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July 7 Through the Years
1124- Tyre falls to the Crusaders
1930- Construction of the BouldervDam begins
1954- Elvis makes his radio debut
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It always makes me chuckle that broadcast TV refused to show Elvis from the waste down on camera because it might encourage young men & women to be provocative & get busy.
Elvis's music that combined rhythm & blues with Rock N Roll was seen by some as devil music, which pious leaders feared would lead to drinking, loose morals, & making whoopee.
Even this song was deemed controversial on similar grounds....
Part of the hang up was white men as pillars of the community in the 1950's & 1960's feared that black artists would corrupt the moral fiber of their children. Totally ridiculous & unjustified.
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