48 years of Roxanne: how a single inspired by a sex worker managed to evade the moral censorship of the seventies?
The Police released 'Roxanne' on April 7, 1978, a song inspired by Sting's encounter with sex workers in Paris in 1977. The BBC initially banned the song due to its subject matter, but it became the band's first hit. The article reflects on the song's history and its evasion of moral censorship in t
Peru · 2026-04-07 · RPP Noticias
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