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The song was written and sung by protest singer and contributing editor to folk-centric Broadside Magazine, Len Chandler.After it became a hit for the Serendipity Singers in 1964, doctors protested that many children were actually putting beans in their ears so it was banned in some places such as Pittsburgh and Boston.
She sternly admonished him, "Be good. Don't get into trouble. Don't eat all the chocolate. Don't spill all the milk. Don't throw stones at the cow. Don't fall down the well." The boy had done all of these things on previous market days. Hoping to head off new trouble, she added, "And don't stuff beans up your nose!"
The follow-up, "Beans in My Ears", hit #30 on the Hot 100 and #5 on the AC chart a few months later. [4] "Beans in My Ears" was banned in Boston, by Pittsburgh's KDKA radio station, and "some television shows asked us to do something different. Understandably so--it was dangerous," according to Bryan Sennett.
Side one "Let Me Fly Zion" – 1:40 "Beans in My Ears" – 2:06 "Soon It's Gonna Rain" – 2:42 "Mill Girls Don't Sing or Dance" – 2:22 "Look Away Over Yondro" – 1:58 "The New Frankie and Johnny Song" – 2:28
Of course, I then tried to put my elbow in my ear. Thanks to the wisdom of not mentioning beans in connection with ear insertion, no damage was done. ~ Ningauble ( talk ) 14:32, 19 May 2012 (UTC) My father was a pediatrician for 35 years and personally attested that the song "Beans in My Ears" did indeed produce a minor epidemic in our town in ...
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