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"The KKK Took My Baby Away" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones, released in 1981 through Sire Records. It was written by front man and lead vocalist Joey Ramone and appears on the band's sixth studio album Pleasant Dreams (1981). [1] [2]
The song was the basis of a parody which ridiculed the Ku Klux Klan, [7] a white supremacist organization in the United States often referred to by its acronym, KKK. Additionally, the political-humor group Capitol Steps performed a parody of this song entitled "K-K-Kuwaitis", about the 1990 invasion of Kuwait which began the Gulf War.
Their first release for Island was the "Ku Klux Klan" single, about the evils of racism, and one often accompanied by a visual parody of the sect on stage; the song was ranked the 460th-greatest song of all time in Rolling Stone's 2020 edition of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Johnny Rebel Trahan as a junior in high school, 1955 Background information Birth name Clifford Joseph Trahan Also known as Johnny "Pee Wee" Blaine Jericho Jones Jimmy "Pee Wee" Krebs Tommy Todd Johnny "Pee Wee" Trahan Johnny "Pee Wee" Trayhan Born (1938-09-25) September 25, 1938 Moss Bluff, Louisiana, U.S. Died September 3, 2016 (2016-09-03) (aged 77) Rayne, Louisiana, U.S. Genres Country ...
When the Ku Klux Klan used the song as background music for radio commercials for a 1975 rally in Louisiana, Daniels told Billboard, "I'm damn proud of the South, but I sure as hell am not proud of the Ku Klux Klan. I wrote the song about the land I love and my brothers. It was not written to promote hate groups." [3] [4]
It also features the Ku Klux Klan's burning crosses and a dream sequence about kissing a black saint. The Vatican condemned the video, while family and religious groups protested against its broadcast. They boycotted products by soft drink manufacturer Pepsi, who had used the song in their commercial. Pepsi canceled their sponsorship contract ...
The first Steel Pulse single for Island Records, "Ku Klux Klan" (a call for resistance against forces of racism), was released in February 1978.Five months later, their debut album was released to critical acclaim.
It is widely believed [a] that Coltrane conceived of and performed the composition in response to the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on September 15, 1963—an attack by the Ku Klux Klan in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four African-American girls: Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Carol Denise ...