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10 Often-Censored Songs from the Early ’50s(strong language warning)
Rebeat ^
| Rick Simmons
Posted on 09/27/2015 5:48:35 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
When most people think about music from the 1950s, they might recall songs like the ones heard on Happy Days or American Graffiti — “Rock Around the Clock,” “The Great Pretender,” “Yakety Yak,” and other tunes that bring to mind sock hops, soda fountains, and drive-ins. But before these more innocuous songs would grace integrated radio in the late-1950s, early-50s African-American R&B took quite a few liberties with song content, and double entendres ruled the day.
As a result, there are a number of songs from the period that are surprisingly suggestive, given the state of American music in the 1950s. What follows is a list (from least obvious to the most explicit) of eight songs that use double entendres that come pretty close to crossing the line — and two that obliterate the line altogether.
1) “Work with Me Annie,” Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (1954)
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TOPICS: Humor; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: musichistory; racy; rb
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To: Fiji Hill
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09/27/2015 6:47:13 PM PDT
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Publius
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To: Publius
Wow, is that why it's called the “Roaring Twenties”?
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09/27/2015 6:48:53 PM PDT
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PROCON
To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
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09/27/2015 6:50:47 PM PDT
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Publius
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Sounds like the kind of songs you would have to go in and ask the salesperson for as they were kept under the counter.
Yup, there was an appliance and record store in daBronx near my grandparents house that would "discreetly" sell these kind of records that were kept out of sight of the customers.
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09/27/2015 6:51:56 PM PDT
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Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa
Great post, a well written and informative piece. I bookmarked it so I can go back and listen to the real dirty ones, but that’s a Saturday night thing, not to be done on a quiet Sunday evening!
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To: Impala64ssa; Slings and Arrows
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To: Impala64ssa
That was the 70’s, not the 50s.
To: TruthWillWin
Yes. Another one,
Strokin' by Clarence Carter.
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09/27/2015 7:09:49 PM PDT
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Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
there are SO many “tunes” from the 50s - today that have what may be double entendres that I scarcely know where to begin
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To: Impala64ssa
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