in reaction to the plagiarism suit. [5] Billboard ranked the record as the No. Directed by Andrew Bergman. Impressed by the 1968 Tammy Wynette hit "Stand by Your Man", Miller had contacted that track's producer Billy Sherrill in the hopes of reviving her own flagging recording career and after Look at Mine, Miller's first album in Sherrill's charge, generated two Top Twenty C&W hits in 1970, Sherrill opted for a new musical direction for Miller who recalls: "He said I didn't phrase my words like a country singer, so we took some old, sexy pop songs and put in a little boppy steel guitar".[10]. 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