When John Lennon met drug guru Timothy Leary, he agreed to work for Leary’s highly unusual run for governor of California against Ronald Reagan. The slogan was “Come together, join the party.” The campaign fizzled out, but John got a song from it. Lennon admitted the words were pure gobbledygook, but this Beatle track still made #1. Several years later, Lennon was taken to court for plagiarism by infamous music mogul/wiseguy Morris Levy, copyright owner of Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me.” Much legal wrangling ensued, some of which bordered on ridiculous. Aerosmith had a decent remake from the 1978 “Sgt. Pepper” movie.
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