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'''Artist:''' The Rolling Stones (formed in 1962)
'''Artist:''' The Rolling Stones (formed in 1962)


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'''Description of Artwork:''' The Rolling Stones hit song ''Let's Spend the Night Together''.
'''Description of Artwork:''' The Rolling Stones hit song ''Let's Spend the Night Together''.
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'''The Incident:''' Ed Sullivan found the chorus of the song, ''Let's spend the night together'', "objectionable."
'''The Incident:''' Ed Sullivan found the chorus of the song, ''Let's spend the night together'', "objectionable."


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Latest revision as of 22:40, 17 February 2012

Date: 1967

Region: North America

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion Explicit Sexuality

Medium: Music Television


RollingStones.jpg
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Artist: The Rolling Stones (formed in 1962)

Confronting Bodies: Ed Sullivan

Date of Action: 1967

Location: New York City, USA

Description of Artwork: The Rolling Stones hit song Let's Spend the Night Together.

The Incident: Ed Sullivan found the chorus of the song, Let's spend the night together, "objectionable."

Results of Incident: The group acquiesces, appearing on national television with the altered lyrics "Let's spend some time together."

Source: National Association of Artists Organizations