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This article lists songs and whole discographies which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years. During its history, the corporation has banned songs from a number of high-profile artists, including Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Beatles, Ken Dodd, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, the BBC Dance Orchestra, Tom Lehrer, Glenn Miller, and George Formby.
The BBC was historically known for censoring various songs from being played on its radio and television stations; from the 1930s through the 1960s, the BBC had banned songs such as "Hold My Hand" for its religious references, pop arrangements of classical tunes (though barring "Sabre Dance" because it was "not a well-loved classic whose ...
The Clear Channel memorandum contains songs that, in their titles or lyrics, vaguely refer to open subjects intertwined with the September 11 attacks, such as airplanes, collisions, death, conflict, violence, explosions, the month of September, Tuesday (the day of the week the attacks occurred) and New York City, as well as general concepts that could be connected to aspects of the attacks ...
Tom Jones’ song ‘Delilah’ has been banned by the Welsh rugby union. Some songs were written to provoke, while others have fallen foul of misinterpretation. Lizzy Cooney picks some of the ...
Today, DoYouRemember blows the dust off a few other classic hits that were initially banned by radio. ... This song may have been banned from the radio because it was deemed insulting to the Queen ...
Oasis settled over three songs Lauryn Hill settled for a dispute over 13 tracks. Janet Jackson settled once. Eminem settled once. The Rolling Stones settled three disputes and were also claimants in two plagiarism disputes. Chris Brown settled one dispute. Will.i.am settled five disputes. Bruno Mars settled four disputes with one being still ...
Olivia Newton-John is reflecting on her hit song, "Physical.". It's been 40 years since the single took over the airwaves. "Physical" was Newton-John's fifth No 1. single and the most successful ...
In February 2010, as part of a press release for the first annual TCM Classic Film Festival, it was announced that the Censored Eleven were to receive a special screening sourced from restored 35mm film prints. This special presentation was put together by George Feltenstein, vice president of Warner Bros.' classic film catalog.