Banned

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03.01.24

The Surprisingly Non-Risqué Meaning Behind One of Loretta Lynn’s Banned Songs “X Rated”

By Tina Benitez-Eves
The List

02.28.24

5 Country Songs Banned in the 2000s-2020s That Were Still Hits

By Tina Benitez-Eves
The List

02.23.24

5 Loretta Lynn Songs That Were Banned

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Features

10.27.23

Madonna’s 6 Most Controversial Songs

By Al Melchior
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04.08.22

Will Smith Banned from Oscars for 10 Years

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Behind The Lyrics

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The John Hiatt Lyric That “Turned” the Page on the Past
TUPELO, MI – SEPTEMBER 1957: Rock and roll musician Elvis Presley and his guitarist Hank Garland at the Mississippi and Alabama Fair and Dairy Show in Tupelo, Mississippi, where Elvis was born and grew up. Elvis performed without charge so that the entire $25,000 proceeds of the show could go to build an Elvis Presley Youth Recreation Center in Tupelo. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

On This Day

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Born 96 Years Ago Today in South Carolina, the Guitar Virtuoso Who Backed Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, and Johnny Cash—and Sold a Million Records Before He Could Legally Drink
CIRCA 1969: Singer Neil Diamond performs onstage in circa 1969. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The List

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If You’re a Baby Boomer, You Probably Remember These 4 Pop Hits From 1969
British singer Anne Shelton (1923 – 1994), star of the programme 'With a Smile and a Song', 1946. (Photo by George Konig/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

On This Day

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Born 103 Years Ago Today in England, the Wartime Songbird Who Lifted the Spirits of British Soldiers During World War II