Quote: Frank Sinatra denounces rock n roll in 1957

[Garson O'Toole]

Wilson Gray wrote about SInatra's critique of rock:
>
> Once upon a time, a person with "only" a high-school diploma also had
> an education, as Mr. Sinatra's remarks clearly indicate.;-)

The vocabulary is interesting. The article from INS news service
detailing the Elvis response included the following prefatory comment
explaining one Sinatra's words. Of course, the Sinatra article may
have been ghost-written.

Cite: 1957 October 30, Augusta Chronicle, "Frankie rags Rock 'n' Roll;
Presley's sideburns bristle" [INS News Service: Dateline Hollywood],
Page 1A, Column 5 and 6, Augusta, Georgia. (GenealogyBank)

[Begin excerpt]

Elvis Presley's ample sideburns bristled today in defense of his Rock
'n' Roll cult against a blast from Frank Sinatra.

Sinatra, in a Paris magazine article, said rock 'n' rollers were
"cretinous goons" - in the class of idiots, according to Webster.

[End excerpt]

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