Sept 10, 1962: Britain's BBC banned Bobby 'Boris' Pickett's single, "Monster Mash"...What Else Did They Ban!?!

Sept 10, 1962:
Britain's BBC banned Bobby 'Boris' Pickett's single, "Monster Mash", saying it was offensive and in poor taste. They eventually relented and the song went on to be a UK #3 hit in 1963… 

 

But that was JUST ONE of the many banned tunes—Here’s a few more:

Banned Tunes 1954:

Rock and Roll had just been born when Michigan congresswoman Ruth Thompson introduced a bill in the House that would prohibit mailing any pornographic recording. The offense would be punishable by five years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. Just who would decide what is pornographic, is unclear...

Hank Ballard's "Work With Me, Annie"

“Work With Me Annie” by Hank Ballartd faced severe opposition from America's Federal Communications Commission because of overtly sexual lyrics. The added publicity immediately boosted the record's popularity and attempts to restrict it failed. It shot to the top of Billboard's R&B chart for a seven week stay...

1956:

ABC radio decides not to play Billie Holiday's "Love For Sale" because the lyrics are about prostitution…

 “They” were also successful in getting Cole Porter to change the lyric of "I Get A Kick Out Of You", a hit for Frank Sinatra. Porter's original words were "I'd get no kick from cocaine". The cleaned up version was "Some go for perfume from Spain"…

Radio stations in Boston refused to play The Everly Brothers "Wake Up Little Susie" because of its supposedly suggestive lyrics which tell the tale of two teenagers who fall asleep at a drive-in movie. Stations in other parts of the country feel differently and the song rises to #1 on the Billboard Pop and Country charts as well as the Cash Box Best Selling Record chart…

Britain's BBC bans the song "Such a Night" by Johnny Ray after listeners complain about its 'suggestiveness'…

Memphis police prohibit The Drifters' "Honey Love" from being loaded into jukeboxes, due to what they considered "suggestive lyrics"

Mitch Miller, who was then the music director of Columbia Records, hosts a program on CBS TV with two psychiatrists to point out the "potentially negative effects of rock 'n' roll on teenagers"...

Rock ‘n’ Roll fans in Cleveland, Ohio who were under 18, were banned from dancing in public, unless accompanied by an adult, after Ohio Police start enforcing a law dating back to 1931...

"Digging My Potatoes", Lonnie Donegan's follow-up to his hit "Rock Island Line", was banned in the UK and the US because of its vague sexual references which included the lyrics "I didn't find a crew top, caught the fool in my bed. You know, he diggin' my potatoes, crampin' on my farm...

THANK GOODNESS we can do anything we wanna NOW!!!

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