Where Charlie Parker got the name “Bird” is a mystery — In one story, Parker as a young man would practice playing saxophone in parks, far enough away from residences that he wouldn’t be hassled.

Hoover’s FBI attempted to censor country singer Merle Travis’ subversive worker’s rights song “Sixteen Tons” off the radio — it instead became the fastest-selling single in Capitol Records’ history.

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