Jorge Ben Jor - Taj Mahal

Since I just posted about Os Mutantes I thought it would be a good time to post about another Brazilian musical giant, Jorge Ben Jor. This is one of Jorge Ben's better known tracks called "Taj Mahal". You will recognize that the melody because sadly you probably first heard it in Rod Stewart's 1978 hit song "Da ya think I'm sexy". He stole the melody from "Taj Mahal" which was created by Jorge Ben in 1972. After Jorge Ben heard the Rod Stewart track he (probably punched something first) promptly brought a plagiarism lawsuit against Stewart and won. In one of the coolest moves ever, Ben told Stewart if you sign a legal document stating all royalties from this song go to UNICEF, I will fine with it. Stewart agreed and the song is still making money for UNICEF to this day.