Having looked at some of the classic session recorded at the BBC, we now look at some of the discs that the corporation declined to play and the reasons why.
- We Can’t Let You Broadcast That – Norman Long
- With My Little Ukulele In My Hand – George Formby
- House Of The Rising Sun – Josh White
- Gimmie A Pigfoot & A Bottle of Beer – Bessie Smith
- Rum & Coca-Cola – The Andrews Sisters
- Radio Times – BBC Dance Orchestra (directed by Henry Hall & vocal by Dan Donovan)
- She Had To Go & Lose It At The Astor – Johnny Messners
- Deep In The Heart Of Texas – Bing Crosby
- Don’t Let’s Be Beastly To The Germans – Noel Coward
- Gloomy Sunday – Billie Holiday
- Old Man Atom – The Sons Of The Pioneers
- Song Of India – Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
- La Pettie Tonkinoise – Josephine Baker
- The Foggy Dew – Peter Pears (with piano accompaniment by Benjamin Britten)
- (How Little It Matters) How Little We Know – Frank Sinatra
- One Has My Name, The Other Has My heart – Jimmy Wakely
- In The Beginning – Frankie Laine
- Burn The Candle At Both Ends – Shirley Bassey
- Diggin’ My Potatoes – Lonnie Donegan
- The Shag (Is Totally Cool) – Billy Graves
- Ken Platt – Ting Tong Tang
- Dinner With Drac (Parts 1 & 2) – John Zacherie
- A Russian Love Song – The Goons