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How Pirate Radio Helped The Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction' Overcome a Ban

The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is perhaps the legendary rock band's most exemplary hit, a rip-roaring '60s groove with a distorted riff, paired with the snarling, swaggering vocal ...
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Billboard names The Rolling Stones' 'Start Me Up' one of the best No. 2 hits ever

The Rolling Stones' 'Start Me Up' began as a scrapped reggae experiment.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1967, a Radio Ban Imposed on a Raunchy Rolling Stones Song Helped Catapult Its B-Side to No. 1

On this day in 1967, The Rolling Stones earned a No. 1 hit with “Ruby Tuesday.” The success of this song was unlikely, mostly because it was never meant to be an A-side single in the first place. This ...
Men's Journal

1965 Rolling Stones No. 1 Hit Was Banned — Then Pirate Radio Turned It Into a Classic

View post: 1966 Summer Hit ‘Happiest Song of All Time’, According to Science “Satisfaction” was banned from radio due to sexually suggestive lyrics and euphemisms. Pirate radio stations popularized ...