POP/ROCK - April 20, 1988

A music expert testified Tuesday in a White Plains, N.Y., federal court that the chorus of Mick Jagger’s “Just Another Night” was “virtually identical in pitch and rhythm” to the chorus of a song that a reggae musician says he wrote in 1979. The musician, Patrick Alley, 36, of the Bronx, is suing Jagger for copyright infringement, claiming Jagger’s version--which became a hit--was copied from his song, also titled “Just Another Night.” Andrew William Thomas, an instructor at the Juilliard School of Music, testified that he thought the similarities in the songs were mainly in the chorus, calling the pitches and rhythm “virtually identical.” Musician Alley has testified that he wrote his song in 1979 and distributed it to radio stations in the New York area in 1983. Jagger’s song appeared on his 1985 solo album,”She’s the Boss.”