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In high school, I knew some retarded goth kids that insisted The Beatles ripped off Charles Manson.
Fun story, but they were almost correct. It was The Beach Boys who ripped off Manson. Seriously. Dennis Wilson met Charles on a trip, who played a song for him, which he decided to take as his own.
Here's the original:
Here's the "cover":
I'm too lazy to cite my sources, but it's a pretty well known incident, so it shouldn't be hard to find if you want to look into it.
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