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Thread #168072   Message #4059315
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
15-Jun-20 - 10:47 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Black Day In July (Gordon Lightfoot)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Black Day In July
The Detroit riots were in July 1967. That was 53 years ago. How much has changed?

The album - Did She Mention My Name - came out in January 1968 and by April the song was banned by radio stations in 30 US states. Gordon Lightfoot banned! In a CBC Radio clip, an indignant Lightfoot explains why top-40 radio stations in the U.S. have banned the song;

"A lot of them don't want to upset their listeners. It's the housewife in the morning, let's give her something that'll make her happy, why give her something that'll make her think?"