Getting back to "The Night Chicago Died", Paper Lace sent a copy of that song to then Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, apparently thinking it was a good promotional stunt. It did not go over very well. Paper Lace got a written response back to the effect that Paper Lace should "Jump in the Chicago River, placing your heads under water three times, surfacing only twice."
So I take it Richard Daley did not like the song either.
There was a lot of suckage in the 70s.