Music industry's biggest lawsuits - Vanilla Ice v Queen, 'fraud' and £6m pay-out

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READ MORE: Emily Ratajkowski sizzles as she dons plunging red bikini following marriage splitEver wondered why The Rolling Stones sued their manager or how Pharrell Williams got into trouble with Marvin Gaye's estate?

Then keep reading to find out.Back in 1971, The Rolling Stones unexpectedly filed a $7.5 million lawsuit against their manager Allen Klein and alleged that he had made “false or fraudulent” representations with intent to “deceive and defraud” the band and some of its members.The Stones sued over publishing rights and the band received $1.2 million as a settlement but were unable to break their contract with Klein.However, Allen continued to profit from their music careers but fortunately relationships between the two parties began to improve.The Beatles openly admitted that they admired Chuck Berry and even covered Roll Over Beethoven on their second album With The Beatles.However, their mutual respect came to a halt after Lennon took a little too much inspiration from one of Chuck’s songs.Whilst writing Come Together, Lennon adapted a line from Berry’s 1956 hit You Can’t Catch Me which goes: “Here come a flat top, he was moving up with me”.Lennon changed “a” to “old,” replaced “moving up with me” to “grooving up slowly” and used a similar intonation as Chuck did.Berry’s publisher Morris Levy deemed the similarities too close and began legal proceedings against the Beatle.Levy was the owner of Big Seven Music and the dispute was - seemingly - resolved after Lennon agreed to record three songs for them on his next album.However, the Beatle only included two and legal matters began again, with the court awarding Levy $6.8m, but the tables were quickly turned.Levy had released Lennon’s demo recordings on his.