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American Masters Profiling Janis Ian
She really only had two big hits - "Society's Child," which was banned by some radio stations in the mid-60s, and "At Seventeen" a few years later. But there's a lot more to this music pioneer than just two hits. That's what made Janis Ian a fitting subject for PBS' "American Masters," a two hour documentary that airs on Friday night (June 20th) from 9-11 PM on WNED.
It repeats the following Sunday afternoon at 2 PM and again Sunday morning at 3 AM.
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I still have her vinyl album with "At Seventeen" on it.
It is still a great album.
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According to the preview, she's quite an activist and has a history of s-disturbing. Hence the two-hour profile on the show.
Don't know how many remember the fuss she stirred up with "Society's Child," a song about a white girl dating a black boy. You can imagine the controversy it caused in the U.S. South, where it was routinely banned in 1966. I do recall hearing it on CHUM here and IIRC, it was on the chart.
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RadioActive wrote:
According to the preview, she's quite an activist and has a history of s-disturbing. Hence the two-hour profile on the show.
Don't know how many remember the fuss she stirred up with "Society's Child," a song about a white girl dating a black boy. You can imagine the controversy it caused in the U.S. South, where it was routinely banned in 1966. I do recall hearing it on CHUM here and IIRC, it was on the chart.
Society's Child peaked at #2 on the CHUM Chart in late June 1967.