"Let's Spend The Night Together" #55 3/4/1967

The Rolling Stones were no strangers to controversy, but this caused quite an uproar even by their standards. A sizable number of American radio stations wouldn't touch the song due to the innuendo of the title - it was 1967, after all. Enough stations flipped the 45 over to make "Ruby Tuesday" the Stones' fourth US #1 single. The band appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in January but were ordered to not perform this song. A compromise was reached where the words were changed to "let's spend some time together" but Mick Jagger rolled his eyes each time he sang the line. They allegedly returned to the set later wearing Nazi uniforms, so Ed promptly kicked them out. (Not 100% sure of the validity of that part, but it does make for a great story!) The tune is now a fixture on oldies and album rock radio. My, how times have changed.