1950's Juvenile-Delinquency Part Two: The Image Of Rock n' Roll
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- Опубліковано 28 січ 2022
- The relationship between 1950's-era youth crime and then-mainstream adult fears regarding the then-new music is explored in detail in this second entry in the "1950's: Nostalgic Myths And Historical Reality Series."
This is a look at how Dick Clark created a softened version of the music with the "clean cut" image of "The Teen Idol" and "The Regulars" on "American Bandstand," as a response to specific incidents of violent youth crime during early 1958.
We also see how, in the 1970's, Dick Clark and a neo-doo-wop group from Columbia University, debuting at "Woodstock," transformed the '50's delinquent image, into a humorous, and fictional, parody during the '50's Nostalgia Fad of the 1970's to market rebranded rock n' roll as "oldies."
Brief histories are given of specific youth gang-related incidents and individuals involved (the murders of Alvin Palmer, Michael Farmer, and In Ho Oh, individuals such as "The Capeman" and The Egyptian Kings street gang) and how their real-life tragedies were erased from collective memory, following America's withdrawal from Vietnam.
* Correction: The story of Ed Bielcik of The Sinners describes his father as having served in Iwo Jima. it was actually his uncle who served at Iwo Jima, while his father had served, and went briefly missing while injured, at The Battle of the Bulge. His full story will be shown in Part 3.
Access chapters via timestamps below:
1957 Chicago Youth Rally: 0:00:25
The Murder of Alvin Palmer: 0:08:15
Boppin,' Music, Dance, and Gang terms: 0:15:53
George Moonoogian's recollection of the 1958 Boston Arena Concert (Alan Freed and The Band Of Angels street gang): 0:22:39
Dick Clark and "The Nicest Kids In Town": 0:37:07
The Bandstand Regulars Face Bullying From Philly Gangs: 0:41:31
The Creation Of The Teen Idols Paul Anka, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell, and Fabian: 0:47:20
The Murder Of In Ho Oh and The Epistle From The Koreans: 0:58:03
Timeline of 1958 Youth Crime: 1:04:32
The Fifties Nostalgia Fad of The 1970's: 1:11:57
World War Two, fathers with PTSD, and recollections by former '50's era gang members: 1:18:40
Part One in the series can be accessed at:
• 1950's Juvenile-Delinq...
* For those who wish to support the research work, and get a non-profit tax deduction for it, the Patreon link is:
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Bibliography:
1957 Chicago Youth Rally -
Casper Tribune Herald dated May 1, 1957
Life Magazine dated May 20, 1957
Mendell Catholic High School Yearbook 1957
3rd Annual Chicago Youth Rally Souvenir Program
Alvin Palmer murder trial:
"The People v. Rybka":
law.justia.com/cases/illinois...
"Chicago: A Biography" by Dominic A. Pacyga (pages 305-307)
Farragut Career Academy high school yearbook 1955
Chicago Daily Tribune "15 Held For Teen Murder," dated March 15, 1957
Boston Arena Alan Freed "Big Beat" Show:
"Big Beat Heat" by John A. Jackson pages 181 to 206
"Teenage Confidential!" by Michael Barson and Steven Heller pages 72 and 73
Boston Daily Globe "Jury To Air Rock 'n' Roll Riot," dated May 8, 1958
Dick Clark/American Bandstand:
"Bandstand Diaries" by Arlene Sullivan, Ray Smith, and Sharon Sultan Cutler (page 49)
"American Bandstand, Dick Clark, And The Making Of An Empire" by John A. Jackson
"Twist!" documentary by Ron Mann
"How I Beat Teen Gangs" by Frankie Avalon, Hep Cats magazine, dated March 1959
"What Makes Me Blazing Mad" and "I Dig Those Kids" by Dick Clark, The Real Dick Clark magazine, issue number 1, 1959.
Murder of In Ho Oh:
"1958 Murder Rocked City, Ohs," The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2, 2017 retrospective.
"A Very Healing Story":
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-am...
"Borum Gets Death For In Ho Killing," The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 10, 1958
1970's Fifties Nostalgia Fad:
"The Wacky Revival of The 1950's" Life magazine, June 16, 1972
"Rock 'N' Roll Dances of the 1950s" by Lisa Jo Sagolla (pages 100-111.)
Personal Recollections:
Interviews with Patrick Coonen with Ed Bielcik via phone and Facebook messenger conducted throughout 2020 and 2021.
Further recommended readings:
"Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs In Postwar New York" by Eric C. Schneider
"Brooklyn Rumble: Mau Maus, Sand Street Angels, and The End of An Era" by David Van Pelt
"The Violent Gang" by Lewis Yablonsky
"Conversations With The Capeman" by Richard Jacoby
"1950s Shooting At MHS: Rumor Confirmed" by Conor McMillan, article for the Massapequa High School newspaper, March 15, 2013
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Great informative article. Some information on the south side Chicago area: As I commented earlier the "Greaser" term did not come into play until the mid-sixties after the Beatles. In the 55-63 era they were called Hoods or JDs. The greaser and greaseball terms referred to ethnic groups. Secondly the 60's greasers had their own look in Chicago especially Italians and looked sharp. Tight black straight leg tapered slacks, sharp pointed toe black shiny shoes with skinny laces and elevated cuban heels with metal cleats that made noise when they walked down the street (Flagg Bros). They wore Cabretta black leather button down jackets with Italian shirts. Greased hair was still common throughout the sixties and even early seventies at my high school. All this was before Sha na na, the play Grease and American Graffiti. Greasers job was to kick....... not sing unlike NYC. Greasers had no musical identity save maybe Elvis (who was out of date) and Four Seasons, because radio stations WLS rarely played pre-Beatles music after the British Invasion. Doo wopping was nonexistent in 50's-60's Chicago white neighborhoods and was not that common in black neighborhoods even in the 50's. NYC was different but the Bronx Tale exaggerated white kids singing doo wop in the late sixties. Doo wop was out of style in black neighborhoods by the mid sixties. Southside black "greasers" were called "Gousters" coined by famous DJ Herb Kent. They wore 1940's pleated pants, stacy adam shoes, shirts with long collars and Dobbs hats. That style still is common today among the older Chicago Steppers/Boppers (dancers). Many of them had processed greased hair with pompadours. That contrasted with Ivy League Temptations look. Motorcycle jackets with engineer boots were the uniform of the Chicago motorcycle gangs through the sixties not the teenager.
That's kinda cool
Very well done. I had some knowledge of the juvenile delinquent 1950s, but this documentary was quite thorough. I also enjoy your analysis of why we, today, have this distorted view of the 1950s. Looking forward to the next installment!
Thanks Noemi.
I will definitely keep you updated.👍(I am also planning some 1950's teen dance history videos as well, which, as a swing dancer, I think you will dig it.)😊
Wild!! What a history! Thank you!❤️
Thank you for chiming in and commenting. 😊
I will try to have the third installment up as soon as I can.
@@Mike_The_1950s_Historian Thank you! I’m excited to see what you make.
@@funnygirl8070 thank you!
There's just so much rich history in regards to 1950's teenagers. I have a feeling that I could be doing this for years, and still only scratch the surface.😊
If you're on Facebook, I have a very active '50's teen history group where members explore all of these different subjects and share knowledge together.
Here's the link.
facebook.com/groups/notnostalgia/?ref=share
And if not, no worries, because I definitely am going to get several more videos up here on the UA-cam channel. (I just have to figure out a way to get these up faster, since it takes a while to put these together while maintaining the quality.)
Excellent documentary.
Thank you. Working on Part Three and I hope to have it done in a few months.
I'm going to actually start posting 10 minute segments of the next documentary.
Hope you dig it and keep an eye out for them in the next two weeks.😁
Very interesting.
Thank you. :-)
26:53 wasn't this when he lit the piano on fire
That, I can't verify if it happened at that concert.
Here is an article regarding the piano lighting before Chuck Berry.
outsider.com/entertainment/music/jerry-lee-lewis-once-set-piano-fire-mid-concert-heres-why/amp/
As a fan of California Rock band Queens of The Stone Age, I think the leather-jacketed pomped greaser or delinquent image is more suited for Stoner Rock.
Fair enough.😁
I'm responding from my other account. I went ahead and changed the thumbnail. There was some confusion, with some folks, who haven't watched the video yet, seeing the thumbnail and assuming that the video promotes the idea that rock n' roll "caused" youth crime, which of course is both absurd, and something I would never claim. The video is actually about how the fear of youth crime aka "juvenile-delinquency" in the 1950's influenced the popular image of the music culture, and how that image was later adapted and honestly, sanitized, two decades later, in order to sell repackaged rock n' roll as "oldies." Hoping the new thumbnail clears everything up.
The Motorcycle jackets, rolled Jeans, and biker boots were rooted from the 1950s Greasers. 1950s JD fashion spread through the punks of the very late 1960s to early '70s, even some rockabilly or hipsters wear these. We have them to actually thank us for actually shaping the fashion we have today. I was actually fascinated by the 1950s greaser. Also, I suggest doing a video on Perry Edward Smith and Charles Raymond Starkweather, who I think would be interesting cases for you to go over in another video.
Edit: At 1:07:39 you addressed him briefly.
Thanks for chiming in.
My concern with doing a video on Charles Starkweather is that there are already so many excellent video documentaries up here on UA-cam on his and Caril Ann Fugate's case, both in the way of documentaries made by UA-cam content creators, as well as fan uploads from cable channel documentaries on the subject.
I don't know if I can cover any other points on their case that hasn't already been covered. (There's even one made by a lawyer who has brought up some interesting arguments for Caril Fugate as an unwilling, innocent victim, as opposed to an active partner to Starkweather. I won't comment as to my thoughts or beliefs on that, but I will say that the documentary itself is well made, in my opinion.)
I suppose I could do a review of the movies based on their case, including the two-part TV movie "Murder In The Heartland," the feature length indie film "Starkweather," and of course, the very famous, and well remembered, fictional story based on them starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek, "Badlands."
A review of those fictional movies with a comparison to the real life case might be an interesting subject.
Such a review hasn't been done, yet.
It's just that the other cases of 1950's era teen youth crime, which were big news during that time, but have been forgotten, still need to be done, and one of the reasons for my doing these documentaries was to provide that information and service to fellow 1950's youth culture fans, since, so far at least, I haven't seen a lot done, yet, on those cases here on UA-cam. ("The Capeman" has been the subject of an episode of crime history by one other UA-cam content creator, as of the time of this writing.)
I look forward to the day when more UA-cam content creators bring up this history, so that we can all have a more complete picture of that time.
An upcoming documentary that I will be doing will be on both the outreach workers who sought to prevent inner city gang violence during the 1950's (they were heroes, in my opinion), as well as the stories of the victims, since often times, the victims and their families often get lost in the narrative when exploring the history of these cases.
@@Mike_The_1950s_Historian Oh yeah, my AU of Grease is that Danny Zuko isn't the candy ass as presented in the original film/script. Instead, they only sing along to rock and roll songs. Oh yeah, the referring to Juvenile Delinquents as "Greasers" can be traced back to the 1960s, especially the Novel "The Outsiders."
Also, a film called "Deuces Wild" is a film on 1950s Juvenile Delinquency.
@@eshaanreza832
I LOVE "Deuces Wild."
The critics didn't seem to like it so much, but oh well.
Fairuza Balk was in that movie and she was also in the "Murder In The Heartland" two-part TV movie. (She played Caril Ann Fugate, and the movie takes the position that Fugate was an unwilling kidnapping victim.)
Two other films that weren't made during the 1950's, but set during that time, that I recommend are "Death Penalty," with Colleen Dewearst and David Labiosa as the fictionalized "Capeman" character, and the movie "Victor," which is the story of former gang member turned gang outreach worker Victor Torres.
The film also shows his character's struggles with heroin addiction.
This may not be for everyone, especially because of notions of "remakes," but Steven Spielberg's recent "West Side Story" is actually pretty accurate in regards to 1950's New York street gangs.
Kushner's screenplay even references the real life Egyptian Kings, the gang that was, tragically and infamously, responsible for the murder of 15-year-old handicapped Michael Farmer in 1957.
Stephen King has some books where 50s-60s JDs as bullies. Leather jackets, pegged jeans, Motorcycle Engineer boots and all. Henry Bowers is a prime example. Stephen King basically knows the truth about greasers.
That was in "It," right?
I have to reread that again.
They told Elvis Presley one time he was the king of rock and roll, and he said no. Allen fried was the king of rock and roll.
I watched this while fried af. This shit gas fr
Red wings street gang where Italians from New York City
Yes. They made notoriety when they murdered the 20-something Ramos (a Cuban adult) at Jefferson Park on May 30, 1958, who they mistook to be a teenage Puerto Rican gang rival. Seven of them were convicted for the murder. My friend David Van Pelt wrote extensively on the case on his site newyorkcitygangs.com.
@@Mike_The_1950s_Historian Thank for the info
@@Mike_The_1950s_Historian One of there biggest enemys where the Mau Maus street gang the leader was a guy named Nicky Cruz to day he's a preacher in Los Angeles getting kids out of gangs
@@edgaravelar4131 yes, he wrote the novel "Run Baby Run" with Jamie Buckingham.
@@edgaravelar4131 my pleasure and thank you for chiming in.👍
I'm Canadian myself i thought Paul Anka sucked
I thought his singing was terrible and he was overrated
To hell
Ouch. Well, I could take him or leave him, but...tell us how you really feel. 😁
No he is amazing