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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 subsequently restricted the song to evening airplay. When the band made statements in a Daily Express interview confirming the possibility of sexual connotations in the lyrics, the BBC banned "Relax" entirely. The ban only increased interest in the single, causing "Relax" to become the number-one song in the UK two weeks later. [167] [4 ...
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Some songs were written to provoke, while others have fallen foul of misinterpretation. Lizzy Cooney picks some of the most infamous cases of musical censorship ‘Why, why, why?’ – 9 famous ...
This song may have been banned from the radio because it was deemed insulting to the Queen of England, but that didn't stop people from taking it to number one on the British singles charts.
Alternating lyrics, misspelled songwriting credits, and uncrediting of the song's publishers. [53] 2006 "Mbube" (1920) Solomon Linda "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (1961) Disney's usage of the Tokens' song on the movie The Lion King: Back royalties and songwriting credits [54] 2007 "If We Could Start All Over" (1993) Eddy and Danny van Passel
"When I'm Cleaning Windows" is a comedy song performed by Lancastrian comic, actor and ukulele player George Formby. It first appeared in the 1936 film Keep Your Seats, Please. The song was credited as written by Formby, Harry Gifford and Fred E. Cliffe. [1] Formby performed the song in A♭ in Keep Your Seats, Please. For the single release ...
The song is about the death of a young man named Terry, killed in a motorcycle accident. It was banned by both the BBC , and by ITV 's Ready Steady Go! on grounds of taste (the last line, "Please wait at the gates of heaven for me, Terry" indicated the intention of suicide), but despite (or possibly because of) this, it shot up the charts.