[78-L] The 290 discs you can't play on radio [wuz Quoting Ginger Rogers...]

[David Lennick]

Jack Jackson, British bandleader and BBC deejay, recounted in his book "Record 
Round-Up" how "John and Marsha" was played exactly one and a half times before 
being banned outright.

Stranger in Paradise?!

The CBC could be just as arbitrary in the 40s and 50s. From personal experience 
in finding the records marked, and from accounts of those who were there:

It's a Woman's Prerogative..Pearl Bailey
Get Up Those Stairs Mademoiselle..Tony Pastor
Summer Moon..all versions, because some moron thought Stravinsky was being 
ripped off despite his name on the label
George Formby..just about everything except Our Sergeant Major
Guys and Dolls (title song)
Beer Barrel Polka..you could play it, you just couldn't say it
	("Barrel Polka" was okay)

dl

RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
> Have you seen this new CD release of 75 songs banned by the BBC.  Quite a 
> list.  PAPER DOLL?  What next?
> http://www.worldsrecords.com/cgi-bin/storeR.cgi?specific=itemcode&phrase=63505
> RayK
> 
>> Listening In : Radio and the American Imagination sez that by the 1940's 
>> there were 290 records banned by NBC for various reasons. Does anybody 
>> have a copy of such a list? I've seen articles in Variety that highlight a 
>> few but never anything comprehensive.
>> David Diehl
>