Day 255: Mambo Italiano

Mambo Italiano by Rosemary Clooney

The song was banned by New York’s WABC radio because of its suggestive lyrics. The radio station didn’t understand them and thought they might be suggestive. Clooney’s label was forced to counter with statements from a professor of romantic languages and a Catholic priest, both of whom confirmed that the Italian lyrics were “in no way offensive or vulgar.”

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/rosemary-clooney/mambo-italiano

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