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Bobby Peterson. The McCoys were a rock group formed in Union City, Indiana, United States, in 1962. [1] They are best known for their 1965 hit single "Hang On Sloopy". [1] Originally named Rick and the Raiders, they changed their name to "The McCoys" from the B-side of The Ventures ' hit record "Walk, Don't Run" titled "The McCoy".
United States 26 October 2010. Listen to the Banned is a compilation album that features the music of banned, censored and imprisoned artists from the Middle East, Africa and Asia. [1] [2] The album is the result of a two-year collaboration between the Norwegian artist Deeyah Khan and international organisation Freemuse [ de].
The album charted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the last Broadway cast album to do so. Hair ' s cast album stayed at No. 1 for 13 weeks in 1969. The recording also received a Grammy Award in 1969 for Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album and sold nearly 3 million copies in the U.S. by December 1969.
West Side Story is the soundtrack album to the 1961 film West Side Story, featuring music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.Released in 1961, the soundtrack spent 54 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard ' s stereo albums charts, giving it the longest run at No. 1 of any album in history, although some lists instead credit Michael Jackson's Thriller, on the grounds that this run for ...
Don Cornell 's 1954 song "Hold My Hand" was banned from airplay due to religious references. [5] Bob Dylan 's song "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" was banned in 1962, as it included the phrase, "God-almighty world". [5] Satire was another possible reason for banning: in 1953, ten of the twelve tracks on humorist Tom Lehrer 's album Songs by Tom ...
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot.The work reflects the creators' observations of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the late 1960s, and several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement.
Nicki Minaj canceled an Amsterdam tour date days after being arrested there for marijuana possession. The “Super Bass” singer said she felt “subhuman” during her encounter with Dutch ...
Hair. (film) Hair is a 1979 musical anti-war comedy-drama film directed by Miloš Forman and adapted for the screen by Michael Weller, based on the 1968 Broadway musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. Set against the backdrop of the hippie counterculture of the Vietnam era, the film focuses on a Vietnam War draftee who meets and ...