On this day, April 8, 1961 — Gene McDaniels' smooth and soulful "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" was riding high on the U.S. charts, eventually reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #11 on the R&B chart. But across the Atlantic, the BBC had a very different reaction. The British broadcaster banned the song from their airwaves, claiming its reference to a woman being created from "a hundred pounds of clay" was blasphemous. Controversy aside, there’s no denying the charm and power of this tune. With

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