Throwback Thursdays: The Clovers
Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 9:25AM
Larry in Lovey Dovey, Music, Steve Miller, The Clovers, The Joker, Throwback Thursdays

Not sure anyone has called this out, but Steve Miller straight up ripped off The Clovers. Their opening lines from "Lovey Dovey" (1954) can be heard in Miller's "The Joker" (1973). But to be fair, "Lovey Dovey" was made famous by The Clovers but originally written by Memphis Edward Curtis and Ahmet Ertegun. Small world.

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