Controlling Elvis

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• Controlling Elvis

Title
Focus

• Q3. In what ways did US society attempt to
  restrict the influence of singers like Elvis
  Presley?

Key Words
Censorship Lyrics Juvenile delinquency
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TODAYs WORK

• What you need to do to answer the question
• Writing Frame
• Background knowledge
• to read and note today in class

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Question 3 In what ways did US society attempt
to restrict the influence of singers like Elvis
Presley? (20/50 marks)
Other Singers Dean Martin censored in 1951 Little
Richard had songs re-recorded by Pat Boone Chuck
Berry arrested Billie Holiday had the Love for
Sale song banned. This shows that the things
WASPs were most afraid of was sexual references
and they disliked black culture because they were
more likely to mention sex or criminality.
Other ways that Teen expression was censored Not
allowed to wear short skirts or jeans Boys not
allowed ducktail hair Catholic schools banned all
rock and roll music Banned pop concerts
How was Elvis censored? T.V performances Singing
to dog Clothing Banned his concerts Threatened to
arrest him if he danced Joined the
army Controlled his image in movies Music and
performance criticised in papers etc.

• Introduction
• What was American Society/
• What does restrict influence mean?
• Why did they want to do that?

Conclusion How successful were they and why?