Friday, July 15, 2005

This day in music history.

July 15, 1958, During Senate hearings on the music industry (that had resulted from suits between the two biggest music licensing organizations, ASCAP and BMI), counsel John Schulman (American Guild of Authors and composers) plays the Coasters 'Yakety Yak' citing it as an "offender in the alleged cheapening of American Music" by "rock & roll" against which Schulman seeks legislation.
Yakety Yak by The Coasters
Take out the papers and the trash
Or you don't get no spendin' cash
If you don't scrub that kitchen floor
You ain't gonna rock and roll no more
Yakety yak (don't talk back)
Just finish cleanin' up your room
Let's see that dust fly with that broom
Get all that garbage out of sight
Or you don't go out Friday night
Yakety yak (don't talk back)
You just put on your coat and hat
And walk yourself to the laundromat
And when you finish doin' that
Bring in the dog and put out the cat
Yakety yak (don't talk back)
Don't you give me no dirty looks
Your father's hip; he knows what cooks
Just tell your hoodlum friend outside
You ain't got time to take a ride
Yakety yak (don't talk back)