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Brazilian singer-songwriter Morris Albert is found guilty of plagiarizing the 1956 French composition Pour Toi for his huge hit song Feelings. Louis Gasté, the composer of Pour Toi, is added to the writers' credit. The song has also been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley Bassey, Nina Simone, Petula Clark, Caetano Veloso, Engelbert Humperdinck, Glen Campbell, The O'Jays, Sarah Vaughan, Julio Iglesias, Dobie Gray and Johnny Mathis - to name but a few.
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