Rolling Stones on Ed Sullivan Show

• Date: 1951 - 1975

• Location: USA

• Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion & Sexuality & Behavior

• Medium: Music & Television

• Artist/Author/Producer: Rolling Stones

• Confronting Bodies: Ed Sullivan Show

• Dates of action: 1967

• Location: New York City

Description of the Art Work

The Rolling Stones hit song "Let's Spend the Night Together".

Description of incident

Ed Sullivan finds the chorus of the song, "Let's spend the night together", "objectionable."

Results of incident

The group acquiesces, appearing on national television with the altered lyrics "Let's spend some time together."

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