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1900-1949
Freemusepedia timeline: North America: 1900-1949
USA: Billie Holiday, James Caesar Perilla
1950s
Freemusepedia timeline: North America: 1950-1959
USA: Paul Robeson, Pete Seeger & the Weavers, 'Black music', Link Wray
1960s
Freemusepedia timeline: North America: 1960-1969
USA: Johnny Cash, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, John Lennon & Yoko Ono
1970s
Freemusepedia timeline: North America: 1970-1979
USA / England: John Lennon.
1980s
Freemusepedia timeline: North America: 1980-1989
USA: The Dead Kennedy's, 2 Live Crew & Too Much Joy.
1990s
Freemusepedia timeline: North America: 1990-1999
USA: N.W.A., Sinead O'Connor, Frank Zappa, Skin Up, Garth Brooks, Bodycount & Sheryl Crow.

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NB: A much more extensive list of censorship incidents in the US from 1950 to 2000 can be found on a timeline-page which was created by author Eric Nuzum. See: web.archive.org/ericnuzum.com/banned

Also check the incidents listed by the American organisation National Coalition Against Censorship: 
ncac.org

They have produced a 
graphic presentation of the history of music censorship in USA in brief, and this timeline:
Click to go to ericnuzum.com/banned


 

 

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