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31st Aug 1969, Decca Records released what has been called The Rolling Stones most political song, Street Fighting Man, written after Mick Jagger attended a March 1968 anti-war rally at Londons US embassy, during which mounted police attempted to control a crowd of 25,000. The single was kept out of the US Top 40 (reaching No.48) because many radio stations refused to play it based on what were perceived as subversive lyrics. More here: thisdayinmusic/pages/the_rolling_stones
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:10:41 +0000

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