Morris Levy, head of Roulette Records, 1969. They regularly walked the streets without being accosted. On the first day, the only spectators were Bergen’s mother and aunt, while he lunched with Lennon every day and only once did someone ask for an autograph. While all the world’s media and legions of fans would today be drawn to such a case, it received relatively little attention then, Bergen recalled. The clash led to a lawsuit and countersuit between them. Levy released them as an unauthorised record, Roots, claiming that they had a verbal agreement. I might have to delete some crummy tracks.” As Levy kept pestering him, Lennon gave him “rough mix” recordings, telling him: “They’re not the final version of my album. To stop the case going to court, Lennon had agreed to record three of Levy’s classic songs on his Rock ’n’ Roll oldies album, on which he had been working. But it was just another of Levy’s “threaten-and-settle scams”, a way to get his hooks into John Lennon, Bergen said. It centred on a few words from the lyrics, despite different connotations: Berry’s “Here come a flattop” referred to a convertible, and Lennon’s “Here come old flat top” referred to a man who once had a crew cut. The case was sparked after Levy claimed that the Lennon and McCartney song Come Together infringed the copyright on Chuck Berry’s You Can’t Catch Me, owned by Levy’s publishing company, Big Seven Music. John Lennon, second from left, with lawyer Jay Bergen, right, at a lunch during the trial. He wants to cheat me like he’s cheated other singers and songwriters.” I want to put a stop to them… I don’t want to do any deals with Morris. They were stored in his garage and, returning to them recently, he realised that Beatles “fans would love reading the testimony” because it is a largely “untold story”: “I have all of the transcripts, and I spent hours and hours with John.”īergen’s copious notes record Lennon telling him: “I want to be rid of him.
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In May, Bergen is publishing Lennon, the Mobster & the Lawyer: The Untold Story, which draws on thousands of pages of trial testimony and notes. He was a “business” associate of Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, the reputed head of the Genovese crime family, and inspired the character of ruthless record label boss Hesh Rabkin in The Sopranos. Levy was notorious within the music industry and beyond: he beat up a policeman, causing him to lose an eye, but the criminal case disappeared mysteriously from court records before being brought to trial. The character is said to be based on the music mogul Morris Levy. “Hello, Goodbye” was a popular track and Paul says it has a good message.Jerry Adler, second from right, as Hesh Rabkin, a record producer, in The Sopranos. The Glee cast, The Cure, and James Last each recorded the song. “Hello, Goodbye” went on to be covered by a number of other artists. Meanwhile, Magical Mystery Tour reached No. 1 for seven of its 12 weeks on the chart. According to The Official Charts Company, the song was No. 1 for eight of its 93 weeks on the Billboard 200. “Hello, Goodbye” appeared on the soundtrack of Magical Mystery Tour. It stayed on the chart for 11 weeks altogether. For three weeks, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100.
“Hello, Goodbye” became a huge hit in the U.S. RELATED: The Beatles: Paul McCartney’s Dad Wanted Him to Change the Lyrics to ‘She Loves You’ How the song performed on the charts in the United States and the United Kingdom
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