In fact, the year “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” was composed, in 1944, the NAACP sent Rosa Parks to help 24-year-old Alabaman Recy Taylor speak out about being gang-raped by six white men on her ...

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside has a lovely melody but it’s an ode to statutory rape,” read the December 20th, 2004 story, written by Rob McKenzie and Joe Bodolai for their regular humor column, ...

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” won the Oscar that year for best original song, and since then it’s been sung by anyone who knows a few chords on the piano or who knows someone who knows a few ...

The 1944 Christmas tune "Baby, It's Cold Outside" has been banned by radio stations across the country – and even in Canada – for its lyrics that some say are inappropriate in the wake of the ...

Say what you will about merry-Christmas-versus-happy-holidays, people, but it’s time to end the war on “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Mind you, there may be a few compelling arguments to ban ...

This for me is the key to the best covers of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” where both parties feel like equals entering into the duet. And a big part of that is context, which is why for me ...

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is a song ahead of its time — released a full 20 years before the sexual revolution for women — and it celebrates a feminist taking control of her own sexual ...

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” comes up as Eve barges into his apartment, certain that he’s got her man-crazed sister hidden away inside (sidenote: This sister is played by Betty Garrett, ...

The Christmas classic "Baby, It's Cold Outside" once again made headlines this year after a radio station in Ohio removed the holiday hit from its lineup in November after a listener expressed ...

After one radio station pulled "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from its Christmas rotation due to controversial lyrics, others have followed suit — but not all listeners are happy ...

The charming ditty “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is all about heterosexual flirtation and attempted seduction. Penned by Frank Loesser in 1944, it’s been covered by the likes of Bing Crosby, ...

Not many holiday classics have stirred up quite as much controversy as “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” A week after the song, which was first penned by Guys and Dolls writer Frank Loesser in 1944 ...