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

[David Lennick]

It looks as if anything that mentioned God, Heaven, Paradise etc. was on the 
"thees way we don' offend nobody" list (no apologies forthcoming to offended 
Chicanos, that's a Freberg reference). Plus anything remotely related to sex. 
Funny that "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" and its product-free alternative both made 
the list..the Beeb had a long-standing ban against mentioning any product names 
so Jack Jackson (him again!) would have to open the mike and cough at strategic 
points when playing certain records.

dl

davdieh at aol.com wrote:
>  Yeah, I liked "...the Committee's often obtuse interpretation of the guidelines" in the blurb. Song of India for cryin' out loud!
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>  David Diehl
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> 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
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>> 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
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