Bob Dylan walks off ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ set in censorship dispute 50 years ago today (1963)

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(Sunday, May 12, 1963) — Bob Dylan walked off the set of the variety TV program The Ed Sullivan Show this afternoon because CBS would not allow him to sing “Talking John Birch Society Blues” on tonight’s show.


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