did you ever notice...

...that the Beach Boys' tune "Surfin' USA" sounds nearly exactly the same as Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen"?

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No did you know that Long Tall Sally by little Richard was about a transvestite


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Surfin' U.S.A.," The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys' hit song "Surfin' U.S.A." is set to the melody of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen," but Chuck Berry had never given the Beach Boys permission to use his song. Years after the song's initial release, Chuck Berry successfully sued the Beach Boys, causing all subsequent releases of "Surfin' U.S.A." on compilation albums to credit Berry alongside Brian Wilson, who wrote the new lyrics.


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