Peter, Paul and Mary
Including a photo of her teenage self posing with the Peter, Paul and Mary star, Deborah Martin claims in court that Peter Yarrow raped her in 1969.
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Rock and Roll
Heirs of Bob Dylan Collaborator Want Cut of $300M Catalog Sale
One month after Bob Dylan sold off his entire songwriting catalog for an estimated $300 million, the wife of an erstwhile collaborator of Dylan’s during his iconic mid-’70s Rolling Thunder Revue period brought a lawsuit on Wednesday for outstanding royalties.
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En Banc Ninth Circuit Sides With Led Zeppelin in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Fight
Led Zeppelin will not have to face a jury a second time to answer whether they lifted the opening riff to their rock epic “Stairway to Heaven” from another song after the en banc Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the rock legends did not infringe the little-known song’s copyright.
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Ginger Baker, Cream’s Volatile Drummer, Dies at 80
Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive drummer for Cream and other bands who wielded blues power and jazz finesse and helped shatter boundaries of time, tempo and style in popular music, died Sunday at 80, his family said.
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Rock and roll photographer Neil Zlozower claims Gibson Brands (guitars) used his copyrighted photo of Eddie Van Halen without permission, in federal court.
Read moreGetting Better: Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Named Top Album in UK
The Beatles’ psychedelic masterwork “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” has been named the most popular British album in history.
Read moreNew York Punk Rockers Take Dispute to Court
Feuding bandmates from New York City’s 1980s hardcore punk scene have taken a long-running trademark beef from the streets to federal court.
Read moreRock Legend Bill Graham’s Sons Lose Renewed Estate Fight
The sons of legendary concert promoter Bill Graham cannot prove their rights to concert posters and other San Francisco Bay Area rock memorabilia they say they were swindled out of by Graham’s estate executor, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
Read moreRock Legend Bill Graham’s Sons Renew Estate Fight at Ninth
Storied concert promoter Bill Graham died in 1991, but his sons are still locked in a bitter legal fight with the executor of his estate over his rock memorabilia, including hundreds of concert posters and scrapbooks.
Read moreWidow Fights Film on Fatal Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash
Hoping to shut down an upcoming movie about the 1977 plane crash that killed members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, widow Judith Van Zant testified Tuesday that the film sensationalizes a tragedy governed by a decades-old settlement.
Read moreBattle Over Black Keys Documentary Heads to Court
Investors in a planned documentary about the rock band The Black Keys claim in a federal complaint that a famous photographer scuttled the project after holding the footage ransom.
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$25 Million Award & Counting in Royalties Against Sirius Radio
A federal judge this week approved a $25.5 million class action settlement against Sirius XM Radio, to resolve claims over millions of dollars in royalties for broadcasting songs recorded before 1972, and said the final settlement could rise to $73 million.
Read moreEagles Trademark Suit
The Eagles sued the owners of a Mexican hotel named Hotel California, claiming the owner is unlawfully capitalizing on the band’s hit song of the same name.
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Lennon ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Drawing to Be Auctioned in New York
An old sketch, a crude, ink-on-paper drawing of the iconic “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club” album cover found in John Lennon’s former home in Weybridge, England, will be put up for auction May 20 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan.
Read moreConcertgoer With Broken Neck Sues Over Crowd Surfing
After breaking her neck when a crowd surfer at a punk-rock show dove onto her, a North Carolina woman has sued the venue for damages.
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Liverpool Plans Party for 50 Years of ‘Sgt. Pepper’
The English city of Liverpool is getting set to celebrate the half-centenary of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” one of the most influential albums by local heroes The Beatles.
Read moreFan Says Rock Singer Berated Him for Seeking Autographs
A Michigan autograph collector seeking Iggy Pop’s signature claims he was verbally and physically assaulted by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme before TMZ falsely reported he called the singer names.
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Legend Chuck Berry Dies at 90
Chuck Berry, rock ‘n’ roll’s founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music’s joy and rebellion in such classics as “Johnny B. Goode,” ”Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” died Saturday at his home in an unincorporated area west of St. Louis. He was 90.
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