ABC bans Rosemary Clooney’s ‘Mambo Italiano’ 60 years ago today (Nov 18 1954)

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(Thursday, November 18, 1954) — ABC radio and TV today banned “Mambo Italiano,” a hit by Rosemary Clooney, for so-called “offensive lyrics,” most likely due to the exaggerated Italian vernacular, including the words “goombah” and “gidrool.”