Musicians Who Admit Some Sort Of Plagiarism/Borrowing?

“Questions” by Buffalo Springfield.

 

Some folks hate me for saying this, but Over The Rainbow and Troika.
Not that I've read anything from Harold Arlen admitting it.

 

The Mamas and Papas "No Salt on Her Tail", credited to only John Phillips, is based on their workup of Rogers & Hart's Here in My Arms:

 

No Reply- The Rays-Silhouettes

 

Great tune — both of 'em.

 

Indeed they are...

 

No the ones that strive to give a part or full compositional credit are the most honest.

 

Which song did Clapton write around this?

 

Made me think of Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale." Some would argue that they ripped off Bach, but their appropriation of Bach is part of what makes it such a great song. So if no plagiarism means no "Whiter Shade of Pale," well... I say some stealing's gotta happen!

 

I'm still not convinced that they ripped off "Taurus" for "Stairway." It's just not similar enough. I think it's a coincidence.

 

I was being a bit sarcastic there. Zep's been sued a few times and lost a couple of them.

 

Joni has a few issues with Bobby boy.

 

Let it Rain

 

Well Stills played on the session to boot!

 

The two bands toured together and Page had heard Taurus and LZ even covered another Spirit song live. So, no. It's a lift.

 

John Mayer segues from "Waiting On The World To Change" to "People Get Ready" during his shows which to me is an acknowledgement of the fact these are interchangeable chord-wise.

 

Well, apart from the unsuccessful court case.

 

Eric Carmen lifted some Rachmaninov themes for the vocal melodies to his mid 70s hit songs Never Gonna Fall In Love Again, and All By Myself.

 

John Lennon once stated that all RocknRoll was borrowed from something previous & as usual he was spot on

 

Do you mean 'This Flight Tonight' which is a cover of a Joni Mitchell song from Blue?

 

If you down-strum an acoustic guitar, its going to sound similar to a LOT of stuff.

 

The courts seem to disagree with your opinion

 

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70380/lips-nailed-for-cat-stevens-song-similarity

 

Has anyone ever asked Jon Bon Jovi to explain why Blaze of Glory was a ripoff of one of his own songs - Wanted Dead or Alive?

And Wanted Dead or Alive "borrowed" from Can't You See by The Marshall Tucker band. Which was a ripoff of Thank You by Led Zeppelin, which was ....I guess I'll stop going down this rabbit hole.