Lavigne accused of copying 1970s song

US singer Avril Lavigne is being sued by members of a 1970s rock band who claim her hit song Girlfriend rips off one of their tunes.

Fri, 06 Jul, 2007 - 08:26

US singer Avril Lavigne is being sued by members of a 1970s rock band who claim her hit song Girlfriend rips off one of their tunes.

Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer alleged in a lawsuit that Lavigne and her co-writers lifted their 1979 song I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, which was originally performed by new wave band The Rubinoos.

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Courts Entertainment Heathrow Place: Oakland, California Person: Lavigne Person: Avril Lavigne Person: Tommy Dunbar Person: James Gangwer Person: Dunbar Person: Stephen Thomas Erlewine Person: Rubinoos’Person: James Organisation: The Rubinoos Organisation: Billboard Organisation: and the Shondells’

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