Pat Boone reveals Elton John confrontation: ‘I thought you were going to sue me’
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Former teen idol Pat Boone recalled some of his most memorable celebrity encounters over the years. He remembered having a "little bone" to pick with Elton John when they met for the first time.
During the encounter, the legendary crooner confronted John over the similarities between the falsetto "la-la-la" hooks in both his 1962 song "Speedy Gonzales" and the U.K. native's 1972 hit "Crocodile Rock." Ashley Hume is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to ashley.hume@fox.com and on Twitter: @ashleyhume
"I said, ‘Sir Elton, I have a little bone to pick with you,’" Boone remembered.
He continued, "And he looked at me with a guilty grin, and I said, ‘You know, I did a song called ‘Speedy Gonzales." [Boone began singing the 'Speedy Gonzales' hook ‘La la la la la la la la la’] And you used it.'"