

The Knack My Sharona Full Press Release
It was in the summer of 1979 that Alperin first met Knack lead singer Doug Fieger while she was a student at Fairfax High School. Read the full press release from the Knack:Per Do You Remember, the muse behind the '70s classic is a real person: Sharona Alperin, who is now a successful real estate agent. 3) Shouldn’t there be some sort of statute of limitations for this sort of thing? At this point, we have to side with Run-DMC — we don’t want to see the Knack taking money out of Jam Master Jay’s kids’ college fund.
The suit also names several companies involved in the distribution of the allegedly infringing albums. The complaint alleges that members of Run DMC and their manager, producers, publishers, and record label unlawfully appropriated portions of “My Sharona,” including the song’s signature guitar riff, for use in “It’s Tricky,” which first appeared on Run DMC’s 1986 Raising Hell album. When you gonna give me some time, Sharona Ooh you make my motor run.80s rock band The Knack takes on Run DMC for unauthorized samplingLos Angeles – Septem– Members of the 80s rock band The Knack today filed a lawsuit against the members of Run DMC, and Run DMC’s producers, distributors, publishers and record companies, over Run DMC’s use of an unlicensed sample of The Knack’s 1979 platinum hit “My Sharona” in Run DMC’s song, “It’s Tricky.”The Knack’s Doug Fieger and Berton Averre filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Run DMC today in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Ooh my little pretty one, pretty one. I was 17,' Alperin told Los Angeles Magazine.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: MY SHARONA NOT YOURS!The Knack - My Sharona (Remastered) Lyrics.
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