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Don’t Knock the Rock

Press

• 9-30-1956: Disc Jockey in 2nd Film, Elmira NY Telegram, Hollywood, leading disc jockey exponent of rock and roll, WINS, signed for starring role in “Rhythm and Blues”
• 2-22-1957: NY Journal-American: “Everybody Goes Haywire at Rock ‘N’ Roll Premiere,” (Police, Paramount Theatre, Don’t Knock The Rock, Elvis)
• 2-23-1957: The NY Times: “Rock ‘n’ Roll Teen-Agers Tie Up the Times Square Area,” (Paramount Theatre, coining the phrase rock ‘n’ roll)
• 2-23-1957: Daily Mirror: “Times Square Really Rocked on Friday!” (Paramount)
• 2-23-1957: Daily Mirror by James McGlincy and James Donahue: “Rock ‘n’ Roll Madness,” (Elvis, pelvises, Paramount Theatre, “Don’t Knock The Rock”, Nicholas Lanese, Sinatra)
• 2-25-1957: “Go, Crazy Cube, Go!” (dungarees, NY Paramount, “Don’t Knock the Rock”, Times Square)
• 8-26-1957: New York World Telegram & Sun, Brooklyn Section, by Jay Fulton: “Grant, Kerr Teamed In Comedy at Albee” (Little Richard, The Del Vikings, The Diamonds)
• 8-26-1957: Billboard, Cincinnati Ohio, On The Air: (England, Rank Theaters, Columbia Pictures, Sam Katzman)
• 10-10-1957: Journal-American: A Nice Week’s Pay, New York, Theatre Spot (Paramount Theatre, Christmas Day, Colombia Pictures)

Promotion

• 1957: Combination Advertising (4 pages, For Those Theatres Double Billing)
• 1957: “Don’t Knock The Rock,” Columbia Pictures credits sheet

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