How Deep Is Your Love

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A songwriter named Ronald Selle sued the Bee Gees, claiming that they copied a song he wrote in 1975 called 'Let It End'.

British single certifications – Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 29 March 2012. Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 26 November 1977. {{ cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= ( help) LAS DIEZ QUE MÁS SUENAN EN AMÉRICA – Archivo – Archivo Digital de Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo desde 1.990". eltiempo.com. 21 May 1996 . Retrieved 31 March 2014. The case went to a jury in 1983, with the Bee Gees saying that they had never heard the song, and there was no evidence that they did, as it song was never released, with Selle only making a home recording that he sent to music publishers. a b Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1sted.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.

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From then on, a songwriter had to prove that the other party had heard the song before the case could go ahead. This has led to many music publishers and songwriters refusing to hear most unsolicited material. Producer Robert Stigwood had requested songs for a movie he was working on, which later became Saturday Night Fever. The Bee Gees obliged and gave him five songs, one of which was 'How Deep Is Your Love'. CUDAHY. "SELLE v. GIBB, 741 F.2d 896 (7th Cir. 1984) (LOISLAW)". Law.cornell.edu . Retrieved 31 March 2014.As the case was based on the similarities between the songs, and an expert witness for Selle - musicologist Arrand Parsons - convinced the jury through technical analysis of the notes that the Bee Gees plagiarized the song, they ruled that the Bee Gees did copy Selle's song.