The BBC banned a song because listeners kept
clapping to its lyrics. “Deep in the Heart of Texas” was written
by June Hershey and Don Swander. Perry Como recorded the song
two days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The song
quickly became popular in both the US and the UK. It remained at
the top of UK charts for five weeks during 1942.
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Listeners often clapped along with Como as he sang. The BBC soon
realized this could become a problem, because workers in
bomb-making factories might accidentally drop their bombs while
clapping. So it banned its broadcasters from playing the song
during work hours.
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