Sex, drugs and politics - these are the things that have always been in the ears of listeners, and in the noses of BBC music producers. Even so much so that they were banned due to inappropriate content, and the "dangerous" singles were not played freely on the airwaves until many years after their release. Take a listen to 15 songs the BBC thought would spoil the folk crowd.
1. Bessie Smith – Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) (1933)
The song that was banned because of texts about inappropriate behavior (''Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer'') and which was arranged by the famous Billie Holiday in 1949.
2. George Formby – When I'm Cleaning Windows (1936)
A fun little song, but the BBC for parts like it "Ladies nighties I have spied, I've often seen what goes inside" marked as obscene.
3. Noël Coward – Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans (1943)
A satirical but extremely popular song in Britain during the Second World War, the BBC banned the President Winston Churchill did not care about the ban and he ordered as many as six repetitions of the ironic composition at a private party for his own pleasure.
4. Fats Waller – The Reefer Song (If You're a Viper) (1943)
A jazz piece that, with slang words like ''refeer'' and ''viper'', unreservedly alludes to smoking marijuana, on the apparent fumes of which the BBC's music producers were so taken aback that they banned it.
5. Eartha Kitt – The Heel (1955)
Eartha Kitt was clearly not on the best of terms with her sweetheart. The song is about how to poisoned her husband, which was not to the liking of the editors of the music program.
6. Shirley Bassey – Burn My Candle (1956)
The song, which due to parts such as "Who wants to help me burn my candle…Who'd like to play with fire…It's possible the pace may prove too hot…Who'd like to get in deeper" too ticklish, although the singer naively claimed that she had no idea what she was singing about.
7. Frank Sinatra – (How Little It Matters) How Little We Know (1956)
The romantic Frank Sinatra was on the BBC's Blacklist with several of his songs, including this one, the lyrics of which only talk about innocent love.
8. Scott Walker – Jackie (1967)
Scott Walker's smash first solo single was banned for chanting about abuse prohibited substances. And, of course, use phrases like phoney virgins (hypocritical virgins).
9. The Rolling Stones – Let's Spend the Night Together (1967)
It was for the BBC the title is too cheeky, and the lyrics confused not only the British, but also most American radio stations, and in China, Mick Jagger was banned with this piece back in 2006.
