Elvis “The Pelvis” Presley - shown on the Ed Sullivan Show only from the waist up.
2, Rolling Stones - Sullivan had them sing “Let’s spend some time together” instead of “Let’s spend the night together.”
Van Halen - The music video for “(Oh) Pretty Woman” was one of the first banned by MTV.
The Doors - Jim Morrison arrested during concert in New Haven, Conn.
Madonna - MTV refused to air her video for “Justify My Love”.
The Kinks - changed coca cola to cherry cola in “Lola” because of a BBC policy banning brand names.
Kesha - was not allowed to perform in Malaysia. What a hellhole that country is!
Pink Floyd - Early song “Let’s Roll Another One” was retitled “Candy and a Currant Bun” when recorded as the b-side to their first single
2 Live Crew - three members were arrested (though later acquitted) after a Florida federal judge ruled that their album As Nasty As They Wanna Be was obscene.
Frank Zappa - his album “Jazz from Hell” was given a PRMC warning label, even though it was a completely instrumental album
Elvis “The Pelvis” Presley - shown on the Ed Sullivan Show only from the waist up.
2, Rolling Stones - Sullivan had them sing “Let’s spend some time together” instead of “Let’s spend the night together.”
Van Halen - The music video for “(Oh) Pretty Woman” was one of the first banned by MTV.
The Doors - Jim Morrison arrested during concert in New Haven, Conn.
Madonna - MTV refused to air her video for “Justify My Love”.
The Kinks - changed coca cola to cherry cola in “Lola” because of a BBC policy banning brand names.
Kesha - was not allowed to perform in Malaysia. What a hellhole that country is!
Pink Floyd - Early song “Let’s Roll Another One” was retitled “Candy and a Currant Bun” when recorded as the b-side to their first single
2 Live Crew - three members were arrested (though later acquitted) after a Florida federal judge ruled that their album As Nasty As They Wanna Be was obscene.
Frank Zappa - his album “Jazz from Hell” was given a PRMC warning label, even though it was a completely instrumental album
Sheryl Crow - Walmart refused to stock her second album because there was a song in it that mentioned the store.
Elvis “The Pelvis” Presley - shown on the Ed Sullivan Show only from the waist up.
2, Rolling Stones - Sullivan had them sing “Let’s spend some time together” instead of “Let’s spend the night together.”
Van Halen - The music video for “(Oh) Pretty Woman” was one of the first banned by MTV.
The Doors - Jim Morrison arrested during concert in New Haven, Conn.
Madonna - MTV refused to air her video for “Justify My Love”.
The Kinks - changed coca cola to cherry cola in “Lola” because of a BBC policy banning brand names.
Kesha - was not allowed to perform in Malaysia. What a hellhole that country is!
Pink Floyd - Early song “Let’s Roll Another One” was retitled “Candy and a Currant Bun” when recorded as the b-side to their first single
2 Live Crew - three members were arrested (though later acquitted) after a Florida federal judge ruled that their album As Nasty As They Wanna Be was obscene.
Frank Zappa - his album “Jazz from Hell” was given a PRMC warning label, even though it was a completely instrumental album
Sheryl Crow - Walmart refused to stock her second album because there was a song in it that mentioned the store.
The Beatles - the BBC banned “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” and “A Day In The Life” for suspected drug references.
Elvis “The Pelvis” Presley - shown on the Ed Sullivan Show only from the waist up.
2, Rolling Stones - Sullivan had them sing “Let’s spend some time together” instead of “Let’s spend the night together.”
Van Halen - The music video for “(Oh) Pretty Woman” was one of the first banned by MTV.
The Doors - Jim Morrison arrested during concert in New Haven, Conn.
Madonna - MTV refused to air her video for “Justify My Love”.
The Kinks - changed coca cola to cherry cola in “Lola” because of a BBC policy banning brand names.
Kesha - was not allowed to perform in Malaysia. What a hellhole that country is!
Pink Floyd - Early song “Let’s Roll Another One” was retitled “Candy and a Currant Bun” when recorded as the b-side to their first single
2 Live Crew - three members were arrested (though later acquitted) after a Florida federal judge ruled that their album As Nasty As They Wanna Be was obscene.
Frank Zappa - his album “Jazz from Hell” was given a PRMC warning label, even though it was a completely instrumental album
Sheryl Crow - Walmart refused to stock her second album because there was a song in it that mentioned the store.
The Beatles - the BBC banned “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” and “A Day In The Life” for suspected drug references.
Johnny Horton (BBC radio banned his “Battle of New Orleans” because it impugned the courage of British soldiers!)
New topic: “SNL” Cast Regulars Hardly Anyone Remembers
The category was ‘SNL Cast Members that Hardly Anyone Remembers’, and though he is famous, almost no one remembers that he was on SNL for one season. I thought that would count.