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.

The Rolling Stones’ song “2120 S. Michigan Ave” was the address at which the song was recorded — the famed Chess Records in Chicago.

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