In 1948, John Lee Hooker recorded his hit song called "Boogie Chillen". He did two remakes of the song, One in 1950 and the other in 1973 with a band called "Canned Heat". This song was featured on an album called "Hooker n' Heat". That same year ZZ Top recorded their hit song "La Grange" and was featured on their album "Tres Hombres". Hooker's label, however, noticed some similarities in the song and sued ZZ Top for copyright infringement. Unfortunately for Hooker, he lost the case and ZZ Top was not sued.
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