[78-L] Ol' Man Mose link

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>> Rust, in the AMERICAN RECORD LABEL BOOK, in the chapter on Parlophone: 
>> 'In
>> November 1938, Parlophone issued Eddy Duchin's 'Ol' Man Mose'.  It was
>> instantly withdrawn on the grounds that the vocalist, Patricia Norman, 
>> used
>> an Anglo-Saxon expletive repeatedly throughout.'
> ==================
> On the other hand, records extolling the pleasures of drug-taking were
> perfectly acceptable!
>
It is worth noting that these "recreational" drugs were generally legal at
that time...!

Steven C. Barr
(who was in the USAF at that time [1967-70] and recalls well all the
"tourists" who were hitchhiking around Europe in search of cheap and
generally legal hashish...! And yes, I DID inhale...!)