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Elvis in Long Beach 1956!
Don't Know Beach About History: Short Histories of Long Beach
Don't Know Beach About History: Short Histories of Long Beach
Elvis in Long Beach 1956!
Aug 22, 2023
Season 2
Episode 1
Long Beach Public Library
In June 1956, just days after his infamous hip-thrusting performance on the Milton Berle Show, young rocker Elvis Presley came to Long Beach to play the Municipal Auditorium and a near-riot broke out. What did Long Beach teens and grown-ups think of Elvis and this new dangerous thing called rock and roll?
