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2009Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at the Bridgestone halftime show during Super Bowl XLIII between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
2007Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti, who twice won the Pulitzer Prize for the '50s operas The Consul and The Saint of Bleecker Street, dies at age 95.
2007Wayne Fontana, famous for fronting Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, pours gasoline on the car of a bailiff sent to collect a debt, and sets the vehicle on fire. At his hearing in November, Fontana shows up dressed as Lady Justice, complete with sword and scales. The judge is not amused, sentencing him to 11 months in prison, and stating: "He has come dressed as a fool and he wants to act like a fool - I hope they give him a prison uniform at Nottingham Prison to keep him warm."
2003Latin-jazz percussionist Mongo Santamaria dies after suffering a stroke at age 85.
1994Green Day release their third album (their first on a major label), Dookie. That night, they play a gig at Slim's in San Francisco with The Dead Milkmen.
1994Harry Styles of One Direction is born in Cheshire, England.
1989Paul Robi (of The Platters) dies of cancer at age 57 in Los Angeles, California.
1988The Cars disband.
1987Journey wrap up their Raised on Radio tour with a show in Anchorage, Alaska. It's their last tour with Steve Perry, who makes one more album with the band, Trial by Fire, in 1996.
1986Dick James, co-founder of DJM Records and the Beatles' publishing company Northern Songs, dies of a heart attack at age 65.
1986Diana Ross weds Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Geneva, Switzerland.
1985The Eagles' Glenn Frey makes his acting debut in an episode of NBC's Miami Vicethat is based on his song "Smuggler's Blues."
1984The musical drama Footloose opens in theaters. Footloose's soundtrack features Kenny Loggins, Deniece Williams, and Sammy Hagar, among others. Two #1 hits result: "Footloose" and "Let's Hear it For the Boy."
1979Blondie hits #1 in the UK with "Heart Of Glass," the first of their six #1 hits in Britain. Three months later, the song tops the US chart.
1976Despite the very public divorce of its two stars and two ill-fated solo variety shows in the interim, the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hourreappears on CBS as The Sonny and Cher Show.
Indiana Governor Bans "Louie Louie"
1964
Indiana Governor Matthew Walsh bans the Kingsmen's version of "Louie Louie," calling it "pornographic" and making (literally) a federal case out of it.
Responding to complaints that the lyrics are obscene, The FBI does a thorough investigation, resulting in a 118-page report that is both confounding and wildly amusing. One letter of complaint reads: "We all know there is obscene materials available for those who seek it, but when they start sneaking in this material in the guise of the latest 'teen age rock & roll hit record,' these morons have gone too far. This land of ours is headed for an extreme state of moral degradation what with this record."
The song is sent to the "laboratory," where apparently it is dissected in an attempt to identify the lyrics - no easy task considering it is both distorted and mumbled.
At some point, the FBI figures out that someone made up a dirty version of the lyrics which was distributed in various cities, sparking a rumor that these were the actual words. A sample of this "dirty version":
Tonight at 10 I'll lay her again
We'll f--k your girl and by the way
And... on that chair I'll lay her there
I felt my bone... in her hair
The investigation spans several states, as transporting obscene material across state lines is an even more serious offense. In every state where an investigation takes place, they reach the same conclusion. The Detroit office writes: "The recording was hurriedly produced and the technique was poor but the record definitely was not obscene."
The song is sent to the "laboratory," where apparently it is dissected in an attempt to identify the lyrics - no easy task considering it is both distorted and mumbled.
At some point, the FBI figures out that someone made up a dirty version of the lyrics which was distributed in various cities, sparking a rumor that these were the actual words. A sample of this "dirty version":
Tonight at 10 I'll lay her again
We'll f--k your girl and by the way
And... on that chair I'll lay her there
I felt my bone... in her hair
The investigation spans several states, as transporting obscene material across state lines is an even more serious offense. In every state where an investigation takes place, they reach the same conclusion. The Detroit office writes: "The recording was hurriedly produced and the technique was poor but the record definitely was not obscene."
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