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03-25-2016, 07:40 PM
When a Basset Hound humiliated Elvis Presley on live TV
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In the summer of 1956, 21-year-old Elvis Presley was taking the country by storm. His eponymous debut album had become the first rock and roll album to top the charts; “Heartbreak Hotel” was a **. 1 pop hit; and his concert appearances left shrieking girls and scandalized parents in their wake.
On a June 5 appearance on NBC’s Milton Berle Show, he slowed down an uptempo performance of “Hound Dog,” punctuating his growly singing with the sensuous gyrating and thrusting that would later earn him the nickname “Elvis the Pelvis.”
The ***y spectacle ignited a wave of controversy, with outraged critics calling him “suggestive and vulgar” and utterly untalented. Even Ed Sullivan pro**unced Presley “unfit for family viewing.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/25/elvis-hound-dog/)
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In the summer of 1956, 21-year-old Elvis Presley was taking the country by storm. His eponymous debut album had become the first rock and roll album to top the charts; “Heartbreak Hotel” was a **. 1 pop hit; and his concert appearances left shrieking girls and scandalized parents in their wake.
On a June 5 appearance on NBC’s Milton Berle Show, he slowed down an uptempo performance of “Hound Dog,” punctuating his growly singing with the sensuous gyrating and thrusting that would later earn him the nickname “Elvis the Pelvis.”
The ***y spectacle ignited a wave of controversy, with outraged critics calling him “suggestive and vulgar” and utterly untalented. Even Ed Sullivan pro**unced Presley “unfit for family viewing.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/25/elvis-hound-dog/)
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