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Re: Country music stands on the war (and radio)

To: "Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>
Subject: Re: Country music stands on the war (and radio)
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyross.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 00:03:51 -0500
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On 14 Mar 2003 at 15:56, Dan Billings wrote:

> I wonder how a pro-war rock song would have been received at the time? 
> I'm sure many stations would have refused to play it. 

I don't remember any pro-war rock songs, but I do know that the top 40 stations had no 
problem playing Barry Sadler's "Ballad of the Green Berets" or Senator Dirkson's "Our 
Gallant Men."  Both got a lot of air play and did rather well on the charts, as I recall.

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