I was working in a record store when Maybellene came out. We usually ordered 10 copies of any new recording, 5 on 78 and 5 on 45. Maybellene was selling so fast we ordered 20 more but before they came in we were ordered to pull them from the shelf and not sell them. It was supposed to be due to a law suit over the record. We were told it was because GM was not pleased about the Ford beating the Caddy. By the time we were allowed to sell them again it was past it's peak and we were stuck with most of them. I can't find any mention of any such thing in the descriptions of Chuck Berry's career. Anyone know more about the recording industry history or anything about this?
There were a couple other records we were forced to pull back then too. Buchannan and Goodman's Flying Saucer and the B side of a popular record by Gene Vincent "Woman Love" was thought to have some offensive lyrics " A huggin and a kissin and a lovin all the time. Either huggin or lovin was thought to be fuc*in by some religious heros group.
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