October 12, 2021
The feminist punk-pop band Le Tigre is suing singer Barry Mann in New York federal court, arguing he wrongfully alleges their 1999 hit "Deceptacon" infringed his 1961 song, "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" and that Mann copied the nonsense syllables at issue from Black doo-wop groups.