Don't Know Beach About History: Short Histories of Long Beach

Elvis in Long Beach 1956!

Long Beach Public Library Season 2 Episode 1

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?