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Thread #164080   Message #3923699
Posted By: GUEST
11-May-18 - 01:36 PM
Thread Name: Censorship-songs of certain folk singers?
Subject: RE: Censorship-songs of certain folk singers?
There is anecdotal `evidence' I have heard of `censorship' that was based on sensible motives. Well back in time, a club in Yorkshire is said to have censored (or perhaps more accurately `rationed') some songs, such as `Streets of London'. This was because so many floor singers would do these songs, otherwise. So the organiser would ration them, and offer floor singers a spot some time in the future, when it would be their turn to sing one of these songs.