This day in music history.

June 17, 1972, The Candy Man goes to number one on the charts. It would be the biggest hit of Sammy Davis Jr.s career. It is however surrounded in controversy when several religious and conservative groups claim the song promotes drug use. When Sammy is told about a possible radio ban on the song he says "What the fuck are these assholes smoking? Whatever it is I'm getting my shit from them from now on." The song is featured in the film ``Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'' and would earn an Academy Award nomination.
The Candyman
Who can take a sunrise sprinkle it with dew cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two
The candyman, the candyman can The candyman can cause he mixes it with pot and makes the world taste good
Who can take some acid wrap it in some smack soak it in the sun and make a groovy hunk of crack
The candyman, The candyman can, The candyman can cause he mixes it with pot and makes the world taste good
The candyman makes all the coke he bakes satisfying and delicious talk about your childhood wishes you can even smoke the dishes. Who can take some valium mix it with some 'Jack' separate the seeds and collect up all the cash
The candyman, The candyman can, The candyman can 'cause he mixes it with pot and makes the world taste good
And the world tastes good cause the candyman thinks it should