“Mambo Italiano” by Rosemary Clooney WABC Radio in New York banned the song because they believed the Italian words were too suggestive…even though they didn't know their meaning. Clooney's record label fought the ban.
On June 3, 1956, city authorities announced a total ban on rock and roll at public gatherings, calling the music “Detrimental to both the health and morals of our youth and community.” It was a dance party the previous evening that led to this reaction on the part of Santa Cruz authorities.
Louie Louie – The Kingsmen (1963)
However, in 1963, The Kingsmen remade the song with some obscure and seemingly incomprehensible lyrics that Ultimate Classic Rock (a nationally syndicated rock radio show) deemed explicit. This led to a ban from many stations.
Monster Mash - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett
With lyrics like "it was a graveyard smash", the BBC failed to see the funny side and banned the song for being "too morbid". Though it made No. 1 on the Billboard charts in the year it was written, the offending novelty hit didn't chart in the UK until 1973, when it went to No.
The Beatles song 'A Day In The Life', taken from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, was once dramatically banned by the BBC following its release in 1967 in controversial circumstances.
“The Pill,” Loretta Lynn (1975) Upon its release in 1975, radio stations refused to give Loretta Lynn's song “The Pill” airplay because of its content regarding birth control, which was widely looked down upon at the time.
Released in April 1958, “Rumble” by Link Wray and His Ray Men was a major hit in the spring and summer in both stores and on jukeboxes--but not on radio. Interestingly, though “Rumble” contained no lyrics, many radio stations banned “Rumble” for its incendiary title.
Sumer Is Icumen In. What is this? Although the title of “Sumer Is Icumen In” (also called Summer Cannon or Cuckoo Song) may not look like modern English, the song is considered the oldest existing English song.
The biggest hit from the decade? Chubby Checker's rock-indebted dance track “The Twist,” the only song ever to hit No. 1 in two separate runs (in 1960 and again in 1962, due to its revival in its pop culture). Sounds were changing.
While the deaths weren't directly to the fault of the band, a sense of notoriety followed them as a result and, in truth, they played into it. Over a decade on from Altamont, the violent theme crept back into their work and led to The Rolling Stones being banned from MTV as they made a political point.
For decades, The Rolling Stones weren't permitted to play in Japan despite being the biggest band in the world. Their status as superstars counted for nothing in the eyes of the Japanese authorities, who felt like the band were a bad influence on their population.
Most parents of the 1950s found themselves adamantly opposed to rock In' roll. One of the main complaints of parents had to do with the sexual nature of rock In' roll lyrics and of some of its performers.
Many 45 rpm singles in the 1950s and early 1960s were around three minutes in length. This was a historical hangover, but it was also down to two quirks: 1) AM radio liked their records to be short. In case someone didn't like the song that was playing, they didn't have to wait long before the next one started.
Most of the Mughal emperors were also very fond of music. But there was one notable exception- Emperor Aurangzeb, who banned music because he thought that it was illegal and against the spirit of Islam.
1955 brings Rock and Roll's first #1 hit - as Bill Haley and His Comets top the Pop Chart with the single "Rock Around The Clock". Teenagers are quick to pick up on the new "rock" sound. Top 40 radio and the Pop Music Charts are still dominated by "parents music" and rock n' roll is considered a novelty for the kids.
"Au Clair De La Lune" Is First Recorded Song - April 9, 1860.
Critic Michael Saunders in the Sun-Sentinel named "Sussudio" as the worst song of the rock era, describing it as "insipid" and "indefensibly stupid". Guardian journalist Tom Service wrote: "'Sussudio' brings me out in a cold sweat… there's no colder or more superficial sound in popular music."
It was banned in several US radio markets, because the term 'rumble' was a slang term for a gang fight, and it was feared that the piece's harsh sound glorified juvenile delinquency. The record is the only instrumental single ever banned from radio in the United States.
A Day in the Life (1967)
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and is regarded as one of the greatest songs of all time. However, the BBC announced that it would not broadcast the song due to the line “I'd love to turn you on”, which, according to the corporation, advocated drug use.
The United States banned the manufacture of lead-based house paint in 1978 due to health concerns. Lead has long been considered to be a harmful environmental pollutant. Cited cases of lead poisoning date back to the early 20th century.
10cc – 'Rubber Bullets' ABBA – 'Under Attack' ABBA – 'Waterloo'