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Thread #105098   Message #2161390
Posted By: Mike Miller
01-Oct-07 - 04:34 PM
Thread Name: Songs illegal to sing in Ireland
Subject: RE: Songs illegal to sing in Ireland
I am reminded that there was a song (They're Coming To Take Me Away) that was pulled from air play back in the mid 1960's. It was composed, performed and produced by a friend of mine named Jerry Samuels, recording under the name, Napolean XIII. Jerry tells me that, in the few months it was heard on radio, it sold over a million copies. The radio stations pulled it when they received angry calls from mental health orginizations. Had they known Jerry as I do, they would have been much more tolerant.

                      Mike