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10 Often-Censored Songs from the Early ’50s(strong language warning)
Rebeat ^ | Rick Simmons

Posted on 09/27/2015 5:48:35 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

When most people think about music from the 1950s, they might recall songs like the ones heard on Happy Days or American Graffiti — “Rock Around the Clock,” “The Great Pretender,” “Yakety Yak,” and other tunes that bring to mind sock hops, soda fountains, and drive-ins. But before these more innocuous songs would grace integrated radio in the late-1950s, early-50s African-American R&B took quite a few liberties with song content, and double entendres ruled the day.

As a result, there are a number of songs from the period that are surprisingly suggestive, given the state of American music in the 1950s. What follows is a list (from least obvious to the most explicit) of eight songs that use double entendres that come pretty close to crossing the line — and two that obliterate the line altogether.

1) “Work with Me Annie,” Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (1954)

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TOPICS: Humor; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: musichistory; racy; rb
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To: a fool in paradise

Pluto Shervington - “Sixpence”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7wTklcig1Ec&itct=CEAQpDAYASITCKTagp33mMgCFZF1fgodifgOdlIPc2l4cGVuY2UgcmVnZ2Fl&client=mv-google&gl=US&hl=en


41 posted on 09/27/2015 9:55:29 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: dfwgator
Speaking of cartoons, Barnacle Bill the Sailor One of many Betty Boop cartoons from the 30's that were considered a bit edgy in their day. Not to mention years later the rather "colorful" lyrics we young smart a**es thought up for that crazy song.
42 posted on 09/27/2015 9:55:45 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: wafflehouse

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43 posted on 09/27/2015 10:57:57 PM PDT by wafflehouse (RE-ELECT NO ONE !)
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To: Impala64ssa

Follow-ons to Work With Me Annie:

Annie Had A Baby

Sexy Ways

Annie’s Baby Had Sexy Ways

...I remember them all from the early ‘50s.


44 posted on 09/28/2015 3:54:50 AM PDT by octex
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

I think I still have the LP for Knockers Up.

‘All the men out mowing their yards...’

I need to dig that out and see if it’s as funny as I thought it was way back then.


45 posted on 09/28/2015 4:01:40 AM PDT by octex
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To: Dilbert San Diego

When in Jr. and Sr. HS in ‘50s, there was a radio station in Fort Worth (KNOK) that played primarily black R&B/soul music and I was hooked on it! ......Late at night, “Night Train” with DJ Jim Lowe on WRR in Dallas did the same. ...btw, Jim was the ‘voice’ of Big Tex at the Texas State Fair for many, many years. .....Also late at night was the Howling Wolf broadcasting from a powerful transmitter in (or across the border) Del Rio, Texas. Fantastic music from folks like Muddy Waters, Lightnin’ Slim, Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, etc.


46 posted on 09/28/2015 4:19:10 AM PDT by octex
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To: Impala64ssa
The first time my daughter heard Bobby Glodsboro's "Honey" and the line: "She was kinda young at heart,kinda dumb and kinda smart"she just shook her head. Then there's Mr. Sinatra with his "Kookoo broads" line.
47 posted on 09/28/2015 5:23:06 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Voting is now the lesser of all evils.)
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To: Impala64ssa

I remember some of these songs being played on one of Newark’s black radio stations. They are an outgrowth of an older tradition of blues singers like Bessie Smith. It’s unfortunate that illicit sex was considered part of being edgy and new in popular music. We still have it today of course.


48 posted on 09/28/2015 10:48:45 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: octex

Wolfman Jack. Howlin’ Wolf was the guy who made “Smokestack Lightning” and others.


49 posted on 09/28/2015 10:55:02 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: Impala64ssa; Fresh Wind; Publius

I saw Bull Moose Jackson peroform in Washington, DC in 1979. He started his set by singing Rosemary Clooney’s hit “I Could Have Danced All Night” and a few other standards—which he performed well—and got polite applause. But when he sang the tunes for which he was notorious—”Bow-Legged Woman,” “Big Ten Inch,” etc., the crowd went wild.


50 posted on 09/28/2015 3:44:40 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Some answers to "60 Minute Man"

5-10-15 Hours--Ruth Brown (1952)

Can't Do 60 No More--The Du-Droppers (1953)

Don't Stop, Dan--The Checkers (1954)

51 posted on 09/28/2015 3:51:10 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Impala64ssa
Here's a bunch of songs that spun off from "Work With Me, Annie" and "Annie Had a Baby." Included is the super-rare "Annie Kicked the Bucket" and "Annie Met Henry." Unfortunately, "I'm the Father of Annie's Baby" by Danny Taylor has disappeared from Youtube.


52 posted on 09/28/2015 4:14:19 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Impala64ssa
This party record is the only song that I know of that's about the Truman Doctrine.

Everybody Wants a Little Peace--Billy Gray's Hollywood Band Box Review (1948)

53 posted on 09/28/2015 4:17:24 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

LOL, great find! An early anti-war song full of double entendres ;)


54 posted on 09/28/2015 4:58:04 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: firebrand

Of course it was Wolfman Jack! I screwed up! Mixed the Wolves. Howlin’ Wolf was on some other station that I occasionally listened to.


55 posted on 09/29/2015 5:33:36 AM PDT by octex
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To: Impala64ssa

AC/DC wins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3tqIukBKg


56 posted on 09/29/2015 5:36:52 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

How about the scatalogical song, “Duke of Earl”?


57 posted on 09/30/2015 4:00:40 PM PDT by Sensei Ern (FUBO! and John Bonehead and Mitch McConman, too!)
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To: Impala64ssa
The link that you gave took me to "What'd I Say?" from Ray Charles.

Here's an actual link to the song....

Strokin'- Clarence Carter

58 posted on 09/30/2015 4:10:03 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Only one solution left.....)
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