# Anyone know more about a 1960-era rockabilly ban/protest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-more-about-a-1960-era-rockabilly-ban-protest/626518 "2012-06-28T00:01:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-more-about-a-1960-era-rockabilly-ban-protest/626518/21 "2012-08-05T03:53:31Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > Some of the real old timers are still around too. Jerry Lee Lewis has been performing and recording more or less uninterrupted since the 50’s and though he veered more towards country during the 70’s and 80’s, he’s still playing mostly as a rockabilly act today. He just released a fairly well-received album of duets a couple of years ago. Little Richard had a brief gospel-only interlude, but is back performing the original rockabilly-type stuff. Rockabilly also stayed popular in Europe and Japan for some reason, and some of the old acts spent a lot of time there in the 60’s and 70’s. There’s even a some albums old American rock acts did in German during that period that are fun oddities if you can find them. > > (Unfortunately Jerry Lee’s marriage with his underage cousin ended in the 70’s, so I can’t make a joke about the outrage subsiding now that she’s 67.) Wanda Jackson is still performing and making CD’s. She is now 75 and made a recording with Jack White in 2009 and has another coming out some time this year. If you have never seen her check her out on yuotube. It wil be a revelation. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-more-about-a-1960-era-rockabilly-ban-protest/626518/22 "2012-08-05T10:36:06Z")
Instrumental rock - so called “surf music” - was **huge** from the late 50s to the mid 60s. So, between the rock’n’roll era and the Beat music boom, we had Motown, Phil Spector/Brill Blg/Girl groups, the folk revival (which actually began in the early 50s) and instrumental rock. Also doo-wop, yet another style that was **huge** for a few years back then. There was just so much going on at the time, musically, that rockabilly just got lost in the mix of styles. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-more-about-a-1960-era-rockabilly-ban-protest/626518/23 "2012-08-05T14:30:21Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Instrumental rock - so called “surf music” - was **huge** from the late 50s to the mid 60s. > > So, between the rock’n’roll era and the Beat music boom, we had Motown, Phil Spector/Brill Blg/Girl groups, the folk revival (which actually began in the early 50s) and instrumental rock. Also doo-wop, yet another style that was **huge** for a few years back then. > > There was just so much going on at the time, musically, that rockabilly just got lost in the mix of styles. Surf music was a tiny and obscure corner of the market in the late 50s/early 60s. There were the Ventures, who may or may not have been considered surf by the purists, a few others who broke out and had national hits, a few who had regional hits, and many who weren’t rediscovered until after Pulp Fiction. I agree there were a huge number of instrumentals; it’s just that they were in every style, from smooth pop to rockabilly to novelty. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-more-about-a-1960-era-rockabilly-ban-protest/626518/24 "2012-08-07T03:55:47Z")
I found [this site](http://sadmanstongue.com/2012/02/23/history-of-banned-rock-via-greenlight-rockabilly/) with this story: > [@](#): > > 1957 Jimmy Dee and The Offbeats, most often remembered for their song “Henrietta”, were banned from giving a concert at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey city by commissioner Lawrence Whipple who said “these programs are not for the good of the community and that’s why I ordered them banned.” No suggestion that it led to anything bigger, though. And while I’ve never heard of either, [Jimmy Dee is in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame](http://www.rockabillyhall.com/JimmyDee.html). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-more-about-a-1960-era-rockabilly-ban-protest/626518.md?page=1)