Mudcat Café message #3245106

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Thread #118618 Message #3245106
Posted By: GUEST,josepp
26-Oct-11 - 12:22 PM
Thread Name: Crescent City Blues vs. Folsom Prison Blues (Cash)
Subject: RE: Johnny Cash-plagiarism-Folsom Prison Bl.

I thought Lennon's "Merry Christmas" was a reworking of Johnny Ace's "Pledging My Love" and probably not coincidental since Ace committed suicide on Christmas Day in 1954.