The Super Bowl halftime show is an opportunity for football fans to reflect on the first half of the game, and for not-so-diehard fans to watch a supercut of the top six or seven songs of whichever band is playing. Past halftime shows have had their ups...

“Baby It’s Cold Outside,” the 1944 holiday classic by Frank Loesser, never seemed to be a problem for listeners until recently when radio stations started banning the song because it was deemed controversial even though the song, which has since...