Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" is a song recorded by American pop music singer Michael Bolton. The song was included on Bolton's 1991 album, Time, Love & Tenderness. It was written by Bolton and Andrew Goldmark and produced by Walter Afanasieff.In 1964, the American R&B group The Isley Brothers recorded a song titled "Love Is a Wonderful Thing". Not included on an Isley Brothers album until years later, the song was released as a single in 1966 on a 45-rpm vinyl record, and it "bubbled under" on the Billboard pop chart, meaning that it peaked at #110 on the Hot 100. Bolton's song contained similarities to the song by the Isleys that exceeded the title: in 1994, a jury found songwriters Bolton and Goldmark, along with Sony Music Entertainment (the parent company of Bolton's label, Columbia Records), liable for copyright infringement due to multiple similarities between the two songs and ordered them to pay the Isleys all profits earned from the single plus 28% of the album profits, which amounted to over $5 million (U.S.). On May 9, 2000, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, an appellate court covering the western regions of the U.S., affirmed the jury's decision, which is one of the largest monetary sums to be awarded in a case such as this. On January 22, 2001, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to review the decision of the appellate court despite Bolton's claims that he had never heard the Isley Brothers recording (although he was a fan of their music) and that he was exercising his right to "independent creation". The decision by the Supreme Court not to hear the case resulted in the original verdict remaining valid.Bolton's song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1991, becoming his fourth top ten hit. It also spent four non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard. adult contemporary chart. The song peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart.The song was also used in the credits of the 2010 film MacGruber.. }
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- Love_Is_a_Wonderful_Thing_(Michael_Bolton_song) abstract ""Love Is a Wonderful Thing" is a song recorded by American pop music singer Michael Bolton. The song was included on Bolton's 1991 album, Time, Love & Tenderness. It was written by Bolton and Andrew Goldmark and produced by Walter Afanasieff.In 1964, the American R&B group The Isley Brothers recorded a song titled "Love Is a Wonderful Thing". Not included on an Isley Brothers album until years later, the song was released as a single in 1966 on a 45-rpm vinyl record, and it "bubbled under" on the Billboard pop chart, meaning that it peaked at #110 on the Hot 100. Bolton's song contained similarities to the song by the Isleys that exceeded the title: in 1994, a jury found songwriters Bolton and Goldmark, along with Sony Music Entertainment (the parent company of Bolton's label, Columbia Records), liable for copyright infringement due to multiple similarities between the two songs and ordered them to pay the Isleys all profits earned from the single plus 28% of the album profits, which amounted to over $5 million (U.S.). On May 9, 2000, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, an appellate court covering the western regions of the U.S., affirmed the jury's decision, which is one of the largest monetary sums to be awarded in a case such as this. On January 22, 2001, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to review the decision of the appellate court despite Bolton's claims that he had never heard the Isley Brothers recording (although he was a fan of their music) and that he was exercising his right to "independent creation". The decision by the Supreme Court not to hear the case resulted in the original verdict remaining valid.Bolton's song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1991, becoming his fourth top ten hit. It also spent four non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard. adult contemporary chart. The song peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart.The song was also used in the credits of the 2010 film MacGruber.".